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Juliette Camburn, from the It’s Your Neighbourhood Campaign has been kind enough to send us a PDF copy of their IYN August newsletter.
You will find articles on:
· The Dundee Flower & Food festival and the Beautiful Scotland award Ceremony
· Funding – free advice available for applying for funds
· Vandalism – one groups’ experience and how they tackled it
· Ways to engage with your community
· Tips on wildlife gardening
· And a Clean Up Scotland update – lots of activities to get involved with.
Shiona was quick enough to snap this visitor to her plot – clearly popped in just to admire the flowers on Plot 71a.
Jim Henderson, our It’s Your Neighbourhood Assessor, made his first visit to our site today. Luckily, the rain held off for his visit and all involved enjoyed our wee walk around the plots and site.
Jim is a very experienced plotter himself and proved to be full of good stories and ideas which he was very willing to share with us. It was very useful to find out how other plot sites do things and where they find support for their projects and developments.
Jim spent more than an hour with us and left saying how much he had enjoyed his visit. He will deliver his judgement on our efforts in due course. Fingers crossed!
Can I remind all plotters of the importance of following best practice in matters of health and safety. An unfortunate incident this week came as a timely reminder of the need for vigilance at all times.
Apparently, Shiona from Plot 71a was about to leave with a batch of her spectacular onions when she met Stuart. Ever the gentleman, he offered to lift them into the boot of her car: however, he failed to carry out the approved risk assessment, misjudged the weight by several kilos and did himself a nasty mischief. I hear he left the scene moaning and clutching his back – well, I suppose it might have been worse!
Wow! That’s what I call an onion!
As they say – be careful out there.
Thanks to Shiona for the photo, but I should say she is in no way responsible for the story.