Windfall for Angus community gardening groups
Angus schools, charities and community groups aiming to bring green spaces to life across the county are in with a chance of receiving support from Dobbies.
The company's Monifieth store is inviting applications to this year’s Dobbies Community Gardens, which supplies successful groups with support to help them realise their plans.
This includes providing essential tools, plants and expert knowledge from staff, who will provide dedicated time to each project through volunteer hours.
The community gardens initiative nurtures well-being, connections and inclusion to help inspire local residents to spend more time in nature.
Last year, the company’s 53 stores selected winning projects from over 600 applications.
The Monifieth store is looking to hear from local groups hoping to start, restore or upgrade their indoor or outdoor green spaces, and learn more about what they would do with the support.
Dobbies’ Plant Buyer, Nigel Lawton, is encouraging organisations across the country to apply.
He said: “Every year we look forward to hearing from the variety of inspiring groups about what they are looking to their garden spaces, with our support.
“We encourage local communities and groups within 20 miles of their local Dobbies store to apply to help create their perfect shared garden spaces that will bring joy to the community all year long.
Whether they are a charity looking to upgrade their green space, a local group looking to bring the community together with a new project, or a school with plans to restore a vegetable patch, we want to hear from anyone who has a garden project that we could support.”
Applications are now open and will close at 5pm on Tuesday, March 31. Those entering must be within 20 miles of the Monifieth store.
Successful projects will be invited for a consultation before receiving recommendations about what products and tools will help bring the space to life.
To find out more information and to fill out an application form, visit www.dobbies.com.