Woodlands Community Garden

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Woodlands Community Development Trust is concerned with the long term regeneration of Woodlands area of Glasgow – its economy, its environment, its facilities and the ‘spirit’ of Woodlands. We are community based and accountable – in our work, our style and the composition of our board of management. We support local people in shaping the future of Woodlands in ways that are sustainable, environmentally friendly and innovative. Our key aims include supporting community-based education activities, promoting the health and well-being of our community, encouraging participation in community arts and the advancement of environment protection. Woodlands Community Garden is our main project. Since 2010 we have transformed a derelict urban gap site into a thriving community garden and “outdoor community centre”. Our motivation was to build more than just a garden, but to help grow a community that took pride in its local environment and was better equipped to take steps to reduce their carbon footprint. The garden is used to promote outdoor education and as a centre for community arts activities. We currently have around 45 households growing their own food in the garden and twice weekly drop-in volunteer communal gardening sessions. We have many social and arts events in the garden. We have a mailing list of around 800, and 2000 followers on facebook. In the summer of 2014 we piloted a scheme of garden workouts, introducing yoga and other keep fit activities that take place at a...