Hillhead Children’s Garden

Hillhead Primary School, like many Glasgow schools, lacks any Greenspace and is a desert of tarmac. As a result parents of children attending the school set up a Committee to create a garden for the school. An approach to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens was successful and Hillhead Children’s Garden was created in an area of n the Botanics which was formerly a nursery garden.

KCG paid to have a landscape architect draw up plans for the garden and the Council’s Land Services Department have carried out much work to create raised beds suitable for growing fruits and vegetables.

The garden now provides an excellent resource for local schools and other groups to actively grow their own produce and learn about healthy eating.

KCG will be involved in creating a wildlife garden in the area . The Bugs, Birds and Butterflies garden should be ready by summer 2005.

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