St Ninian’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Troon
Members of St Ninian’s Episcopal Church in Troon identified an opportunity to transform part of the church’s large, mostly grassed grounds into a community garden. The brief was to create a shared growing space that would connect the church with the wider community, giving local groups opportunities to grow food together while creating a welcoming place for connection, learning, participation and enhancing wellbeing.
Before, during and after.
The design aimed to respond to shared community concerns around mental health, climate change, food security and poverty, while promoting values of justice, generosity, friendship and diversity. Starting as a small-scale project, the garden needed to be accessible and adaptable, with the potential to grow and develop alongside community interest and involvement.
The first meeting with Nick Trull from RePollinate was lovely. Nick was open, patient and very knowledgeable. He clearly shared our values and was willing to go the extra mile at every stage of the project.
Ann-Claar · Ninnian’s Garden group