Negotiating for land, planning your garden or farm, health and safety are just some of the issues involved in setting up a community-owned garden or farm.
Guides and toolkits
- Community Growing Resource Pack, Scotland: a comprehensive introduction to setting up, developing and sustaining a community-managed farm, garden or related community growing space (Social Farms & Gardens 2014)
- Our Growing Community: pack produced to help communities explore new places and more ways to grow their own food (Greenspace Scotland 2013)
- Set up a community garden: planning and design (Royal Horticultural Society)
Learning from other projects
- Community gardening: case studies section on this website
- Space to Grow: community gardening in Scotland (CFHS 2004)
Where to go for more advice
- Social Farms & Gardens
- Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
- Trellis: Scotland’s network for therapeutic gardening
Resources
- Social Farms & Gardens: resources for growing in the community
- Scottish Orchards: network of fruit tree growers
- Royal Horticultural Society: the UK’s leading gardening charity
