CURRENT PROJECTS
Crieff Wildlife Garden

Crieff in Leaf have recently started work on a new project to transform  a corner of Bridgend Garden into a haven for wildlife.

The project came about as a result of suggestions from the local community and has been undertaken with initial guidance from David Williamson of PKC. It has been jointly funded by SITA Tayside...

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Scotlandwell: The Wash House & Well

Scotlandwell in Bloom is leading this project on behalf of, and with the full support, of the local community. Project develoment funding was awarded in autumn 2010 by Perth and Kinross Council Rural Initiatives and Rural Tayside LEADER Programme 2009-2013. This has meant that the group has been able to appoint a professional team and prepare detailed costed proposals...

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Kinross: Gateway Geese

This scheme – a dramatic stainless steel and copper sculpture of a skein of geese rising above a drystone wall  – will welcome visitors to Kinross as they leave the M90.

Works were delayed by the severe winter weather 2010/2011 but the first phase was completed in February 2011. 

The sculpture is now in the final stages of completion and will be...

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Kenmore: Loch Tay Beach

The beach at the head of Loch Tay in this beautiful part of Highland Perthshire is enjoyed and used extensively by local people and residents for all sorts of leisure activities. 

It is owned by Taymouth Hotels and managed by Perth and Kinross Council. The aim of the project is to put the beach in good order and to transfer it to community management.The project...

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Glenfarg & Duncrievie: Train Stop

We are pleased to announce that we have secured the final funds to allow this project to go ahead in summer 2011. Glenfarg and Duncrievie in Bloom (GDiB) is one of our most active groups and their project - called Train Stop - will create a focal point and meeting place for the village in the gap site next to Arngask Primary School. 

The newly landscaped space...

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Blairgowrie: Meeting Point

This project is almost complete and is due to open officially in early June to coincide with the local Strathmore Arts Festival. It has succeeded in its aim to transform a once derelict local eyesore in Croft Lane, Blairgowrie into an attractive landscaped meeting place. Local youth group Strathmore Centre for Youth Development (SCYD) will add the finishing touch with a...

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