Our Cultivate projects co-create growing spaces with community groups, organisations, schools, nurseries and businesses.
Participants are fully included in the process, which increases community empowerment, and enables communities to continue their projects through the resilience built working with us.
We also offer bespoke workshops to support groups up in all aspects of organic growing and permaculture, and we organise food festivals, fun days and workshops.
We can further support capacity building through governance and constitutions.
Through Cultivate we also run our market garden Hidden Veg
Gowkthrapple Community Garden, Wishaw
Gowkthapple at CentrePoint, Wishaw is a collaboration with Garrion People's Housing Cooperative. We have worked with groups and local people to create a lovely growing space at the community centre, and we faciltiate a weekly drop in session, open to all.
Woodside Kids Gardening Club, Glasgow
Woodside Kids Gardening Club is run at the Woodside Community Garden, Glasgow. It has been developed in partnership with Queens Cross Housing Association, and Froglife. We run a weekly, free drop in with garden activities, crafts and cooking.
Growchapel Community Allotments, Glasgow
Growchapel Community Allotments is in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. We are working with new Growers, organisations and the local community to support plotholders in their allotment journey. We are also helping them to establish a constituted independent group.
Glenkens Community Centre, Dalry
We are working with the Management Committee at the Glenkens Community Centre to engage with the community, and co-design a community garden that is multi purpose.
Queen's Park Orchard, Glasgow
We are committed to looking after the community orchards in Queen's Park. Along with collaborators, we have been organising pruning and care sessions for many years. We are now looking for more ways to engage local people with the orchards.
Castle Douglas Community Centre
We have been working with the Better Lives Partnership in Castle Douglas to co-design a new growing space. Meeting and consulting with groups that use the Community Centre, we have drawn up designs that make good use of the space for growing, learning and relaxation.
The Discee Centre, Knockengorroch
We're working with Knockengorroch CIC to help them develop an indoor food, sustainability and learning centre. This will complement the current annual World Ceilidh, and be a small intimate performance space throughout the year.
