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Community Growing Area - Friends of the Jewel
2025-04-02 • 1 comment • • Grow Your Own fund
We will clear the areas identified as prime growing locations and create biodiversity hubs. We will also pay for a member of staff to run the project and chair meeting groups from the local community. There are two areas identified, one which is council owned and one owned by ourselves, a retaining wall will need modified to have a gate in it, for access to the area owned by ourselves and we expect around 60 people to be involved in the growing. We are forming a brand new group called friends of the Jewel who will do this. The Jewel is in one of the most deprivated areas of not only our wonderful city but all of Scotland, and the community dearly needs areas to grow food. We see this as a long term food growing and community development opportunity that will expand and take in partnerships throughout the area. We have no equipment to do this yet so will need to purchase everything we need to build raised beds, topsoil, nutrients, etc.
The area marked on the map is the council owned area, the white area directly to its right by our bowling green lawn is where the walled off area is that we own.
Longstone Primary Farm and Garden
2025-05-11 • No comments • • Grow Your Own fund
We would like to develop the outdoor farm area of Longstone Primary School. We have so far constructed 5 large raised beds for growing vegetables and further space is available around it. We would like to add fruit bushes and plants to this. The area will help develop the children's understanding of where our food originates, allow them to learn how we can grow our own and then enjoy the reward of picking and eating it. Our goal is to provide further outdoor learning opportunities and a space that the children can be proud to take care of.
How do we hope to spend the money?
We would like to purchase and plant a selection of fruit plants, including raspberries, blackcurrants, strawberries and rhubard. We would also like a supply of seeds and seedlings for the vegetable area, including herbs for a sensory area. We would also purchase some child-sized gardening equipment, including gloves, small trowels/forks and watering cans. Other gardening supplies such as compost, seed pots and growing supports/trellises would also be needed. We would also look to purchase a folding fire pit and safety equipment so that small groups could be involved with outdoor cooking.
Who will benefit from this project?
The site is accessed by 300 children - 250 from the primary school and 50 from the attached nursery. This project would provide garden areas accessible to all of these children, giving the option for teachers to incorporate outdoor learning into their classes. It would also be available for use in extra-curricular activites with a gardening club. This project is coordinated by the parent council so would also provide volunteering and social activities for the parents and carers willing to help.