In April, the statue site was landscaped with a drainage ditch to direct water from the hillside to the roadway ditch below. A wooden bridge was erected to permit visitors to walk up to the site for photos and plantings appropriate to the climate were put in place.
Marjoribanks
April, 2015
A Walking Guide to Historic Guisachan
In April, 2015 A Walking Guide to Historic Guisachan flyer was published in Scotland and distributed to the three Tomich hotels by the President of the Scottish Golden Retriever Club. The hotels have reported that this flyer has been very well received.
March, 2015
In March, 2015, a contract was signed with the Maine Highland Games for FOG to have a booth at this August 15, 2015 event.. This is an effort to extend our outreach to new audiences.
October 16, 2014
On October 16, 2014 FOG received official notice that it had been granted 501 c 3 status by the US Internal Revenue Service
August, 2014
In August, 2014, the Guisachan Tweed arrived from the Johnson Mills in Elgin, Scotland and was immediately placed in the hands of two seamstresses who proceeded to make tweed items for sale on the newly created Friends of Guisachan on-line store and in anticipation of the Golden Retriever Club of America National Specialty.
August, 10, 2014
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On August, 10, 2014, the life-size bronze statue of a Golden Retriever was unveiled in Tomich, Inverness-shire on historic Guisachan land for which we have a 99 year fully paid lease. Ceremonies included a bagpiper, the President and Clan leader of the Marjoribanks Clan,of which Lord Tweedmouth was a member, and a representative of the Fraser Clan, the Fraser family having owned Guisachan land since the 14th century. Approximately 100 Golden Retrievers and their owners paraded through the village for the ceremonies. The President of the Friends of Guisachan also was in attendance as was the Chair of the Scottish Golden Retriever Club. The event drew coverage by a BBC reporter and photographer and all major Scottish newspapers covered the story.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]