Get Growing Scotland
Scotland’s hub and advisory service providing support, and regular updates, for all communities to grow food together. Every community that grows connects people to place and each other, improves health, restores nature, and builds resilience.
Insights
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Urgency to grow our own
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Just in case
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Climate action lifeline
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Waterwise growing
Latest
News and stories from projects, people and partners, including Scotland-specific information on land use, and growing year-round. If you have a story to share, we would love to hear from you.
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Read more: Spaces to Grow
Spaces to Grow
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Read more: Dundee’s Big Grow
Dundee’s Big Grow
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Read more: Future seed
Future seed
Help@ a service to get you growing
help@ is a free advisory service for community groups, partnership organisations, and all supporters of community-led food growing. This unique service is an invaluable starting point for people looking to start, grow, or enable local food-growing projects.
We have many years of experience working directly with communities across Scotland in a range of settings. We cover a wide range of topics, including developing and growing a vision, implementing governance and organisational models, sourcing and securing land, working together safely, operating a growing site, and providing advice on policies, planning and resources.
Grow 6
Start growing with six easy crops that grow well here in Scotland, whatever the weather.
With tips gleaned from Scottish community growers, this simple resource is for anyone new to growing who is unsure how to start. If you are starting out as a group or leading food-growing activity with others, this resource is here to inspire, help you get started, and develop your skills and confidence on your food-growing journey.
The Resource section signposts to specific horticultural expertise.
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