Sacro Garden Project

The Garden Project offers individuals aged 18+ who face barriers to employment and social inclusion the opportunity to learn and develop new skills.

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Today we pulled some of the flax we grew from seed and planted around 100 days ago and will start the process of making it into linen fibre. #sustainablefibre #Scottishflax

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These later summer blooms, a mix of annuals and perennials, look gorgeous in the Tollcross Park Mansion House beds and are bee magnets. Our gardening groups enjoy tending this bed especially! @tollcrossallot @caleygrowlearn

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We 'felled' this giant cauliflower last week with a saw! It was grown in Sacro's Garden Project polytunnel at Bellahouston Demonstration Garden. That's a lot of cauliflower cheese. #OrkneyF1 #homegrowncauli #growyourown #growgreens #Glesgaeatsveg

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The flaxseed that we are growing for the first time, is shooting up now it's raining! @Straw_Into_Gold #Scottishfibres #sustainablelinen @grow

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Some good sized quality caulis, broad beans, garlic and totties in the growing beds this week! The cauli is getting competition sized! 😂 @caleygrowlearn

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Planting up new tubs at Carmyle station✅ Thank you Sacro Community Payback team for painting, shifting and filling them...we had the easier task of planting them up! Going that extra 'Carmyle'!!! @SacroGlasgow @ScotRail #trainstationplanters
#heattolerantplants

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Lettuces and beetroot harvest from the poly already! @caleygrowlearn #growyourown #butterheadlettuce #horticulturepathway

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We're brewing comfrey tea, weed tea, horsetail tea...stinky but beneficial brews to feed the plants. Hold your nose! @caleygrowlearn @CJusticeGlasgow #organicfertilizers #homemadefertilizer #freeplantfertilizer

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Our flaxseed is growing! We hope to make a new landrace variety to harvest for linen fibre, more suited to a Scottish climate. Thanks to @glasgowseedlibrary and seed donated from @straw_into_gold @eaclauristonfarm #flax #scotlandgrows #landrace #sustainablefashion

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See you there tomorrow!

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First crop of lovely polytunnel grown radishes! @caleygrowlearn @tollcrossallot

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Today we spruced up the flower beds outside Tollcross Park Animal Farm with a lovely variety of mediterranean herbs which should last a few years and please passersby including our winged pollinator friends! @Tollcrosspark @GlasgowCC

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We are extremely grateful for the cold frames Sacro Community Payback Service has made for The Garden Project's Tollcross and Bellahouston growing spaces. Clever upcycling of glass panel doors and perfect for protecting tender plants from cold spells! #ReduceReuseRecycle

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Varnishing our refreshed garden signage!

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This week our shallots popped up and the apple trees are blossoming! @caleygrowlearn #springhassprung

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We felt confident enough with the warmer weather to start planting out our pea and mangetout plants! Now just hoping they don't get too munched by hungry mice! @caleygrowlearn @Tollcrossallot
#Pisum sativum 'Early Onward' #seedsaving #givepeasachance