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FAMILIES THRILLED BY A PATCH OF LANDS' FESTIVE EXTRAVAGANZA
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
|December 26, 2025
Families were invited into the thriving Dumfries green space that is the Sandside Community Garden on Friday to enjoy a Winter Wonderland Christmas Fair.
And it was a time of extra celebration for the hardworking voluntary committee of A Patch Ae Land who have worked wonders in the past 12 months.
Chairperson Thomas Tate said that last Christmas they were in a "period of transition".
He said: "We announced that a new committee was rebuilding the organisation after the difficult post-Covid years, with the specific goal of becoming a registered SCIO.
"I am proud to confirm that under this new committee (established January, 2025), we have achieved that goal.
This story is from the December 26, 2025 edition of Dumfries and Galloway Standard.
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