Great Greener Kemnay Apple Bake Off: This is to take place on the 10^th October at 10am at the Community Garden, please come along with your homemade apple products and these can be anything made from apples (nothing alcoholic please) (also could you make a list of ingredients). Or if you want to just taste what is on offer you are welcome to come along. The entries will be tasted and judged by those present at the event and there is a trophy to be won. I look forward to seeing you there.

AGM: Our AGM will take place on 10^th November at 7.30 in the Village Hall Friendship Room; we hope to provide a film or talk for after the AGM and we will let you know as it is arranged. 

Community Garden

Activity morning: There will not be an activity morning this month as we are having the Bake off on the day, please if you are able to help out at other times, the paths need weeding and dead heading can start. 

Paths Group

Place of Origin 20^th Anniversary: To celebrate this anniversary, the paths group has been setting up a self-guided trail using QR codes which are placed on posts around the site and these inform the user about; this art project, the ecology, geology, the quarry, the people of Kemnay and the village. 

The trail was opened on September 26^th by Lady Kate Saltoun, Deputy Lord Lieutenant Aberdeenshire, we also had one of the artists John Maine, poems relating to the quarry were read by Ian Dow, a Kemnay Loon whose father worked in the quarry. There were around 80 people there, 60 of them processed to the top with John Maine stopping at strategic points, giving information to the audience about the artists thinking behind the design. Robert Howie played his pipes for the journey. At the top, there was more from John Maine, a poem from Ian and a talk from Andy Henderson the Quarry manager on the history around the quarry.

We are very grateful for the support of Breedons for funding this project, also the Kemnay Mens Shed and especially David Wyness for constructing the noticeboard and help with the posts and also Alastair Simpson with the printing of the poster.

Bulb planting: Next event for the Path Group is on 1^st November at 10am, meet at the Place of Origin, please bring gloves, a dibber or trowel.

MP visit: We had a visit from Andrew Bowie MP to Greener Kemnay, Gabby, Sue and I met him in the community garden on a sunny morning.  We informed him of what Greener Kemnay does, explained the problems that we are facing (especially the energy group) and then we went on to the local issues we are having with the council/SEPA. I did think he went away better informed, hopefully he takes some of the things we were talking about with him to his new position of Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (here’s hoping).

Great Greener Kemnay Apple Bake-off: This is to take place at Birley Bush Community Garden on the 10th of October at 10am, please bring along your baked, boiled or bottled apples (nothing alcoholic please) for tasting (please include a label with all your ingredients). It should be a lovely occasion, where we can celebrate the apple.

Trustees Needed: Greener Kemnay really needs to find more trustees to help us continue our work, we are only asking for one and half hours, once a month from 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month and if you know anyone who would be suitable, please ask them to contact us.

Community Garden

12th September Activities morning: We look forward to seeing you at our activity morning from 10-12 where we are planning to weed the paths and sort out the compost bins. Our trail camera is now working so the deer and the badgers are getting their photos taken.

Paths

Volunteers have been working all year on the paths, choosing names for them, gathering information, raising money for the signs and post markers

Place of Origin 20th Anniversary celebration:

You are invited!

Opening of the new Place of Origin Trail
 Saturday 26th September
 10.00am
 Place of Origin, Kemnay

Come along as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Place of Origin and officially open its new self-guided trail.

The trail uses QR-coded posts, positioned around the Place of Origin. Scan the codes with your phone to discover more about:

 The ecology of the site
 The artist’s vision
 The people of Kemnay
 The geology of the area
 Kemnay’s quarrying heritage
 The history and story of Kemnay village

Come and explore this special place, learn something new and celebrate 20 years of the Place of Origin with us.