Persevere Community Garden Launch
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Greener Leith is pleased to invite everyone to a launch event at the Persevere Community Garden where volunteers will gather to plant 'old variety' fruit trees to mark the opening of the garden. The launch event will take place in the garden, adjacent to the Persevere Court Multi-Storey Block, at 11am on Wednesday the 5th of March.
Alastair Tibbitt, Chair of Greener Leith said ‘Just as we hope that the apple trees we’re planting will bear loads of fruit in the future, we hope that the garden itself will grow from the neglected green desert it was a year ago, into a fun, productive and welcoming place that will benefit the whole community.’
Already separate plots have been allocated to local residents through the Persevere Community Flat, the Leith Open Space group, and Upward Mobility, a Leith based group that works with adults with learning disabilities. An area will also be developed as a wildlife garden. All the groups involved in the garden plan to get together to organise a series of events in order to bring the space to life.
Fay Young, co-ordinator of Leith Open Space says, "We are really looking forward to getting involved, gardening is such a great way of bringing different communities together."
Sara Ansell, from Upward Mobility said, " Transforming this blank canvas into a vibrant and exciting community space is a great thing to be a part of. "
Gordon Munro, Labour Councillor for Leith and Chair of the Neighbourhood Partnership said. 'I welcome this opportunity to make Leith greener as well as making Leither's fitter & healthier. Turning this abandoned space into a community garden is a great idea and I look forward to seeing it in full bloom ."
You can find out more about this project, by reading the recent article in Evening News.
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and filed under these categories Greener Leith, Local Environmental Improvements, Food, Action Alerts
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