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Sun 14 Sep 11:15am ‐ 12:00pm

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A general admission ticket for Stranraer Oyster Festival is required to enter the site. Stranraer Oyster Festival raises funds for Stranraer Development Trust (SC046306) for the advancement of communi

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Growing Communities

Name: Growing Communities
Start: 2025-09-13T11:15:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-13T12:10:00+01:00
Location: Stranraer Oyster Festival

Join Nikki-Marie Vjatschslav and Helen Cross in Speakers' Corner for a chat about gardening

Sunday, 14 September 2025

11:15am ‐ 12:00pm

Stranraer Oyster Festival
Breastworks Car Park, 13 Market Street, Stranraer, DG9 7RF

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Join presenter, journalist and author Helen Cross as she talks about the importance of community and school gardening to help benefit the mental and physical health of wider society as well as the positive environmental impact gardening can have on communities.

Helen will be joined by Nikki-Marie Vjatschslav, Community Growing Manager at Unexpected Garden, and other local guests to discuss local projects and share their top tips to get more people growing whether you are 5 or 85.

This 45 minute conversation-based event will be followed immediately by a short walk along the waterfront to the Unexpected Garden, where you are invited to take part in an optional hands-on gardening session.