Projects and experience

From Glasgow to Cowal, explore the projects and gardening experience that led to the creation of Kailyard Herbs.

Explore our experience and past projects

Dunoon Goes POP

Supporting the creation of a community-designed drinks garden filled with flavoursome herbs for the soft drinks project at the POP shop and the Top Shop. This project was supported by the Community Lottery Fund and Business Gateway. Read more

The POP Shop, Dunoon

Ongoing tending to the window boxes at the POP shop in Dunoon. From herbal-tea themed designs to pollinator-friendly spring blooms, the planting is regularly refreshed.

The Hidden Gardens, Glasgow

Where our community medicinal herb garden journey began. Supporting the head gardener, as a sessional gardener, Lynne led a series of community workshops for the creation of a medicinal courtyard at this sanctuary garden in Glasgow’s southside. This project was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Read more

Kailyard Herbs, Dunoon

Turning our garden into a productive, wildlife-rich and beautiful kailyard - veg patch - that is full of herbs began in 2021. Drawing from Scotland’s herbal traditions, we’re growing a mix of plants with a long herbal history in Scotland, as well as using it as a test garden to see what other herbs thrive in our west-coast conditions. We’re experimenting with growing herbs for making herbal teas.

Lynne has also been delivering food and herb-growing workshops through local community projects and herbal tea-blending workshops.

Papaver Gardening, Cowal

Tending to veg patches and herbs through gardens in and around Dunoon through our gardening maintenance business, Papaver Gardening. Hillside, coastal, farmland and town-based gardens, we’re learning about the differing microclimates, challenges and opportunities for growing around our west-coast peninsula.

Southside, Glasgow

Bags of rosemary gifted to a local baker. Growing and drying herbs. Studying Horticulture at college. Studying Herbology at RBGE. Making remedies. Lots of cooking with herbs. Designing our first herb garden.

Before our move to Cowal, our first herb garden and the initial idea for Kailyard Herbs began in our small garden in Glasgow. We turned a lawn and patio areas into a wildlife-friendly kitchen garden, packed with herbs. Growing plants from seeds and cuttings, we made raised beds out of reclaimed wood or bricks, and planted directly into the soil where possible.

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