We are a sustainable community garden in Fairlie with 170 members from Fairlie, Largs and West Kilbride primarily. We have had many tools donated over the years since we began in 2008 but with use over time our tools are now needing replaced. We are in need of more useful and ecological equipment such as a battery operated strimmer and lawn mower.
Project Description
4 short handled shovels 4 x 15 Total 60
1 battery operated strimmer 180
1 battery operated lawn mower 260
hand shovels 100
loppers and shears 60
ergomatic hand tools 120
Many of our members our older and we have need of new and safer tools for them. Some had been donated and a few have broken while in use. We need to make sure our members have good quality new tools as they do a lot of work volunteering in our garden and well as using them for their own gardening. We would like our volunteers to find strimming and mowing the garden easier with a battery operated strimmer and mower. Several people have arthritic hands and the ergomatic tools should make gardening easier for them.
ergomatic sets of easy grip tools for arthritis sufferers 120
Many of our members are older and many tools have been donated or aren just old and are no longer fit for purpose. Some have broken while using them. We take the safey of our members seriously. We want our members to have better, safer or to use tools and a more modern battery operated lawn mower and strimmer. This will be easier for our volunteers to use and be more ecological.
Location: The community garden is in Fairlie at the end of the Pier Road and is on the site of a former boat and train yard. The site belongs to the council.
Proposed on behalf of: Organic Growers of Fairlie we have 170 members 181 outside beds and 134 in 3 polytunnels. We grow organically and sustainably and we have a woodlands on site and a nature trail. We have been nominated by Keep Scotland Beautiful for a community engagement award.
thank your for this opportunity to create and maintain the magic of gardening!!