Greenspace Scotland

ParkPower Conference 26 February 2020

More spaces have been made available for the ParkPower Conference on 26 February. Book now! Read more
Greenspace workshop for urban community groups and community landowners

Greenspace workshop for urban community groups and community landowners Read more
Bags of Help welcoming applications

Applications are officially open for 2020, with more than £1,000,000 to be shared across Scotland throughout 2020. Apply now! Read more
2020 looks to be a great year for Zetland Park

Grangemouth’s historic Zetland Park set to receive nearly £1m funding boost from the National Lottery Heritage Fund Read more

Transforming urban spaces into people places

Greenspace makes our lives and places better

What we do

ParkPower Project

Understanding the green energy potential of parks and greenspaces across Scotland

Young Placechangers Ideas Fund

Is there anything you and your youth group would like to change about the place where you live, go to school or work?

90%

of urban Scots say it’s important to have greenspace in their area

1593km²

is the area of urban greenspace in scotland – equivalent to area of 22 Loch Lomonds

1 in 4

Scots say the quality of their greenspace has declined in the last 5 years

Get involved

Find and enjoy greenspace

Explore and discover Scotland's wonderful parks and greenspaces using Scotland's greenspace map and MyParkScotland

Support parks

The Scottish Parks4Life Fund is an easy and simple way for everyone who uses and loves Scotland’s parks to make a donation, large or small, to support our treasured parks.

Bags of Help funds local projects in Scotland, England and Wales that benefit their community. Grants of up to £2,000 are available. Working with Tesco and Groundwork UK, we deliver the Bags of Help in Scotland.

News

Presidio becomes first park in USA to win the international Green Flag Award

The Presidio of San Francisco has become the first park in the United States - and America’s first national park site - to achieve the international Green Flag Award® Read more
Craigtoun Park until 2045

The Friends of Craigtoun are about to sign a lease with Fife Council to run Craigtoun Park for the next 25 years. Read more
Connecting with nature promotes environmental action

Research shows green choices more common in people who lived in greener neighbourhoods – regardless of where they lived, their age or social background. Read more

Project of the Month

Project of the month: Catherine Street Inclusive Park and Community Garden, Dumfries

Our December project of the month is a great example of partnership working between the local charity Include Us, local community, statutory bodies, third sector and private business facilitated by Community Asset Transfer legislation Read more
Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street gets greener

Our project of the month for Nov is Sauchiehall Street Avenue, the first of Glasgow’s completed ‘Avenues’ featuring a variety of street trees. Read more
Building stronger communities block by block

Project of the Month for October is the Block by Block Foundation an innovative collaboration between Mojang, Microsoft, and UN-Habitat. The Foundation's work integrate the computer game Minecraft into public space planning with communities Read more