Growing isn’t just about planting and harvesting. There are courses available on ‘How to set up a box scheme’ and ‘Getting local food in your local school’.
Where to go for training
- Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens: offers support and for people involved with community gardening, and has regular training and networking events in Scotland
- Nourish Scotland: keeps an events listing and is aiming to train 100 local food producers (including community food projects that grow and sell healthy food) over the next four years; join their online network to access information
- Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society (SAG): keeps a calendar of training and other events, as well as offering advice and help on allotment matters
- Trellis: runs a therapeutic gardening training programme in Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Royal Horticultural Society: courses are available at a range of colleges and venues throughout Scotland
- SRUC, Scotland’s rural college: provides undergraduate and graduate courses in agriculture and horticulture with campuses in Aberdeen, Ayr, Broxburn, Cupar, Dumfries and Edinburgh
Resources
Go to our page on community growing for guides, toolkits and other resources
