Park Library: From Midnight to the Morning Star
PARK LIBRARY: FROM MIDNIGHT TO THE MORNING STAR The books in Park Library have lively conversations after the night porter’s been round? There’s no way to prove it, though toy shops are said to
The Woodhead Community
The Woodhead Community The Woodhead Community started on 1 April 1994. The founders, two families with young children, and an older man, met at Findhorn. Reg was over 70 when he came to Findhorn. As
Findhorn and Afterwards
FINDHORN AND AFTERWARDS I have tried to leave Findhorn several times but something always brings me back. As I grow older, I am less involved in the community and more involved with my writing.
EarthShare
EarthShare EarthShare, Moray’s First Community Supported Agriculture scheme was launched in spring 1994. Forty-five different kinds of fruit and vegetables were grown in open fields and in polytunnels and at Cullerne Garden. They were distributed
Ekopia Resource Exchange Ltd
EKOPIA RESOURCE EXCHANGE LTD Ekopia is a community benefit cooperative attracting capital for reinvestment in community ventures. A community benefit cooperative (or bencom for short) can offer shares to its community of interest in a
Building Me Wee House
BUILDING ME WEE HOUSE In January of 1985, I visited nearby Speyside Cooperage to collect some free firewood in the form of old barrel staves. I was also shown six large ‘marrying vessels’ they had
Our Beautiful Boutique
OUR BEAUTIFUL BOUTIQUE The Boutique was started in the early 70s with the intention to support the increasing numbers of young people arriving in the community with little money, who needed clothes. Forty years on
Newbold Today
NEWBOLD TODAY Since the early days of the Newbold community, so well described in the article by Harley Miller, nearly a third of a century has passed. The community has variously thrived and struggled,
Newbold House
Newbold House Newbold blessing Newbold House is a five-minute walk from Cluny Hill. It was built in 1893 for a retired army colonel-cum-tea planter and his wife. It was converted into a hotel
Building Pineridge
BUILDING PINERIDGE I came to live at Findhorn with my two children as a long-term guest during 1983-84. I had visited the community several times before and sensed that people perceived as ‘intellectuals’ were perhaps
