

COPEScotland continues to explore ways to support Growchapel, most recently we worked with Growchapel to sponsor a food forest designed by https://www.propagate.org.uk/ working with plot holders, and other groups involved in Growchapel, including Enable, Thomas Fortune Centre Drumchapel.
Discovering more about a food forest we began to realise this is not only about supporting local food growing it also helps support the local ecosystem as food forests are three-dimensional growing up, down and out. This site may be of interest if this is something you want to read more about https://projectfoodforest.org/what-is-a-food-forest/
We were delighted to collaborate with local partners and Propagate to take the original drawing for the proposed Food Forest and make it into a banner to display in the community allotments to inspire plot holders and others who may be interested in growing food and supporting the natural world. A copy of the banner is shared below.
There are so many advantages to growing our food, especially in these times when costs are rising on the weekly shop. These are examples of the advantages of growing our produce:
Check out the Growchapel Handbook in the document section if you would like to know more about growing your fruit, vegetables, or herbs. If you do not have a garden, try container gardening, or check out of there is a local community allotment near you. While there may not be any vacant plots, there may be people or groups seeking volunteers.
Growing our fruit, vegetables, and herbs, is good for us, each other when we share and the planet.
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