Arran Estates gifts Corrie & Sannox Community substantial plot of land. 

Our project is to build a new vegetable garden where growers and volunteers of all ages can come together and share stories, participate in workshops, entertain, learn, play and relax. We will create a safe accessible outdoor space for folks to enjoy and grow lots of nutritious local produce for our village community.

Winter/Spring 2024. We are on our way to raising the 10k needed to design and build usable paths and carpark area and to carry out essential repairs to our huge polytunnel. With funds raised so far, we are  creating 40 new 5m x 1.5m raised beds and are infrastructure for compositing facilities, potting and storage areas. Our studies have shown how gardening reduces depression, lowers stress levels and anxiety and lightens the mood. Giving folk the chance to grow and to be trusted with looking after and caring for plants brings a feeling of pride and accomplishment. There is no doubt being outdoors in nature has a calming effect. The benefits of being in the garden run far deeper than just exercise! The way our food is currently produced is heavily dependent on monoculture, fossil fuels and soil eroding chemicals. Food prices have shot up by 19.1 per cent in the 12 months to March 2023, the sharpest jump since August 1977. With 4.7 million (7%) people in the UK now in food poverty, growing locally makes sense on so many levels.

• The greatest change we need to make is from food consumption to food production, even on a micro scale if only ten percent of us do this, there would be enough food for everyone. Growing locally we reduce our carbon footprint by cutting out the pollution caused by transportation and large scale agriculture.

Watch - Why do we need a community garden?

Treat the earth well. It is not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children.

Let's grow together!