A weekend course run on the Isle of Skye about creating community gardens

1. So you want to make a community
garden?

2. What for?
Which people?
To Do What?
When?

3. What do we have?
Resources
• Skills
• Land
• Tools
• People
• Willingness
• Plants
• Vision
• Accessibility
• Security
• Storage
• Knowledge
• A Plan

4. What do we need?
• Make a list
• Maybe someone else has them?
• Unused resources?
• Offers & requests?
• Freecycle?
• Funds?

5. Ashram Acres
a community garden with a
purpose

6. City Garden in the heart of Sparkbrook

7. People working together
Cultural diversity

8. Volunteer Day

9. Many hands make light work
Planting 5000 trees Tweed Horizons Agroforestry demonstration

10. What five thousand trees look like

11. Open Days
Apple Day

12. The Apple Pie Contest

13. Involve the Community
George Higgs- Catering Lecturer Borders College

14. Sense of place

15. Sharing
What else can you do with a 96lb pumpkin?

16. Involve Young People

17. Get them doing stuff!

18. A Garden Course in Slovenia

19. What makes a Community?

20. Lawn mowing into food production
Garden in a day

21. Danica & Alban’s Garden
Still going strong

22. Ordinary or exotic

23. Productive

24. Attractive

25. Haven for wildlife

26. Regenerative

27. Or just humble tatties

28. Building something strong
‘Mur biodh na suidheachan, thuiteadh na taighean’

29. If they can grow bananas at Achiltibuie…

30. What might Sleat achieve?

31. Who’s feeling inspired?