Greenspace Scotland

Managing Scotland's parks safely during the coronavirus pandemic

Managing Scotland's parks safely during the coronavirus pandemic - new guide published Read more
Revisiting the Route Map to an Enabling State: Guiding Principles for Recovery

The Carnegie UK Trust has updated the 2014 Route Map to an Enabling State in the light of the covid-19 pandemic Read more
Expressions of interest invited for new Business Support programme for greenspace and heritage organisations

greenspace organisations are invited to express interest in a new business support programme for the greenspace and heritage sector Read more
Bags of Help COVID-19 Fund - still open for applications

Due to demand the Tesco Covid-19 Communities Fund remains open and is welcoming applications from Scotland for grants of £500. Apply now! Read more

Transforming urban spaces into people places

Greenspace makes our lives and places better

What we do

Greenspace - the story behind the pictures #2

Young Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year, Andrew Bulloch and his father Grant have been working with us to capture the spirit and essential essence of some of our treasured parks and greenspaces. This is part 2 of their photostory.

ParkPower Project

Understanding the green energy potential of parks and greenspaces across Scotland

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 grants

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

Making the Most of Green Space for People’s Health

Published on the Beyond Greenspace blog the University of Exeter research on relationships between natural environments, health and wellbeing Read more
Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces

An article on the The BMJ Opinion website at a time of national crisis, the importance of access to green spaces and nature for physical and mental health has been starkly highlighted Read more
Improving access to greenspace in England report published

A new review for 2020 has been published by Public Health England has been looking at Improving Access to Greenspace Read more

Project of the Month

Project of the Month: Edinburgh’s thriving parks and greenspaces project

The Project of the Month for July is Edinburgh’s thriving parks and greenspaces project. A partnership project led by City of Edinburgh Council that greenspace scotland is proud to be part of! Read more
The Library of Creative Sustainability

Our May project of the Month is a freely accessible online library that brings together case studies of collaborations between sustainability and creativity. We hope that this article will inspire you and give you hope while we continue to be in covid-19 lockdown! Read more
Project of the Month - Craigtoun Park

Our March Project of the Month is Craigtoun Park near St Andrews in Fife. The Friends group has been operating the park under a management agreement and are now at the closing stages of entering into a 25-year lease agreement with Fife Council. Read more