An Arts Centre as a Garden

Forgan Arts Centre’s activities and operations are conceptualised as An Arts Centre as a Garden, a methodology rooted in permaculture principles. This is an experiment: imagining an art centre as a garden where a multisensory and sentient ecology of plants, people, and creatures support one another through mutually beneficial relationships and reciprocity.

Lughnasadh Art & Music Festival now on sale!

Our popular summer festival is back, in partnership with our pals at Big Rock Records. Alongside a stellar line-up of Scottish musicians on the main stage, we’ll have a fun, family art programme, and delicious food and drinks from local suppliers.

Children’s Art Club & Play.Ground

Looking for things for you and your kids to do this summer? Children’s Art Club is back and you can book a space here. For family fun in the garden and woods, come along to our free self-led Play.Ground on Friday mornings. 

Edge School

Edge School is a new peer-to-peer learning programme at Forgan Arts Centre for LGBTQIA+ creatives in Fife. Edge School explores the garden as a metaphor for spaces of cultivation, rooting and unexpected encounters through art, craft, landwork, permaculture, writing and food. The space is queer-led and suitable for people aged 16 years +. All materials are provided, just come along!

Gardening for the Future

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday we host an open volunteer meet-up in the gardens at the centre. Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary. The meet-up is led by gardener, grower, and environmentalist Dr Helena Simmons who will support people to get involved.

The activities include building raised beds, learning about ‘no-dig’ growing, planting vegetable and flowers, harvesting, and the never ending weeding and pruning to keep the gardens tidy. All activities relate to the sustainability, improving biodiversity, and tackling the climate emergency.

Coorie Saturdays

Coorie Saturdays are a blend of lots of different activities at that you can get involved in. From drop in crafting, singing workshops, learning about gardening and food growing, and workshops and classes. There’s free tea, coffee, juice and snacks available all day, free of charge.