Make your own Hidden Gardens AGM Shortbread

Have your own Hidden Gardens AGM by making your own shortbread! Ingredients * 125g/4oz butter * 55g/2oz caster sugar * 180g/6oz plain flour Directions 1 Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. 2 Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth. 3 Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste. Turn on to a […]

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The remains of our AGM Shortbread
The remains of our AGM Shortbread

Have your own Hidden Gardens AGM by making your own shortbread!

Ingredients
* 125g/4oz butter
* 55g/2oz caster sugar
* 180g/6oz plain flour

Directions
1 Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

2 Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth.

3 Stir in the flour to get a smooth paste. Turn on to a work surface and gently roll out until the paste is 1cm/½in thick.

4 Cut into rounds or fingers and place onto a baking tray. Sprinkle with icing sugar and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.

5 Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to cool on a wire rack.

Young Film-Makers welcome dancers to the Hidden Gardens

Our Youth Film-Making Project began last week, with our young film-makers greeting 11 dancers from Singapore, on an exchange programme with Scottish Ballet. Once introductions were made, everybody split into groups to either take a tour of the Sanctuary Gardens, or make their own delicious shortbread. The dancers will be participating in the first ever […]

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Some of our film-makers taking footage
Carol from Scrumptious Productions and some of our film-makers taking footage

Our Youth Film-Making Project began last week, with our young film-makers greeting 11 dancers from Singapore, on an exchange programme with Scottish Ballet.

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Once introductions were made, everybody split into groups to either take a tour of the Sanctuary Gardens, or make their own delicious shortbread.

Some of our gingko-leaf shortbread - it didn't last long!
Some of our gingko-leaf shortbread – it didn’t last long!

The dancers will be participating in the first ever Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival, taking place at Tramway from Thursday 10th July. It’s all shaping up to be a really exciting event!

Amanda

Some delicious chapattis being prepared
Some delicious stuffed parathas being prepared by our talented local volunteers