Josie and her husband moved to Glentrool in 2008. During her first year here, she attended a Christmas Fair at Kirroughtree where she met a lady who belonged to the Wigtownshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.

After attending their monthly meeting, Josie learnt how to spin and shortly thereafter acquired her own spinning wheel and loom and learnt to weave. Since then she has produced items such as shawls, shoulder bags, scarves all of which are on sale at the Glentrool Hive.

I attended silversmithing courses at Hillsborough College, Sheffield, and from this developed my interest in making silver jewellery.

My aim is to learn new techniques and styles for silver jewellery, and I look forward to having a home studio in which to experiment and develop my skills. Meanwhile, I enjoy making a variety of items when time allows, as although ‘retired’ I am still working in healthcare locally. I have sold jewellery at craft fairs in and around Sheffield and am excited to explore Dumfries and Galloway for inspiration and new markets.

Artist and feltmaker based in the beautiful Mull of Galloway offering workshops from a studio/gallery space near the coast.

I create art inspired mainly by my home surroundings in the scenic Mull of Galloway in south west Scotland. I have a studio workshop and gallery where I exhibit and sell my art and other local artists work. I offer felt making and mixed media textile art workshops from my studio and am available to work in the community enjoying inspiring people of all ages to create art. You may book one of my scheduled workshops or contact me to discuss a date to suit your holiday or visit to the area.

Homemade woodcrafts based in Glentrool at the heart of the Galloway Forest Park.

Working from home, I use reclaimed wood as far as possible, avoiding the use of plastic as far as is practical. My inspiration comes from timber - the grain, the texture, the look and feel.

Foggie Toddle Books is the bookshop dedicated to children’s literature in Wigtown.

We stock a small selection of children’s books created by local writers and illustrators.

Hugh Bryden spent 30 years as an Art Teacher in Dumfries and Galloway. Throughout his teaching career he continued to practice as a printmaker and painter. He was a regular exhibitor in national and international exhibitions and was involved for a number of years in the gallery business in Dumfries. Since 2005 he has been working as a printmaker, publisher writer and painter

Margaret S Milligan is a contemporary artist, well known for her still life and floral oil paintings.

She works from her garden studio and kitchen in wintertime, within the beautiful artists town of Kirkcudbright. Strength of drawing has always been fundamental in her work, beginning back when Margaret worked exclusively in soft pastel , the art of painting whilst drawing. She founded a Life Drawing Group 12 years ago, to feed her need to work from the human form and has hosted a class at the Glentrool Hive.

Glo-Ora is a small business Est in 2025 creating handmade cement homeware, candles and wax melts.