Skip to main content
Go back

Support Community Gardens Across Arran

T The Arran Pioneer Project CIC  •  2024-09-20  •  No comments  •  Arran  • 

Apple Harvest 2024 from Cordon Community Garden (trees planted in 2021)
Apple Harvest 2024 from Cordon Community Garden (trees planted in 2021)

Investment project code: 843

Estimated Price

£1,000


Summary

Expanding Arran's community gardens through forest garden principles alongside no-dig gardening techniques to enhance biodiversity, food security, and community resilience while promoting sustainable land use.

Description

We aim to further enhance Arran's community gardens and green spaces through continued development of different models forest garden principles and no-dig techniques. This project will increase biodiversity, improve soil health, and boost local food production. Our team will use this funding to provide on-the-ground sessions on forest garden design and no-dig methods, and supply essential materials to participating gardens for the 2024/2025 season.

Cost Breakdown:

  • Organic compost and mulch: £400
  • Organic seeds and seedlings (fruit trees, shrubs, perennials): £250
  • Tools (e.g., broadforks, sheet mulching materials): £150
  • Transportation costs for materials (including bringing pallets of compost by ferry to Arran): £100
  • Workshop materials and printing costs: £50
  • Signage for educational purposes: £50

Total: £1,000

This project will empower Arran's communities to create sustainable, productive landscapes while promoting ecological awareness and community resilience.


Location: The Arran Pioneer Project CIC demonstrates methods of sustainable land use for the benefit of all. We investigate, demonstrate and prototype methods of land use to find long lasting, sustainable solutions for our communities. We tackle the issues that rural communities are facing in the west of Scotland and beyond. See our website for more details: www.pioneerproject.scot

Proposed on behalf of: Cordon Community Garden, Cladach Community Garden, Pirnmill Community Garden, Kilpatrick Forest Garden

Don't have defined milestones