Growing All Year: West Kilbride Children's Garden
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North Coast and Cumbraes
Summary
Help us grow a year-round community garden where children, families & volunteers can plant, learn & care for nature – creating a greener, more biodiverse West Kilbride.
Description
Ladybird Designs CIC is seeking £1,000 to develop the Children’s Garden in West Kilbride into a thriving, year-round living ecosystem, creating opportunities for children, families & volunteers to learn & care for their local environment.
A previously waterlogged & unusable area has been transformed into an accessible green space where children can grow food & flowers, learn practical gardening skills discovering how plants, soil, insects & wildlife are connected. Around 300 local children benefit from the garden, alongside parents, carers & community volunteers.
Our aim is to ensure the garden does not simply peak in summer and disappear through winter. Through seasonal & succession planting, we will create a garden where something is growing, flowering, providing food or shelter, or changing with the seasons throughout the year.
Funding will support seasonal plants, seeds & bulbs, including spring bulbs such as snowdrops and perennial tulips, food crops & pollinator-friendly plants. It will also provide compost & soil improvers, adult & child-friendly gardening tools, garden labels & educational materials.
The resources will support gardening club sessions, community planting activities & volunteer gardening days. Children & adults will learn about seed sowing, planting, composting, harvesting, biodiversity, pollinators, seasonal change & caring for the soil.
The garden is accessible to parents & carers around drop-off & collection times, including when children attend after-school clubs, plus community gardening activities provide opportunities to take part beyond the school day.
Budget: • Seasonal plants, seeds & bulbs – £350 • Compost, soil improvers & planting materials – £250 • Adult & child-friendly gardening tools – £300 • Garden labels & educational materials – £100
Total requested: £1,000
This funding will help establish the garden as a lasting community resource giving practical opportunities for a greener, more biodiverse West Kilbride.
I confirm that I will provide any additional information requested to complete my application by the application deadline.
Yes
I confirm my understanding that if successful, I must submit my bank account information to North Ayrshire Council by the deadline requested.
Yes
Did you receive funding in the 2025 round of PB (Locality, Youth or CWB funds)?
Ladybird Designs CIC did not, but the wider project did under the 'Perennial Pathway' project submitted through the West Kilbride Primary School Parent Council.
If you were funded through PB last year, please confirm that you have submitted a monitoring update using this form before submitting your application: https://forms.office.com/e/RRkTgEWKPq
Yes, WKPSPC has completed the monitoring form on 31/7/2026.
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