The newly created Skelmorlie Community Garden space is looking beautiful. We would like to install a little library for book sharing in the community, to increase use of the garden.
Description
The Skelmorlie Community Garden Group took over the running and maintenance of the space outside Skelmorlie Library from North Ayrshire Council in Spring of 2023. The local community have put a lot of work and love into making the space beautiful and relaxing, and would like to add a little lending library to further enhance the garden's aims to promote wellbeing, sustainability and community spirit.
We think that this speaks to the goals of this round of participatory budgeting; building community, looking after the environment (re-using books), cost of living and health and wellbeing. The garden has been set up to be a contemplative space and a little library would foster this.
We have spoken with the staff of Skelmorlie Library, who fully support the project.
We have spoken with the North Coast and Cumbraes Men's Shed who could build this for us for around £100. We have uploaded a picture to show you the type of little library we are intending to install.
Location: Skelmorlie Community Garden Group is a group of volunteers who have come together to enhance and develop the community space outside the library in Skelmorlie, to allow people to enjoy it as a place of contemplation.
Proposed on behalf of: Skelmorlie Community Garden Group working with North Coast and Cumbraes Men's Shed.
the Mens' Shed image of what the little library might look like is perfect for the community garden - what a transformation local have made to this area. Looking forward to being able to paint the library wall (once NAC has tackled the damp issue) and rails as they now look really quite bad against the beauty of the garden.
the Mens' Shed image of what the little library might look like is perfect for the community garden - what a transformation local have made to this area. Looking forward to being able to paint the library wall (once NAC has tackled the damp issue) and rails as they now look really quite bad against the beauty of the garden.