While we were on Islay we visited the Community garden at Bridgend, where the local community has taken over an abandoned walled kitchen garden and turned it into a valuable resource. Volunteers work on the plots and the produce is sold in the shop, where they leave an honesty box.

there are plenty of the usual vegetables



and a large and well-stocked herb bed


but there is also a productive fruit cage, a polytunnel with tomatoes and peppers and butternut squash


and the garden has been turned into a pleasant open space for families to visit and for children to play



I was really impressed with the range and quality of produce available. The climate must be quite benign, but they've really made the most of it. It just goes to show what a community can do when they get the chance!



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