Doors Open Days 2026
The Glentrool Hive is a multipurpose community centre for the village of Glentrool, located on the outskirts of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park. Owned and ran by the Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust, the building offers hall hire, self-catering accommodation and a gallery and craft shop as well as visitor provisions such as toilets, shower units, washing machine and tumble drier use, EV charge point and light refreshments.
Aligning with the 2026 theme of Heritage: Reimagine, we will open our doors to the public, but more specifically similar groups and organisations who wish to reimagine a better future for their community and buildings.
Our project manager and trustees will be on hand to give tours of the facility throughout the day, sit down for a chat about the regeneration capital project, the Glentrool Hive and its development and offer a presentation in the main hall area on a cycle for visitors to watch.
Light refreshments will be available.
Coffee Get Together
Coffee Get Together
Every two weeks
From 10am until 12pm
Drop in event for all the community
Community Lunch
Join us for some homemade soup, bread, cake and company.
Once a month on a Saturday from 12pm until 2pm. Dates below:
28th March, 18th April, 23rd May, 20th June, 18th July, 15th August, 12th September, 10th October
Indoor Bowls
Come and meet our friendly club, find out what’s involved, try a new activity and have some fun!
Every two weeks on a Monday, from 7pm until 9pm.
Afternoon Tea Pop Up
Once a month, the Glentrool Hive aims to offer a dining event as an opportunity for our community and visitors to socialise and enjoy a little culinary treat. Please reach out if you would like to volunteer to help.
Join us for an afternoon enjoying some homemade savoury and sweet treats.
£5 Per Person
Please pop your name down at the Hive, and let us know if you have any dietary requirements or allergies.
Quilt & Sew Session
Quilting and Sewing at The Glentrool Hive
Tuesday 22nd September 2026, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm, Glentrool Village, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway DG8 6SY
Join us for a relaxed few hours of sewing at the beautiful Glentrool Hive. Bring along your own project, whether it’s quilting, sewing projects, or hand-stitching, and enjoy uninterrupted creative time in good company.
What’s included:
• Four hours of sewing in a spacious, welcoming venue
• Tables, chairs, and plenty of room to spread out
• Tea, coffee, and biscuits throughout the session
• A supportive, social atmosphere with fellow makers
Price: £25 per person
Spaces: Limited to 8 participants. Secure your place and enjoy a few hours dedicated to your creativity! There will also be a pop up shop with lots of quilting and sewing goodies.
To Book: Click Here
Midlife Nutrition Retreat
Science-led. Supportive. Delicious.
Learn:
Why midlife & peri/menopause change weightInsulin, gut health & sleep - simplified
Evidence-based weight loss strategies and ‘hacks’
Protein: the truth, not the hype
Common mistakes to avoid
Supplements: what’s worth it (and what’s not)
Experience:
Tea, coffee, healthy light lunch & home bakes
Food tasting & practical ideas
Sociable chat with like-minded women
Optimal nature walk afterwards
Introductory offer: £35 pp. Spaces are limited.
Dr Jane McKay, Chartered Psychologist (Sport and Exercise), Menopause Coach & Educator, Physiology & Midlife Specialist.
Wild Food & Medicine Workshop
Way of the Wild will be hosting an Autumn Equinox Wild Food & Medicine Workshop on Sunday 27th September from 10am until 4pm.
£40 Per Person
Learn how to identify seasonal wild food and medicinal plants and fungi, discover tinctures and how they benefit you. Make your own tincture preparation & healing balm to take away, learn about medicinal mushrooms and how to prepare them correctly to extract their medicinal properties.
Includes a lunch of seasonal wild food treats with recipes included.
For more information and to book, please click here.
Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust AGM
2026 Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust AGM
Wednesday 30th September 2026, at the Glentrool Hive, at 7:00pm
Have you considered becoming a Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust Board Member?
All Ordinary Members of the Trust are invited to the GBCT AGM and we encourage those who are interested, to apply to become a Trustee of the Board.
Below are links to documents which need to be reviewed before completing the application form.
The application submission deadline is Sunday 20th September 2026. All of the below documents can be found on our website also: Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust — Glentrool Hive.
GBCT Articles of Association
GBCT Trustee Code of Conduct
GBCT Trustee Role & Responsibility
GBCT Trustee Application Form
Glentrool Unplugged
An evening of music and spoken word at the Glentrool Hive.
6-9pm.
All performers and listeners welcome. This will be an informal evening where anyone can play or just hang out and enjoy some tunes. There is no admission fee, but please feel free to bring some refreshments.
Samhain Celebration
Once a month, the Glentrool Hive aims to offer a dining event as an opportunity for our community and visitors to socialise and enjoy a little culinary treat. Please reach out if you would like to volunteer.
An all day celebration of the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter!
Free Entry. Hot food and drinks available from 12 noon.
Craft and gift stalls, apple bobbing, prize for best fancy dress, kids craft table, spooky treasure hunt through the woods, pumpkin carving, fire pit and marshmallows, live music and much more!
Sunday Roast
Once a month, the Glentrool Hive aims to offer a dining event as an opportunity for our community and visitors to socialise and enjoy a little culinary treat. Please reach out if you would like to volunteer.
From 1:00pm
Join us and enjoy some delicious locally sourced roasts and accompaniments.
Bring your own bottle and make an afternoon of it.
£5 Per Person
Gentle Movement Qigong Sessions
Returns on Thursday 3rd September 2026
Every Thursday until 3rd December
From 10:30am
Cost: £2.50 (including tea/coffee)
No need to book, just come along!
Classes can be done seated or standing.
knit and natter
Do you enjoy stitching, knitting, crocheting?
Join our friendly knit and natter group. Come and meet new friends and swap tips and ideas, all ages and abilities welcome!
Dog Training
Kit Clow KCAI (CD) (Kennel Club Accredited Instructor in Companion Dog) will be hosting dog training sessions every Wednesday from 9:30am until 11:30am. Call her on 07715977466 for more information
Community Curry Night
Join us from 4pm and learn how to make two authentic style curries:
Thariwala Lamb Curry, Coconut Chicken Curry/Coconut Vegetable Curry
Then enjoy the dishes with the community from 6pm
Drinks and music to follow in the lounge.
If you would like to volunteer to help and learn a new curry, pop your name down in the Hive.
Glentrool Forest Festival
A WEEKEND LONG EVENT REDISCOVERING AND CELEBRATING OUR CONNECTION WITH THE GALLOWAY FOREST.
Hot Food & Snacks
Pop Up Bar - Free Children’s All Day Activities - Free Kids Craft Tent - Felted Fungi Workshop
Wild Swimming - Willow Weaving - Herbal Tea Apothecary - Galloway Forest Fibre Workshop
Meditation - Guided Walk - Reflexology & Massage - Clothes Swap - Qigong Class
Outdoor Weaving
And much more….
Lichen Day
Lichen Day with Jenny Craig
Saturday 2nd May - 10am until 3pm
Jenny is a lichen artist and enthusiast. She will give an introductory talk and slideshow about lichens, followed by guided walks around the Glentrool trails to find a range of lichens growing in different environments. In the event of heavy rain, a range of lichen samples will be provided to examine indoors. Hand lenses will be provided, but bring your own if you have one.
Please bring waterproofs and suitable walking shoes/ boots.
Lunch is available at Glentrool Forest Cafe, or bring your own packed lunch.
Pre-booking essential - £15 Per Person
Contact Jenny to book: 07870836528
Closure
The Glentrool Hive will be closed to the public on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April. We will reopen as usual on Tuesday 28th April at 10am.
Glentrool Gather
The Glentrool Gather Returns!
Saturday 21st March from 6pm
Join us for some delicious food and good company, followed by a quiz from Quiz Master John!
Warm Hub Community Lunch
We are restarting our Warm Hub Community Lunches with thanks to funding from Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Join us from 12pm until 2pm for some homemade soup, bread and cake and a catch up.
Closure
The Glentrool Hive will be closed to the public on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22th February. We will reopen as usual on Tuesday 24th February for our Coffee Get Together.
Hogmanay Gathering
Hogmanay Gathering
Bring your own drinks and nibbles and we’ll sit around, chat and listen to music, dance if you want to!
Wed 31st December from 7pm
Festive Closure
We will be closed from Sunday 21st December and will reopen on Saturday 3rd January 2026 at 10am.
Emails will be monitored throughout, please call 07555720926 if your inquiry is urgent.
Christmas Community Lunch
Join us for a community Christmas Lunch at the Glentrool Hive.
Free to all, please sign up at the Hive reception.
Quiz Master John will be host to a quiz following the meal.
Please feel free to BYOB and your festive cheer!
Sing Christmas Carols
Join us and Penninghame Church in singing some Christmas Carols on Monday 15th December from 7pm.
Tea, coffee and biscuits provided, all welcome.
Qigong
Gentle Movement Qigong sessions At the Glentrool Hive
Returns on Thursday 25th September 2025
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th October
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th November
From 10:30am, Cost: £2.50 (including tea/coffee)
No need to book, just come along! Classes can be done seated or standing.
Astronomical Wizards and where to find them!
Astronomical wizards and where to find them
Friday 5th December at 7.00pm
Bellatrix Lestrange, Draco Malfoy and Sirius Black are just some of the wizards who got their names from stars, constellations and other objects in the night sky. So, too, are Luna and Andromeda Tonks. Come to hear an astronomer explain where they are and how you can find them!
As a bonus – you can hear an ancient astronomical story about the Great Bear in the sky and the little birds that tried to hunt it!
This event is presented by the Galloway Forest Astronomical Society
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
From Sally Bourne of Flowers of the Forest
£40 PER PERSON
Sunday 30th November 2pm until 4pm &
Monday 1st December from 7pm until 9pm
Everything you need to make your wreath will be provided, but if you have any foliage in your garden that you would like to use, please bring it with you. If you would like to add a bow to your wreath, bring some ribbon along. If you have secateurs or flower snips that you like to use, feel free to bring them with you, but I can lend you some if you don’t have your own.
www.flowersoftheforest15.co.uk
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
From Sally Bourne of Flowers of the Forest
£40 PER PERSON
Sunday 30th November 2pm until 4pm &
Monday 1st December from 7pm until 9pm
Everything you need to make your wreath will be provided, but if you have any foliage in your garden that you would like to use, please bring it with you. If you would like to add a bow to your wreath, bring some ribbon along. If you have secateurs or flower snips that you like to use, feel free to bring them with you, but I can lend you some if you don’t have your own.
www.flowersoftheforest15.co.uk
Glentrool Christmas Fayre
Join us at the Glentrool Hive for our annual Christmas Fayre!
We have some amazing local producers hosting craft and gift stalls, delicious hot Bavarian style food, warming cups of mulled wine and cider and plenty of sweet treats and crafting for the kids!
Saturday 29th November, from 10am until 3pm.
Lee Concannon Pop Up Restaurant
Pre-order and non-refundable £10 deposit required to secure booking.
We are thrilled to welcome Lee Concannon who has been working as a chef for over 26 years to the Glentrool Hive. Lee has worked professionally for chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and James Villiers, and with his recent move to Scotland has decided to work on his own producing pop up restaurant food that highlights his culinary experience.
Lee will be showcasing his passion for food, leaving you wanting more with the aim to use local produce and suppliers to bring exciting food to your table.
Lesotho Lunch
Everyone is welcome to join us for lunch and to hear more about “The Kingdom in the Sky” and the projects supported.
Let Stuart and Angela know you are coming or add your name to the lists in church or the Hive. Donations welcome on the day.
Lee Concannon Pop Up Restaurant
Pre-order and non-refundable £10 deposit required to secure booking.
We are thrilled to welcome Lee Concannon who has been working as a chef for over 26 years to the Glentrool Hive. Lee has worked professionally for chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and James Villiers, and with his recent move to Scotland has decided to work on his own producing pop up restaurant food that highlights his culinary experience.
Lee will be showcasing his passion for food, leaving you wanting more with the aim to use local produce and suppliers to bring exciting food to your table.
Halloween Gathering
Trick or Treating from 5:00pm
Roasted marshmallows &firepit
Kids Halloween Film
Best dressed competition and spooky quiz from 6:30pm
Community Lunches
We received such amazing feedback for our Community Lunches as part of our Warm Hub Project 24/25, we have decided to continue this valuable community event once per month. The dates are:
Saturday 22nd March - Saturday 19th April - Saturday 10th May - Saturday 7th June - Saturday 5th July - Saturday 2nd August - Saturday 13th September - Saturday 4th October
From 12pm until 2pm
Lee Concannon Pop Up Restaurant
Pre-order and non-refundable £10 deposit required to secure booking.
We are thrilled to welcome Lee Concannon who has been working as a chef for over 26 years to the Glentrool Hive. Lee has worked professionally for chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and James Villiers, and with his recent move to Scotland has decided to work on his own producing pop up restaurant food that highlights his culinary experience.
Lee will be showcasing his passion for food, leaving you wanting more with the aim to use local produce and suppliers to bring exciting food to your table.
Indoor Bowls
Come and meet our friendly club, find out what’s involved, try a new activity and have some fun!
From 7pm until 9pm
Thursday 18th January, Thursday 1st February and Thursday 15th February.
GBCT AGM 2025
Wednesday 8th October, at 7:00pm at the Glentrool Hive.
Glentrool and Bargrennan Community Trust AGM
All Trust members and residents welcome.
To apply to become a Trustee, please click here for application form.
Lee Concannon Pop Up Restaurant
Sunday 21st September at The Glentrool Hive
2 Courses £25.00 - 3 Courses - £33.00
Pre-order and non-refundable £10 deposit required to secure booking.
We are thrilled to welcome Lee Concannon who has been working as a chef for over 26 years to the Glentrool Hive. Lee has worked professionally for chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and James Villiers, and with his recent move to Scotland has decided to work on his own producing pop up restaurant food that highlights his culinary experience.
Lee will be showcasing his passion for food, leaving you wanting more with the aim to use local produce and suppliers to bring exciting food to your table.
James Hutton Institute - Private Water Supplies
Calling all households and businesses on Private Water Supplies!
On Thursday evening from 4-9pm, we are hosting a workshop led by researchers from the James Hutton Institute. They will be investigating the types of support which would benefit the users of private water supplies. This is to inform policy advice with the aim of improving PWS user's resilience against water quality and quantity issues. Refreshments and a light dinner will be served at the workshop; if you are interested in attending, please register at: https://hutton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gV71l5DwZ5ky1M