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Gairloch Sitooterie garden gets flood protection wall as Wester Ross community joins forces





Sitooterie volunteers give a big thumbs-up to (front row L-R) Bruce Alexander (Great Wilderness Challenge), Building contractor Roddy Bain and Neil MacKenzie (Gairloch Quarry).
Sitooterie volunteers give a big thumbs-up to (front row L-R) Bruce Alexander (Great Wilderness Challenge), Building contractor Roddy Bain and Neil MacKenzie (Gairloch Quarry).

AN award-winning Wester Ross community garden has managed to complete the final stage of a flood prevention programme.

The Gairloch Sitooterie Wildlife Viewing Garden now has a new stone wall enclosing an area frequently flooded by high tides in the village's Pier Road.

Built by local contractor, Roddy Bain, the stone for the wall came from the Gairloch Quarry owned by Ross-shire company Pat Munro, and was totally funded by the Pat Munro Foundation.

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A donation of £750 from the Great Wilderness Challenge helped hugely towards the cost of the construction of the wall.

The Sitooterie began in 2015 when members of the local community funded the clearing of a small area amid the totally overgrown gorse that dominated the verge alongside Pier Road.

Since then, the garden has steadily expanded to its current 206 metre length and has since won numerous awards from Keep Scotland Beautiful and The Royal Horticultural Society.

Sitooterie team member, David Carruthers, said he was absolutely delighted by all the local support for this project, and wished to thank everyone who had helped towards the flood prevention plan for the Sitooterie.


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