Category: gardening
Shedding Light
I’m a blue metal box with a wooden overcoat. A dumping ground for old tools, plastic bags, half used pots of paint and a liberal sprinkle of mouse droppings. Shut for days on end, only open should a bike or…
Events and volunteering Jan – Mar 2018
Our Garden Hero
This year the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens has been running a campaign called 'Local Heroes' as part of their Growing Together (GT) project. The aim is to get more people actively supporting city farms, community gardens and…
A clinic with a difference
Diabetes Out There (DOT) is a specialist service for children and young people with type 1 diabetes. They are trialling an innovative new monthly garden clinic, and last month saw the inaugural workshop. The children engaged in activities focused around…
A ‘patient’ volunteer – Fran Gillespie
When I was admitted to Ninewells Hospital last October I was fortunate enough to be given a bed beside a window with a magnificent view – not only overlooking a wide silvery stretch of the Tay estuary but also some…