Bridge of Allan Counselling

Bridge of Allan Counselling Welcome to the community side of Bridge of Allan Counselling.

Follow G2G@88, our garden journey, local wellbeing education, Bridge of Allan history, community events and the small moments of connection that help people feel they belong.

02/09/2026

✨Partnerships can be powerful. Come and find out why.

Be part of an inspiring afternoon exploring how businesses across Forth Valley are making charitable giving part of what they do in partnership with Strathcarron Hospice 🩵

Find out more about how a business partnership with Strathcarron Hospice can create value for your business, your people and the communities they’re part of.

✨What can your business gain from giving back within your community?
✨How can you engage your workforce in something meaningful?
✨And what lasting difference can your support make in your local community?

Sign up today ➡️ https://buff.ly/lnXnt6U

📅 Tuesday 15 September 2026
📍 Forth Valley College, 9 Grangemouth Road, Falkirk, FK2 9AD
⏰ Refreshments 3.30pm | Panel & Q&A 4–5pm

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🗨️ Hear directly from business leaders about their experiences, including:

🔹 Andrew Malcolm, The Malcolm Group: how a partnership with Strathcarron has seen employees raise more than £29,000, supported by matched funding from the Donald Malcolm Foundation.

🔹 Amrit Dhillon, Candied: how 11 years of partnership has embedded charitable giving into the business, from staff fundraising to sales and marketing.

🔹 Julie Hannon, Hannon Financial Planning: how sharing professional expertise and delivering financial wellbeing and retirement planning workshops can make a lasting difference.

🔹 Roslyn Cameron, Merck: how employee engagement and charitable giving have been brought together to deliver remarkable results for both staff and Strathcarron Hospice.

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💡Whether you're already supporting a charity or considering how your business could make a difference, come along, hear what others are doing and be inspired by what’s possible.

The Malcolm Group Candied Ice Cream Parlour Hannon Financial Planning Ltd

30/08/2026

Grey to Green @ 88
Community Connections
our growing garden project at Bridge of Allan Counselling, bringing people, plants and places together to add more colour, life and enjoyment to the space around us.

Through planting flowers, herbs and wildlife-friendly plants, we hope to support bees and other pollinators and, in our own small way, contribute to a greener environment. Small changes can still make a meaningful difference.

The garden grows naturally from the values at the heart of our counselling work. Wellbeing, connection and the importance of everyday experiences are central to what we do, and the garden gives us another way to bring those values into the space around us.

Colour, scent, texture, fresh air and the changing seasons can all give us something positive to notice and enjoy. Gardening also offers a simple way to spend time outdoors, enjoy gentle physical activity and experience the satisfaction of caring for something and watching it grow.

We are also pleased to work alongside The Wee Yoga Room, whose ethos blends naturally with our own. Our shared focus on wellbeing, movement, connection and creating welcoming spaces adds another dimension to what is happening here and helps bring people together in different ways.

Over the coming seasons, we will add more planting, develop our sensory tea garden, and create community events where people can come along, take part, share ideas, or simply enjoy what is happening.

There is something uplifting about seeing more colour, more wildlife and more life return to an everyday space. We are looking forward to seeing what each season brings, welcoming people along the way and discovering what this project can grow into.

Potted plants donated by friends of the Grey2Green@88 community gardenOne of the loveliest parts of our Grey2Green@88 co...
30/08/2026

Potted plants donated by friends of the Grey2Green@88 community garden
One of the loveliest parts of our Grey2Green@88 community garden project in Bridge of Allan has been watching it grow through the kindness of other people.

Friends of the garden recently dropped off a wonderful mixture of seedlings from their own gardens. Small plants, carefully lifted and passed on, are now beginning another chapter here. There is something especially meaningful about plants that have been shared. They arrive with a little history already attached to them, carrying the care of one garden into another.

Today, we began creating a new border around the old tree stump in the middle of the lawn. Rather than removing the stump, we have kept it as part of the garden. Worn by time and weather, it has become a wonderful natural seat — somewhere to pause, sit for a while, enjoy the flowers, have a conversation, or simply spend a few quiet moments outdoors.

The new border now gently cradles the stump, bringing fresh life around something much older. As the seedlings settle in and begin to grow, they will soften this little corner of the garden and bring more colour, texture and variety. They will also create another small source of food and shelter for bees, insects and other visitors to the garden.

As the seasons change, the border will change too. Many of these plants will eventually fade back when winter arrives and the garden will become quieter for a while. But beneath the soil, life will still be there, waiting.

Then, when the days begin to lengthen and spring returns, many of the plants will emerge again.
It is one of the quiet lessons a garden gives us: not every season is for flowering. Sometimes growth is happening where we cannot see it.

Spending time outdoors can also offer small moments of breathing space. Sitting on an old tree stump, noticing a flower, watching a bee move from plant to plant or having a quiet conversation with someone beside us may seem simple, but these small moments of connection can matter. A garden does not need to fix anything to be worthwhile.

From an old tree stump to a handful of seedlings passed between friends, this little corner is becoming another reminder that gardens are never really finished. They grow, rest, return and change with us — one plant, one season and one small act of kindness at a time.

Wicker Lady of the Garden Nellie was very kindly donated to us by the Strathcarron Hospice Store here in Bridge of Allan...
30/08/2026

Wicker Lady of the Garden

Nellie was very kindly donated to us by the Strathcarron Hospice Store here in Bridge of Allan, and she has already found her place beneath our Noble Fir tree.

Shaped like a Victorian dress form, she brings a little local history, humour and character into the garden. Over time, we hope to dress her with flowers, foliage and trailing plants so that nature itself becomes part of her story. Below is what we are planning for Nellie next spring. We also hope she will stay with us for many years and become one of those familiar figures people look out for when they pass by.

We are always touched by the kindness and support surrounding the garden, whether that comes through donated plants, practical help, people stopping for a chat or simply taking a seat and enjoying the space.

Ideas for Nellie are very welcome — if you know of a plant that might suit her, we would love to hear it.

And if you are passing, come and visit Nellie for yourself, have a look around the garden, take a seat on one of the benches and enjoy a little time amongst the plants.

To read more about Nellie and follow the wider garden story, visit our Projects page on Facebook.

https://bridgeofallancounselling.com/the-wicker-lady/ #

Grey to Green @ 88Community ConnectionsA garden project at Bridge of Allan Counselling, bringing people, plants and plac...
23/08/2026

Grey to Green @ 88
Community Connections
A garden project at Bridge of Allan Counselling, bringing people, plants and places together to add more colour, life and enjoyment to the space around us.

Through planting flowers, herbs and wildlife-friendly plants, we hope to support bees and other pollinators and, in our own small way, contribute to a greener environment. Small changes can still make a meaningful difference.

The garden grows naturally from the values at the heart of our counselling work. Wellbeing, connection and the importance of everyday experiences are central to what we do, and the garden gives us another way to bring those values into the space around us.

Colour, scent, texture, fresh air and the changing seasons can all give us something positive to notice and enjoy. Gardening also offers a simple way to spend time outdoors, enjoy gentle physical activity and experience the satisfaction of caring for something and watching it grow.

We are also pleased to work alongside The Wee Yoga Room, whose ethos blends naturally with our own. Our shared focus on wellbeing, movement, connection and creating welcoming spaces adds another dimension to what is happening here and helps bring people together in different ways.

Over the coming seasons, we will add more planting, develop our sensory tea garden, and create community events where people can come along, take part, share ideas, or simply enjoy what is happening.

There is something uplifting about seeing more colour, more wildlife and more life return to an everyday space. We are looking forward to seeing what each season brings, welcoming people along the way and discovering what this project can grow into.

May 30th Journal Reflection:What part of your life may be quietly growing beneath the surface right now, even if you can...
30/05/2026

May 30th Journal Reflection:

What part of your life may be quietly growing beneath the surface right now, even if you cannot yet see the results?

What signs of hope, resilience, or renewal can you notice today?

🌿 The Office Garden, 88 Henderson StreetA place to pause, connect, and enjoy a moment of stillness. We have started a co...
29/05/2026

🌿 The Office Garden, 88 Henderson Street
A place to pause, connect, and enjoy a moment of stillness.

We have started a community project for the summer: a reclamation project: we are trying to create a small space for wellbeing in the middle of everyday life. A small place to sit beside a very large tree, have a conversation, enjoy a cup of tea, or simply take a breath.

We are hoping to share the idea that positive change doesn't always require a large budget. Sometimes it simply starts with people giving a little of their time.

While we are still in our early stages we would love feedback and all gardening advice is welcome. 🪴

Nine Maidens: (story and journal prompt)Across Scotland there are sacred places quietly woven into the landscape — holy ...
16/05/2026

Nine Maidens: (story and journal prompt)

Across Scotland there are sacred places quietly woven into the landscape — holy wells, standing stones, rivers, forests, and old paths that still carry a feeling of calm, mystery, and presence today. These places remind us that people have always searched for healing, connection, and meaning within nature.
Following the recent post about the Beltane well in Kenmore, another old Scottish story connected to sacred wells and healing traditions began to unfold — the legend of the Nine Maidens.

Found throughout Scottish and Celtic folklore, the Nine Maidens are remembered in different ways depending on the region. In one well-known story from Galloway, they were said to be the daughters of a local chieftain who were killed by a dragon while travelling together through the countryside. After their deaths, a sacred well was dedicated to them, and people later visited the site believing the waters carried healing powers. Drinking from sacred wells was once believed to bring healing, blessing, protection, or spiritual renewal, and many people travelled long distances to visit them.

Other traditions describe the Nine Maidens not as ordinary women, but as healers, priestesses, or guardians connected to sacred wells, fire, nature, and ancient healing knowledge passed between generations. Across Scotland, their stories are often linked to places where people once gathered seeking healing, comfort, or guidance.

Being quite new to researching Scottish folklore and hidden spiritual places, it has been fascinating to discover how many stories still exist quietly within the landscape. The more these places are explored, the more it becomes clear how deeply connected people once were to nature, ritual, healing, and community.

Perhaps that is why places like Kenmore continue to stay with people. The quietness of the landscape, the movement of water, and the old stories attached to these sacred places still seem to offer something meaningful in a modern world that often moves too quickly.

Journal Question:

Who have been the healers in your own life?

They may not have called themselves healers at all. Perhaps they were a family member, friend, teacher, counsellor, neighbour, or simply someone who listened when you needed it most.

What qualities made you feel safe, supported, understood, or comforted around them?

Most of all, these stories are simply interesting to share and hopefully encourage others to seek out their own sacred spaces — places of quiet, beauty, energy, and wonder that help people reconnect with both nature and themselves.

Found online: Nine Maidens Print by Linda M Farquharson

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