Our June Project of the Month is a community-led initiative bringing together volunteers and primary school pupils to plant 600 native trees and tackle one of East Lothian's lowest canopy cover rates. Read more
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For the May Project of the Month we would like to share the Case Study video of the work of the Ninewells Community Garden in Dundee. Read more
Parent Action for Safe Play our April Project of the Month is an award-winning community organisation dedicated to reducing poverty and inequality by improving play, youth and sport opportunities locally. Read more
For our March Project of the Month, we are delighted to share the work of Culbokie Community Trust and their Community Events on the Green – helping bring the community together. The events were supported by a grant from the Parks4Life Community Fund. Read more
Our Project of the Month for February is Murton Trust's new Junior Volunteering Programme aimed at young people aged 12–13 and supported by Stronger Starts funding. Read more
Our Project of the Month for October is the newly launched community garden at Barnton Bunker in Edinburgh which is being managed by the Barnton Bunker Preservation Society. Read more
This month, we’re highlighting The King’s Park Walled Garden Scottish Heritage Orchard and Fruit Guilds. From Glasgow City Council repointing the walls in the walled garden at King’s Park in the winter of 2021 to the planting of fruit trees in spring 2025. Read more
Our July Project of the Month celebrates NHS Lothian’s new Biodiversity Action Plan – a bold step towards creating healthier places for nature and people too Read more
This June, we’re shining a spotlight on an inspiring community-led initiative bringing more trees, learning, and biodiversity to Edinburgh’s greenspaces. Read more
Starting in 2021 the Murieston Community Garden in Livingston has developed over the last 5 years in to a space valued by the local community Read more
For this months Project of the Month we revisit Silverburn Flaxmill nearly 4 years on from when we first highlighted the project and look at the progress that has been made to date Read more
Our Natural Health Service is a term we have heard in Scotland for a number of years but how is it progressing and where is it going next? Read more
Our Feb Project of the Month highlights how greenspace scotland’s Parks4Life Community Fund gave Cumnock Action Plan the confidence to grow their annual community Woodroad Park Fun Day Read more
Our Dec Project of the Month features the outdoor artworks that have created a healing and therapeutic environment at East Lothian Community Hospital. Read more
The Portlethen Moss Conservation Group have been working to address the need for a green space for vulnerable groups and the wider general community. Using a disused greenspace in the heart of the Portlethen Moss community and funding from a range of sources enabled the creation of a Wildlife & Sensory Garden with an official garden official opening in August 2024. Read more
Remembering Together is coming to an end at the end of October after 3 years co-creating community Covid memorials projects across all 32 local authority areas in Scotland. Read more
In September's Project of the Month, we explore the Urban Forestry Programme's ambitions to dramatically increase tree cover in urban Scotland. Read more
Our July 2024 Project of the Month describes how the strategic mapping work of the Edinburgh Nature Network has taken an important step towards local delivery with design and action for 6 of Leith's parks. Read more
In the Project of the Month for May we look at North Lanarkshire Council’s ‘Mega Flora’ project – experiments in creating wildflower meadow habitat and better planting and management regimes for North Lanarkshire’s urban grassland and country parks. Read more
Our April Project of the Month looks at the work Glasgow City Council is undertaking in exploring and delivering lighting solutions in three pilot parks. Read more
The March Project of the Month takes a look at Falkirk Council’s Spaces for Nature Action Plan that will guide nature restoration management across Falkirk, starting with 10 prioritised sites. Read more
February's project of the month focusses on The Dispersed Memorial Forest project in Dumfries and Galloway working to honour those lost to Covid and preserve the collective memory of people coming together during the pandemic. Read more
December's project of the month is developed by East Lothian Council to extend its nature networks into urban communities, including more deprived areas and to enable everyone better access to nature. Read more
November's Project of the Month describes West Lothian Council's experimentation of rain gardens on clay soils. Highlighting new approaches Councils are taking to manage parks and greenspace in a nature-positive way. Read more
October's project of the month is created with the Moray community involving events, music and story, providing a space for collective reflection on the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
September's Project of the Month features Parks4Life Park Portraits - a new photography series to help raise vital funds for Scotland’s parks Read more
Zetland Park Regeneration Project in Grangemouth emerged victorious at the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland Awards for Planning. Read more
June's Project of the Month highlights two Aberdeen City Council flagship parks on the Rivers Dee and Don being transformed into Parks for Pollinators Read more
May’s the month of #GreenHealthWeek so our project of the month highlights ELGT's Thrive Edinburgh Physical Activity and Greenspaces programme happening across the City Read more
Our April Project of the Month describes a Lade naturalisation project in Lennoxtown. It is the fourth in our series of case studies highlighting new approaches Councils are taking to manage urban parks and greenspaces in a more nature-positive way. Read more