Urban Roots Community Gardeners
Every Tuesday and Wednesday a team of volunteers work together around Toryglen maintaining and developing 3 local community gardens:
- St Brigids’ Chapel is our largest garden where we have 30 apple and pear trees, blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes plus 17 veg beds and community composting areas.
- Glenmore Avenue is a corner site owned by a local housing association, with beds for herbs, perennials and a large raspberry crop.
- The Community Halls (pictured right) has 6 beds with a combination of fruit, flowers, herbs and vegetables.
The group also helps out with school grounds and nursery gardens, building raised beds and keeping spaces tidy.
We only use organic methods in the gardens and apply permaculture principles throughout. One of the aims of the project is to grow as much food as possible and what isn’t taken home by volunteers is redistributed back into the community.
This year we will supply a new community cafe in the area with fresh salads and herbs, and we are looking at options for selling our produce through local fruit and veg shops.
The community gardening groups run on:
Tuesday between 11am - 3pm
Wednesday between 11am - 3pm and from
May - October Sunday between 1pm - 4pm.
We welcome new members at any time,whether you have skills or not - everyone is welcome!
Take a look at this report from the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens to find out more about the wider benefits:
The True Value of Community Gardens
Transform Your Space
Have you always looked at that empty plot of land near your house and longed to turn it into something beautiful?
Or maybe you want to work with your neighbours to brighten up the whole community?
We’ve got over 7 years experience of transforming empty, underused spaces into beautiful places that can bring multiple benefits to local people. If you’d like us to help you, or work with your group then get in touch. Talk to us - we’d love to help. We work anywhere across the Southside.
Contact abi@urbanroots.org.uk for more info.