Bioregioning Tayside Articles

Atholl Centre

The local Foodbank for Perth and Kinross has, for six years now, been operating from the Atholl Centre. The local Pitlochry community has been outstanding in its support, along with a number of local businesses, who have continued to provide either food, which they cannot sell within its best before date, or with financial contributions. The local…

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Brechin Community Garden

The Brechin Community Garden is a small but mighty organisation run by ten volunteers. We grow many different fruit and veg and the community can come and collect it and give a small donation to us. We also appreciate donations of small plants, shopping bags and seed packets. You can find out more via Facebook…

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Forthill Primary School Orchard

Part of the Dundee Urban Orchard Group. Between March 2013 and June 2016 DUO planted 25 orchards in Dundee. An orchard comprises 5 fruit trees or more. The DUO orchards include a mixture of local heritage and new UK varieties. Each orchard is the responsibility of a designated orchard group. Together they form the Orchard…

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Ballumbie Primary School Urban Orchard

Part of the Dundee Urban Orchard Group. Between March 2013 and June 2016 DUO planted 25 orchards in Dundee. An orchard comprises 5 fruit trees or more. The DUO orchards include a mixture of local heritage and new UK varieties. Each orchard is the responsibility of a designated orchard group. Together they form the Orchard…

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Braeview Academy Urban Orchard

Part of the Dundee Urban Orchard Group. Between March 2013 and June 2016 DUO planted 25 orchards in Dundee. An orchard comprises 5 fruit trees or more. The DUO orchards include a mixture of local heritage and new UK varieties. Each orchard is the responsibility of a designated orchard group. Together they form the Orchard…

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St Johns High school Urban Orchard

Part of the Dundee Urban Orchard Group. Between March 2013 and June 2016 DUO planted 25 orchards in Dundee. An orchard comprises 5 fruit trees or more. The DUO orchards include a mixture of local heritage and new UK varieties. Each orchard is the responsibility of a designated orchard group. Together they form the Orchard…

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Queen Street Community Garden

Queen Street Community Garden is a shared space for young and old to engage with nature and get involved with growing for biodiversity and to grow food. They have a number of young people’s groups involved and are working to maintain a piece of nature in the centre of town. You can find out more…

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Horner’s Plot

Part of the PLUS Perth group. Horners Plot is our city centre garden which we are very proud of. Over the last couple of years we have regenerated an ugly gap site just off South St, Perth into a fully operational market garden providing volunteering and purpose to people recovering from mental distress. You can…

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Murrayfield Allotments

Murrayfield Allotments have used the funding to create a communal garden for older allotment holders and the wider community. The work was carried out by volunteers from the allotment society who levelled the area and planted up the borders with a selection of shrubs and plants. You can find out more via Facebook or You…

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