South West Community Woodlands Trust 

SImon has been very busy archiving his photos of Taliesin. If you want to look at them then they are at the bottom of the galleries page. There are loads of great pictures and lots of faces to spot.....

Christine and Tom have had a boy. Congratulations to the parents and grandparents and we look forward to seeing another generation at Taliesin.......

On August 9th 2009 the compost loo was finally topped off in style. The thatching which had been semi complete with an attractive tarpaulin cover is now a thing of joy and wonder and now the 'loo with a view' has a roof worthy of it.

Jem with reeds mown by a hardy team on a lovely February afternoon in Auchencairn Bay. Once again the Taliesin experience takes you to places on your doorstep that you have never seen before, or at least not in that season or from that perspective.

The Eden Festival is a three day music festival being held in Ae Forest on 3rd-5th September 2009. The organisers are generously compensating for the carbon footprint of the festival by donating the car parking fees to the Orchard and Wild Harvest Project.

A new series of ponds linking the burn at the middle and the bottom of the site have been dug. This will increase biodiversity around the pond site and hopefully create spawning areas for trout.  Also local expertise is being sought to look at ways of attracting other species such as sand martins.
Ed has taken photos of the new ponds which can be seen here.

Autumn Weekend Festival of Crafts on 9th 10th 11th Oct. at Taliesin, Gelston, near Castle Douglas

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