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Allotment Consultation
Plans to simplify and overhaul Scotland’s allotment rules have been announced. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has launched a consultation to consider the shape of future allotment legislation. Further details on Scotland’s ‘Grow Your Own scheme can also be found here.
The Children’s Garden, Glasgow
Please help us save the Children’s Garden. Glasgow City Council has just written to us demanding that by the end of April we need to chop down our willow tunnel and remove all fruit trees (despite them just coming into blossom); Land Services are going to take over two of our lovely raised beds – despite us [...]
Exhibition at the Scottish Parliament – FCFCG, Trellis and the Community Land Advisory Service
Following a very succesful exhibition at the Scottish Parliament last week (22-24 January 2012) sponsoring MSP Jayne Baxter has put down a motion to support community farms and gardens: – as follows ‘City Farms and Gardens, More Than Just Growing That the Parliament welcomes the work being done by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens in [...]
Allotment debate in Parliament
The benefits of allotments and community growing projects were debated in Parliament on April 25 (motion S4M-01922) - read the text of the debate here
Funding announced for community growing projects in Scotland
The Scottish Government announced today that 43 groups across Scotland have been awarded over £6.9 million for the next three years under the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF). The CCF helps communities reduce their carbon footprints and contribute to Scotland reaching its ambitious climate change target of reducing carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. [...]