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September 7, 2019February 28, 2026

Rowan Steals the show for Dunoon youngsters

Ardentinny pup ‘Rowan’ was the star of a visit to Glenfinart Walled Garden recently for pupils from Dunoon Primary Learning Centre when they visited the garden accompanied by their teacher Gail McCorquondale.

Under the guidance of regular volunteer Corrie, the children helped pick fresh produce including delicious apples, carrots, courgettes, blueberries and leeks from the garden.

Back at school, the kids stored their day’s work in the freezer with the intention of using the vegetables to prepare lunch for the garden volunteers in the near future.

The Community Trust were thrilled to receive handwritten letters this week from each of the young visitors which we have included below.

July 7, 2019February 28, 2026

Ardentinny Renewables Trust – Recent funding recipients

Ardentinny Renewables Trust (ART) has announced the latest successful funding applications as follows:

	Beneficiary	Purpose	Amount
2019 – July	Ardentinny Community Council	Replacement village noticeboard	£1,160.00
	Neil Robinson	Bees and equipment	£632.91
	Ardentinny Community Trust	Glenfinart Walled Garden new tables and chairs	£589.72
	Ardentinny Bowling Club	2 – 1000L water tanks	£420.00
	Ardentinny Heritage Group	Village centre planter and plants	£198.71

2018 – Dec.	Ardentinny Community Trust	Glenfinart Walled Garden lawn mower	£585.00
	Ardentinny Bowling Club	Purchase of bowls gatherers	£376.00
	Forestry Commission	2 – benches sited along River Finart	£750.00

ART receives and manages the annual income to the community of the mandatory 5% of Feed-in Tariff (FIT) from the local hydro energy projects now underway in the village. The Trust then allocates these funds to local group and individual projects which they consider will be beneficial to the Ardentinny community.

Any Ardentinny resident or group who are members of ART may apply for funding (funding application form below). Membership is free and the application form can be downloaded below.

Download ART Membership Form

Download ART Funding Application

May 10, 2019February 28, 2026

Ardentinny Trout Farm Proposal – Ways to respond

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) CAR (Controlled Activities Regulations) Licence application for the proposed trout farm in Ardentinny, submitted by Dawnfresh in December 2018, is out for consultation. The consultation period is 28 days and is open to the public to comment.

According to Dawnfresh Environmental Manager, Peter MacDougall, “ The CAR licence process is completely separate to the planning process and its function is to decide whether the location, in this case Loch Long, has the carrying capacity for a trout farm of the size proposed based on current flow, bathymetry, seabed grabs and video survey and computer modelling of the worst case scenarios in the context of existing discharges into the loch. Sea lice treatments are regulated by SEPA under CAR and the consented quantities of medicines are determined by the carrying capacity of the loch.”

The application can be accessed at https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/consultations/advertised-applications-under-car/cars-hidden/1178003/ and written representations received by SEPA within 28 days of its advertisement in today’s (10.5.2019) Dunoon Observer & Edinburgh Gazette will be taken into consideration in determining the application.

Representations re Permit Number CAR/L/1178003 should be made in writing by email to: registrydingwall@sepa.org.uk or by post to: Dingwall Registry, SEPA, Graesser House, Fodderty Way, Dingwall, IV15 9XB.

Thus far, SEPA has received public authority representations from Argyll District Salmon Fisheries Board 5/4/2019 and Marine Scotland Ltd. 9/4/2019

Petitions

Local action group ‘AFF The Clyde’ (against fish farming in Ardentinny and the Firth of Clyde), has organised an online petition and there are several copies of their paper petition in public locations in Dunoon and along the Shore.

Questionnaire

A questionnaire eliciting residents’ views on the trout farm proposal has been distributed to local households, the results of which will further inform a village response. These can be returned to 6 Ardenfield, Ardentinny.

April 25, 2019February 28, 2026

Easter Fun on hottest day of the year (so far!)

Sizzling ‘Summer’ sun but spring flowers and a budding orchard were the backdrop to Ardentinny’s Easter Fun Day at Glenfinart Walled Garden last weekend, encouraging a large turnout for the Easter egg hunt, egg and spoon races and Easter Bonnet competition.

There was plenty for the adults too with a variety of stalls, a busy burger bar and tea room and the opportunity to just chill on the lawn and watch the kids play.

It also marked the season’s opening of the garden which is once more open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays 1 – 4.30 p.m. and at other times, by appointment.

For enquiries or requests to visit the garden contact Anna on 01369 810238 or any other Trustee. Email sec@glenfinartgarden.org, follow us on Facebook or visit at www.glenfinartgarden.org

Click any photo to enlarge and browse.

April 7, 2019February 28, 2026

Trout Farm Proposals – the next steps

At Ardentinny Community Council’s meeting of 1 April, agenda item 12 addressed the current position regarding the Dawnfresh Trout Farm proposals for Ardentinny and the Firth of Clyde. Convenor, Neil Robinson, stressed that the well attended public meeting on 11 March was not the official consultation but a pre-consultation meeting to gauge local feeling and answer questions. The Community Council will inform residents of dates for the official consultation in due course.

Dawnfresh Environmental Manager, Peter MacDougall has extended an invitation to anyone interested in visiting one of their fish farms to do so either via Ardentinny Community Council or direct. Also, results of their EIA Screening application to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park will be communicated to the local community when they become available. A resident suggested that Dawnfresh representatives had been a bit disingenuous at the public meeting when describing their activities on their other farms and that there have been a number of problems on Loch Etive, for example.

Neil Robinson went on to read a copy email from Lynn Kerr to community councils in and around the Clyde Estuary warning them of the potentially negative effects of the proposed fish farms off Cumbrae and Bute on all the wildlife in and around their shores. She invited them to collaborate, consult and share information ‘to present a united front against this threat to our wildlife and tourist economy’ and to provide a contact email so that everyone can be kept informed of developments.

As an extension to this, Marian Norris said that she would raise the issue at the next caucus of 11 community councils with the possibility of extending it to even more.

An email from Elaine Allan was then read inviting others who are against the proposed fish farms to come forward and form a working party with the aim of opposing the Dawnfresh proposals, which she also indicates in the poster (below).