Rattray Community Garden

Download a copy of the Blair in Bloom Mount Ericht Community Garden Business Plan

Rattray Community Garden Aims & Objectives

Aims

• To secure the land for Blair in Bloom and the wider Community, ensuring the continuation of the valuable work carried out by the volunteers in improving and enhancing the environment for residents and visitors to the town
• To develop a community garden for education, health, and well-being as well as growing fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
• To engage and involve interested groups and individuals to maintain, develop and use the garden, ensuring its long term sustainability

Objectives

• Maximise the use of the polytunnels for best value
• Develop and provide a safe and secure environment for education of small groups of all ages and gender and encourage intergenerational activity
• Provide a welcoming, relaxing area where local groups can meet, supporting their health and wellbeing, developing their gardening skills, and observing  wildlife
• Develop and maintain an area, including raised beds, to grow fruit and vegetables for those in need
• Provide workshops and short courses on gardening skills
• Encourage and facilitate biodiversity with careful management and planting
• Integrate the garden with other groups in the town. Host outdoor events bringing gardening and the arts together – invite artists, sculptors, poets, and writers of which there is an abundance in the town

Project Progress

Communnity Garden

Date: 18 April 2024

Rattray Community Garden update June 2023

Date: 30 June 2023

Rattray Community Garden - a lot of work has taken place at the Rattray Community Garden in recent months. Water and electricity have been installed. Paths have been laid and planning permission is in to convert an outbuilding into a storage/kitchen/toilet area. It is now time for the groups within the Community to become involved . If anyone is interested in having a look round the garden please contact me and a visit can be arranged. You may consider a small allotment plot to grow fruit or veg for a community group or perhaps a school group would like an area to educate little ones on how food is grown that is good enough to eat! Please don't hesitate to come along and have a look if you think this would be of interest to you.

Rattray Community Garden Paths

Date: 30 June 2023

Rattray Community Garden

Mount Ericht Funding Secured

Date: 17 September 2020

Such great news that BRDT has secured the funding.  This is the first step on the road to securing Mount Ericht for Bloom to develop a Community Garden.  A great deal of work went into this application - 99% of it was done ‘virtually’ - and a massive “Thank you” is due to Lorna McCurrach and Alison Powrie of BRDT for all they did.  A real team spirit was shown, despite the challenging circumstances.