As part of the Spuds for Buddies Project, we have supported children in the planting of seed potatoes in various boxes at the Healthy Heart Garden in the Disability Resource Centre, Mossvale Primary, Mossvale Nursery, Rainbow Nursery and Shortroods After School Care.
We work with children to teach them where food comes from and how to care for their local environment. A wider aspect of the project activity is the benefit it will provide for people on community payback orders by providing meaningful work as they make the boxes for growing the potatoes. It seeks to reduce vandalism, making the area more attractive for people moving in to newly built homes and promotes maintenance of local greenspaces for use by all ages.
Renfrewshire Environmental Trust's Blog 