Dandelion -- Unexpected Garden: Alness

On an industrial estate in Alness, something surprising is putting out new green shoots.

Tucked in amongst concrete lots and corrugated buildings, discover salad leaves, herbs and flowers growing below the ribs of a polytunnel. This is The Field, a community garden created by arts organisation Fèis Rois, which provides opportunities for people of all ages to participate in traditional music, song and dance, youth group The Place and The Blooming Gardeners, a charity that gives adults with learning disabilities hands-on experience in horticulture. Together, they’re using natural methods to grow regional foods to harvest, cook and share with both visitors and volunteers – whilst cultivating seeds to recreate the crop year-on-year.

Come and visit to enjoy music workshops, concerts and meals made using the freshest possible ingredients. Discover broad beans from the Black Isle and tomatoes from Dingwall ripening in special, no-dig vegetable beds – where the soil is left to work its magic undisturbed. With seeds exchanged for produce and saved to share at the end of the season, it’s a kitchen garden designed to flourish far into the future.