WINTER STORE
GUARDSWELL WINTER STORE
Beautiful, useful, local, weird, interesting things- for yourself or for someone you love (or even just like a little).
We are so excited to be pulling together our 2024 Winter Store. A pop up shop in the Steading space at Guardswell Farm.
11am-6pm
5th-8th December
12-15th December
19-22nd December
Lovely items for gifts
Food for over the festive period
Incredible wine and other exciting drinks
A little pop up coffee bar
Come along and say hello.
SPOON CARVING WITH LOUISE FORBES
16th March 2025, 10:00-16:00
It’s hard to describe the pleasure you get from stirring something with your own kitchen spoon, sprinkling sugar on strawberries from a wooden teaspoon carved by yourself, or even just sitting and rubbing your thumb over the bowl of something that you lovingly spent hours crafting. Whether its a stirring spoon or a coffee scoop... you'll leave with something you'll love forever.
We have managed to pin down the amazing Louise Forbes, of Louise Forbes design fame, to run another Spoon Carving day course at Guardswell Farm. It will be a jolly affair with happy chatter, all tools and materials provided...and you'll leave with a spoon that you carved yourself!
We'll also break for a Cart Shed Kitchen lunch to ensure that tummies are not left rumbling...as well as tea and coffee flowing throughout the day.
EASTER AT GUARDSWELL FARM
Easter at Guardswell Farm
Friday 18th April, 4pm- Monday 21st April, 11am
Join us for a weekend stay on the farm for donkey walks, stargazing, hilltop campfire and spring wreath making (as starters!) this Easter. Think “family retreat” crossed with lambs and chicks, and painted eggs, and some awesome workshops!
After all the fun we had last Easter on the farm, for our family weekend “retreat”, we couldn’t wait to get planning 2025.
To us, as kids, the Easter holidays signed life emerging on the farm- it was a time for bouncing lambs in fields, daffodils happily bobbing in the breeze, the trees and plants waking up- as well as spending time with our aunties, uncles and cousins. And we want to share that Easter excitement with you.
Plenty of egg related activities to amuse the wee ones; Breakfast gatherings in the Cattle Court; Restorative family yoga with Evy; Easter wreath making with Laura of Flowers by the Brae; Bonfires and Storytelling with Eileen Budd.
Meet the animals - Hugo and Ollie our donkeys love to bray hello! Have quiet time in the Greenhouse or wander up the hill for a swing with a view.
You can join in as much or as little as you like, the weekend is yours. We can’t wait to have you here.
Join us from Friday 18th April- Monday 21st April
Easter Egg Hunt
Egg Decorating
The Great Guardswell Egg Roll
Family Yoga
Donkey Walk
Bonfire + Storytelling with Eileen Budd
Family film night in the Granary
Easter Wreath Making
Farm Tour and Animals feeding
Hatching eggs
Breakfast every morning in the Steading
Book out a hut or a house and spend a weekend exploring the farm with us.
This weekend will be led by Tessa, Anna, Digby and the rest of Team Guardswell- and we cant wait to spend the weekend as a family, with yours.
We have limited spaces- 30 in total- but head to the “EVENTS” page of our website to read a little more and bag one of those houses or huts. Occupancy of each house/hut includes children and adults, however, under 2s are additional to the occupancy. Gather your family and friends and join us on the farm this Easter.
Initial payment of 30% deposit- with balance to be paid 2 months before. Number in brackets is the total value.
CHARITY CHRISTMAS FAMILY CEILIDH
CHARITY FAMILY CEILIDH
Family Ceilidh + Christmas Gathering
Saturday 21st December
6.30pm start, arrival from 5.30pm
Carriages at 11pm
Join us at Guardswell for a family ceilidh, bring your own picnic and a chance to celebrate the season together.
A community get together- with an opportunity to jig the night away + chink glasses with your neighbours.
Band- Sporran Again (as local as they come) 3 piece- fiddle, flute and guitar.
Dress code: kilts, jumpers, party dresses, dancing shoes, jabots, swinging sporrans.
Bring your own picnic + we’ll provide a locally stocked bar.
Tables of 8, or buy a ticket and we can pop you on a shared table.
£10 Per ticket (£5 for children) with all proceeds from tickets will be going to CHAS
If you have younger children and want to get them fed a little earlier- we will be set up for 5.30pm, so please feel free to arrive from then.
The Guardswell Winter Provisions Store will also be open during the event.
ANNUAL GUARDSWELL POMANDER WORKSHOP
Potentially one of the best dates in the Guardswell diary. The annual pomander workshop. Ready those thumbs, thicken that skin, refine the pincher movement.
Join us on the farm to learn how to make your very own orange (with apple and satsuma also an option) pomander. We will regale you with a little pomander history. We will drink hot apple juice and coffee, and we’ll chat away until you have your very own pomander for your home (or perhaps 3, depending on how fast you are).
All materials provided, and wonderful round table pomander chat.
WINTER STORE
GUARDSWELL WINTER STORE
Beautiful, useful, local, weird, interesting things- for yourself or for someone you love (or even just like a little).
We are so excited to be pulling together our 2024 Winter Store. A pop up shop in the Steading space at Guardswell Farm.
11am-6pm
5th-8th December
12-15th December
18-22nd December
Lovely items for gifts
Food for over the festive period
Incredible wine and other exciting drinks
A little pop up coffee bar
Come along and say hello.
WINTER STORE
GUARDSWELL WINTER STORE
Beautiful, useful, local, weird, interesting things- for yourself or for someone you love (or even just like a little).
We are so excited to be pulling together our 2024 Winter Store. A pop up shop in the Steading space at Guardswell Farm.
11am-6pm
5th-8th December
12-15th December
19-22nd December
Lovely items for gifts
Food for over the festive period
Incredible wine and other exciting drinks
A little pop up coffee bar
Come along and say hello.
PRODUCE MARKET- LOW WASTE + LOCAL
LOCALLY GROWN + MADE | SUSTAINABLE | LOW WASTE
ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR WEEKLY SHOP
3pm - 7.30pm
The Guardswell Market has returned!
Whether you work all week, work all weekend or care for another individual - thinking about what you eat, and where it comes from, has to fit around your schedule. Whether we like it or not, attitudes have changed in Britain over the last few decades that have created a disconnect between shopper and the food they are purchasing.
Our 'busy' lives and shrinking budget allocation for food is pushing us towards mass retail at unsustainable prices (for both shoppers and producers), often grown in unsustainable ways, with vast waste and use of packaging.
As much as we try to shop 'local' ourselves, the above could not be more true - we find ourselves having the time to do a 'weekly' shop in the evenings, usually on a week night - and at times when the local green grocers or butchers are no longer open. Now, this is obviously not true for everyone - an urban individual keen to support smaller retailers can nip out in the lunch break - but as a rural dweller and worker, this isn't quite as easy - incongruous as this may sound. Surely being surrounded by agriculture, we should be the ones who can get our hands on the produce the easiest, and have the closest connection to it.
Come along to our monthly market and you'll find everything you need for a weekly shop - from fruit + veg to bread + brownies, all of the basics and a treat or two...
Please remember to bring your own shopping bags + containers.
PRODUCE MARKET- LOW WASTE + LOCAL
LOCALLY GROWN + MADE | SUSTAINABLE | LOW WASTE
ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR WEEKLY SHOP
3pm - 7.30pm
The Guardswell Market has returned!
Whether you work all week, work all weekend or care for another individual - thinking about what you eat, and where it comes from, has to fit around your schedule. Whether we like it or not, attitudes have changed in Britain over the last few decades that have created a disconnect between shopper and the food they are purchasing.
Our 'busy' lives and shrinking budget allocation for food is pushing us towards mass retail at unsustainable prices (for both shoppers and producers), often grown in unsustainable ways, with vast waste and use of packaging.
As much as we try to shop 'local' ourselves, the above could not be more true - we find ourselves having the time to do a 'weekly' shop in the evenings, usually on a week night - and at times when the local green grocers or butchers are no longer open. Now, this is obviously not true for everyone - an urban individual keen to support smaller retailers can nip out in the lunch break - but as a rural dweller and worker, this isn't quite as easy - incongruous as this may sound. Surely being surrounded by agriculture, we should be the ones who can get our hands on the produce the easiest, and have the closest connection to it.
Come along to our monthly market and you'll find everything you need for a weekly shop - from fruit + veg to bread + brownies, all of the basics and a treat or two...
Please remember to bring your own shopping bags + containers.
PRODUCE MARKET- LOW WASTE + LOCAL
LOCALLY GROWN + MADE | SUSTAINABLE | LOW WASTE
ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR WEEKLY SHOP
3pm - 7.30pm
The Guardswell Market has returned!
Whether you work all week, work all weekend or care for another individual - thinking about what you eat, and where it comes from, has to fit around your schedule. Whether we like it or not, attitudes have changed in Britain over the last few decades that have created a disconnect between shopper and the food they are purchasing.
Our 'busy' lives and shrinking budget allocation for food is pushing us towards mass retail at unsustainable prices (for both shoppers and producers), often grown in unsustainable ways, with vast waste and use of packaging.
As much as we try to shop 'local' ourselves, the above could not be more true - we find ourselves having the time to do a 'weekly' shop in the evenings, usually on a week night - and at times when the local green grocers or butchers are no longer open. Now, this is obviously not true for everyone - an urban individual keen to support smaller retailers can nip out in the lunch break - but as a rural dweller and worker, this isn't quite as easy - incongruous as this may sound. Surely being surrounded by agriculture, we should be the ones who can get our hands on the produce the easiest, and have the closest connection to it.
Come along to our monthly market and you'll find everything you need for a weekly shop - from fruit + veg to bread + brownies, all of the basics and a treat or two...
Please remember to bring your own shopping bags + containers.
RURAL WORKSPACE. Farm Co-Working Day
Not your usual work day. Join us at Guardswell for Rural Workspace. Settle down with a coffee and the view, and feel inspired working in another location for the day.
STARTING WITH MOTHS- AN INTRODUCTION TO MOTH TRAPPING AND RECORDING
Find out more about these beautiful and fascinating creatures which form an important part of the ecosystem. We will introduce you to positioning and setting up a moth trap, plus the processes involved in analysing, identifying and recording your catch.
If the weather is suitable and there is time, we may also be able to look around a wild flower meadow for moth food plants and day flying insects. We have a number of traps available for loan if you decide to try out moth trapping for yourself. Please contact the email below for further details.
It is essential to register your free place in advance. Please book via perthshire.butterflies@fireflyuk.net. The event will take place at Guardswell Farm.
This event is being run by Tayside Biodiversity. To visit their event page- click HERE
N.B The little guy in the photo is a butterfly, a meadow brown, not a moth- but taken in our meadow.
PRODUCE MARKET- LOW WASTE + LOCAL
LOCALLY GROWN + MADE | SUSTAINABLE | LOW WASTE
ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR WEEKLY SHOP
3pm - 7.30pm
The Guardswell Market has returned!
Whether you work all week, work all weekend or care for another individual - thinking about what you eat, and where it comes from, has to fit around your schedule. Whether we like it or not, attitudes have changed in Britain over the last few decades that have created a disconnect between shopper and the food they are purchasing.
Our 'busy' lives and shrinking budget allocation for food is pushing us towards mass retail at unsustainable prices (for both shoppers and producers), often grown in unsustainable ways, with vast waste and use of packaging.
As much as we try to shop 'local' ourselves, the above could not be more true - we find ourselves having the time to do a 'weekly' shop in the evenings, usually on a week night - and at times when the local green grocers or butchers are no longer open. Now, this is obviously not true for everyone - an urban individual keen to support smaller retailers can nip out in the lunch break - but as a rural dweller and worker, this isn't quite as easy - incongruous as this may sound. Surely being surrounded by agriculture, we should be the ones who can get our hands on the produce the easiest, and have the closest connection to it.
Come along to our monthly market and you'll find everything you need for a weekly shop - from fruit + veg to bread + brownies, all of the basics and a treat or two...
Please remember to bring your own shopping bags + containers.
RURAL WORKSPACE. Farm Co-Working Day
Not your usual work day. Join us at Guardswell for Rural Workspace. Settle down with a coffee and the view, and feel inspired working in another location for the day.
PRODUCE MARKET- LOW WASTE + LOCAL
LOCALLY GROWN + MADE | SUSTAINABLE | LOW WASTE
ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR WEEKLY SHOP