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Pockets and Prospects Fund

We have a number of funds up to £500 to distribute to groups growing areas of economic disadvantage. If you are a constituted growing group with an idea where you know a small spend would make a big difference please make contact help@ This fund requires ...

Stans Gardening Club

Stan’s gardening club

Many local folk on a mission to grow food and community want to do just that. Enablers can support local action in a number of ways to support groups to get growing and ensure that everyone benefits. Menstrie Community Garden reflects on 20 years of part ...

Thurso-Grows

Looking for Land?

Communities that access, secure, and cultivate the land for foodgrowing can grow, eat and share healthy food with people in theirlocal area. Through growing, they can connect, support, and buildcommunity, care for the soil and environment, and take practi ...

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Communities supported to grow food

Coordinated by GrowGreen Scotland and partnering with local groups, we are supporting communities local to 40 Tesco stores to participate in and reap the many benefits of growing food. Learning from groups across Scotland, we know “There is no substit ...

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Grow6: Winter

SIGNUP As the days shorten, daily tasks slowdown in growing spaces BUT there is still plenty to keep us out, active and growing. If you don't have a growing space why not join one? Community ...

Nowhere to Grow

Nowhere to Grow

SIGNUP In 2022, an unused courtyard space in the middle of the East Kilbride Universal Connections Centre lay empty and overgrown. Michele, a youth, community and family learning worker at th ...

Taynuilt Tunnel Tale

Taynuilt Tunnel Tale

SIGNUP Lorn Organic Growers, based in the hills above Taynuilt at an altitude of 90m, started growing in the disused tunnels of a former commercial heather nursery on the Barguillean Estate 1 ...

Raploch look out your window

Look out your window!

SIGNUP Welcome to Get Growing Scotland’s prompt on news, resource and support for folk looking to turn land in their neighbourhood into productive places to grow.Look out your windowLook out ...

strawberries

Dry spells

SIGNUP It's warm and dry for most of us, which is good for lifting our spirits, reducing slug damage, and watching our plants grow. However, at this crucial time, as young plants grow leaf an ...

two ugly rain barrels (blue and grey) for catching roof water for the garden and a rotating composter (black) off to one side

Water wise

SIGNUP It might feel like things are finally drying up but, if you haven't already, it's time to think about water in your growing space. If you are new to growing, you'd be amazed at just ho ...

Blackcurrants

Grow6

SIGNUP Meterological spring but don’t be caught out by fluctuating temperatures and cold soils by sowing small precious seeds too soon. Now is the time to warm the soil with a sheet of old black plastic or pane of glass, chit tatti ...

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Blackhill’s Growing Tunnel Tale

SIGNUP “Tunnel growing is a perfect way to expand the growing season, which extends our engagement for most of the year rather than half of it. The tunnels provide a fantastic resource for learning and extra dry space for youth clu ...