Sow It, Grow It, Eat It, Love It
In 2015, Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trust and volunteers applied for funding to transform a neglected part of outdoor space surrounding the old school building, now the Glentrool Hive.
The Sow It, Grow It, Eat It, Love It project was aimed at protecting and improving biodiversity by planting nectar rich flowers, herbs, heritage vegetables and fruit to increase habitats and food for wildlife. It also served the community as a whole by promoting physical activity through building and maintaining the garden and improving wellbeing by offering opportunities to volunteer, learn new skills and socialise.
Glentrool Community Garden
A lot of work and many volunteer hours have gone into the development of the community garden and village green. We now have a space to sit and enjoy nature, socialise and grow our own produce.
One of the Glentrool & Bargrennan Community Trusts objectives is to advance environmental protection, sustainable development and conservation of our natural environment.
We have dedicated an area of our Village Green to supporting this ethos by allowing flowers and grasses to grow that are essential to the lifecycle of the species below.
This area is actually a wet grassland habitat that supports the biodiversity and ecosystem of native plants and species.
Wild Flower Area
A lot of work and many volunteer hours have gone into the development of the community garden and village green. We now have a space to sit and enjoy nature, socialise and grow our own produce.
Dumfries & Galloway Sustainable Food Partnership
Good Food Stories: Community Food Projects
The Dumfries & Galloway Sustainable Food Partnership are a cross sector, multi stakeholder group working collaboratively in D&G. They believe that:
Everyone should have equal access to affordable, good, healthy food.
Our food should be produced in a way that is good for the environment and biodiversity.
We should have a vibrant and resilient local food economy.
People working in the food system should be respected and paid a fair wage.
Read about our Good Food Story by our volunteers Sue Clark, Sonia Rego, Jo Miles, Lorri Graham & Jayne Store:
