Help on Offer for Community Gardens
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Keen gardeners and community groups may be aware of the Local Places for Nature scheme which has offered support to many small gardening projects, as well as larger wildlife or food growing gardens, not to mention community orchards.
The support comes in the form of practical assistance from Keep Wales Tidy, guidance on creating a garden, and free resources such as tools and native plants. Keep Wales Tidy is inviting new applications.
The scheme which began in 2020 has encouraged the creation and restoration of more than 1,000 gardens by a wide range of organisations including community groups of all kinds.
Some schools have become involved, such as Llanelli’s Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant which has created a garden where children can grow their own food. Keep Wales Tidy says these kinds of projects improve health and wellbeing and bring communities together.
It urges interested groups to apply for free garden packs now from the Local Places for Nature Community Packaged Scheme at www.keepwalestidy.cymru/nature.
