Greenspace Scotland

New ParkPower Case Studies published

Two new Park Power Case Studies have been published - Saughton Park, Edinburgh and Owen Square Park, Bristol Read more
Scottish Household Survey 2018 published

The annual Scottish Household Survey has been published for 2018. Read more
2019 Scottish Programme for Government announced

The Programme for Government 2019 has a strong focus on climate change. This summary highlights the commitments relevant to greenspaces, green infrastructure, food growing and energy. Read more
Green Network Blueprint making connections

Project of the month for Sept is GCV Green Network's Blueprint. A framework for the creation of a strategic Green Network across Glasgow City Region. Read more

Transforming urban spaces into people places

Greenspace makes our lives and places better

What we do

ParkPower Project

Developing a strategic, Scotland-wide approach to understanding the green energy potential of parks and greenspaces.

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 Parks Endowment 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 England, Wales and Scotland that benefit their community. Grants of up to £4,000 are available. Working with Tesco and Groundwork UK, we deliver the Bags of Help in Scotland.

News

UK's largest rock ramp created on the River Almond

The Howden rock ramp is part of the RiverLife project an ambitious programme of works undertaking a range of catchment wide improvements along the rivers Almond and Avon Read more
Upstream Battle Week of Action 14 -20 September

It’s estimated that up to 12.7 million tonnes of plastic gets into the sea each and every year – that's a truck full of litter a minute. As 80% of all marine litter comes from land, we need to face this problem upstream. Read more
New ParkPower Case Studies published

Two new Park Power Case Studies have been published - Saughton Park, Edinburgh and Owen Square Park, Bristol Read more

Project of the Month

UK's largest rock ramp created on the River Almond

The Howden rock ramp is part of the RiverLife project an ambitious programme of works undertaking a range of catchment wide improvements along the rivers Almond and Avon Read more
Green Network Blueprint making connections

Project of the month for Sept is GCV Green Network's Blueprint. A framework for the creation of a strategic Green Network across Glasgow City Region. Read more
Hazlehead Climate Change Park revisited

Project of the Month for July is Hazlehead Park, one of Aberdeen’s flagship parks and the first location for greenspace scotland’s Climate Resilient Park programme. Read more