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It’s Your Neighbourhood Success

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On November 15, 2015

In Events, News, Photos

I am delighted to report that following our IYN assessment last month GFAA has achieved an Outstanding level assessment.  Gill and Norman attended the Keep Scotland Beautiful Awards Ceremony in October to receive our certificate.

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Sincere thanks go to all plotters for keeping their own plots in excellent order this year, to the growing band of Community Sunday participants, our volunteers, collaborators and partners and to all those individuals who helped around the communal areas of the site and so contributed to this superb result.

 

Soggy Sunday

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On November 15, 2015

In Events, News, Photos

Today’s Community Sunday was perhaps the wettest on record, but the team stuck valiantly to their tasks of raking leaves from the orchard and filling some of the new potholes before retiring to the Bothy for well deserved coffee and cake.

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Thanks to Alex and Stuart for doing the honours with the photos and to Marion for sharing her excellent birthday cake!

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There is no December date set, but we are expecting to take delivery of 2000 bulbs from the Council, so do watch out for an announcement about their allocation for planting.

Woman’s Land Army Restored

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On October 18, 2015

In Events, News, Photos

Today’s Community Sunday top task was to move several tons of old wood chips to make room for incoming leaves from the Council.  Big job, so who you gonna’ call?  Well, the New Woman’s Land Army of course.

Left to right: Jen, Lyndsay, Jacqui and Gill

Left to right: Jen, Lyndsay, Jacqui and Gill

Now, we are not saying that a few burly blokes would not have come in handy, but as they were obviously away getting some beers in before the Scotland-Australia Match, the girls did just great.

Er, thanks go to Alison for the 'loan' of the barra'

Er, thanks go to Alison for the ‘loan’ of the barra’.

We finished just in time to head for the bothy and some excellent Kale Pesto flan, and Apple Cake (Gill and Jacqui promise the recipes soon).

 

 

Left to Right, Jacqui (Cream-crackered) Heather, Gill and Marta.

Left to Right, Jacqui (cream-crackered) Heather, Gill and Marta.

Apologies to Gwen and Silvia for failing to get a photo of them, but thanks go to one and all for a truly magnificent effort.

If you missed out this time, put our next Community Sunday date in your diary now – 15 November.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBQ – What a roaster!

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On October 4, 2015

In Events, News, Photos

As they say, the sun always shines the virtuous and so it proved at today’s BBQ.  Thanks to all who came and made it such fun and to Gill for coordinating things for us.

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Its Your Neighbourhood Success

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On October 2, 2015

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In only our second year of participation, GFAA has achieved an “outstanding” award for our site as part of the It’s Your Neighbourhood Assessment Exercise.

Awarding us a total of 89 points, Assessor Jim Henderson noted especially our successes in community participation, as well as improvements in the areas environmental responsibility and gardening.

Jim’s Full Report is available and makes interesting reading.  Thanks to all who gave of their best on their own plots and looking after our communal areas and so contributed to this achievement.

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Aberdeen in Bloom 40th Anniversary Awards

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On October 1, 2015

In Events, News

GFAA plotters enjoyed an evening of great successes in the Beach Ballroom yesterday when the individual awards to plotters and gardeners were announced.  Sandy and his wife did exceptionally well with Second Place prizes for both garden and plot.

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GFAA dominated the individual plot awards with Sandy in second place, Gill in fourth and Stuart and Alastair (Stewart) placed fifth equal.  Beyond that, a full handful or more of our plotters were presented with certificates of merit.

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Perhaps the best moment of the night, however, belonged to Gill who was named as the Best New Entrant in the competition in recognition of her fabulous fourth place in her first year in the competition and only her second year on the plot.

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The Lord Provost presented a commemorative engraved hand-trowel and framed certificate to every winner and Aberdeen City Council are to be thanked for hosting the prize-giving and buffet supper in great style.

Thanks go to Stuart too for nagging us all into entering!  Hopefully we will see even more entrants and success next year.

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