Greenspace Scotland

Cook up at Cyrenians Hospital Gardens

Our February project of the month is the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Growing Space where Wednesdays are all about bringing people together to cook and share healthy food. Read more
Young Placechangers Ideas Fund - second round deadline on the horizon

Young people and youth groups can apply to the Young Placechangers Ideas Fund for Seedcorn grants (up to £500) and larger Ideas Fund grants (up to £3000) Read more
Get Glasgow Growing Together

In a series of free workshops we’d like help from people and organisations to develop local food growing across Glasgow and inform the development of Glasgow's Food Growing Strategy. Join us for soup and share your thoughts and ideas. Read more
Young Placechangers Skills Bank

Are you a planner, ecologist, urban designer, landscape architect, archaeologist, youth worker or youth work training provider or other professional? Then the Young Placechangers Skills Bank could be for you! Read more

Transforming urban spaces into people places

Greenspace makes our lives and places better

What we do

How we work

We provide a national lead for action on parks and greenspaces. Working in partnership we pioneer new approaches to managing and resourcing greenspace.

Young Placechangers Ideas Fund

Is there anything you and your youth group would like to change about the place where you live, go to school or work?

90%

of urban Scots say it’s important to have greenspace in their area

1593km²

is the area of urban greenspace in scotland – equivalent to area of 22 Loch Lomonds

1 in 4

Scots say the quality of their greenspace has declined in the last 5 years

Get involved

Find and enjoy greenspace

Explore and discover Scotland's wonderful parks and greenspaces using Scotland's greenspace map and MyParkScotland

Support parks

The Scottish Parks Endowment Fund is an easy and simple way for everyone who uses and loves Scotland’s parks to make a donation, large or small, to support our treasured parks.

Working with Tesco and Groundwork UK, we deliver the Bags of Help Scheme in Scotland. Over 2000 Scottish community projects have already shared in over £6million. Find out how to apply for your project.

News

Cook up at Cyrenians Hospital Gardens

Our February project of the month is the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Growing Space where Wednesdays are all about bringing people together to cook and share healthy food. Read more
CSGN Development Fund open for applications

Greenspace projects that will improve the environment across Scotland's central belt can apply for a share of the £350,000 CSGN Development funding. Read more
The Attic Community Garden and Orchard

The Attic is a charity that works with young people, children and families in Kirkton, Dundee. With Bags of Help funding of £4,120 they created an orchard on a piece of unloved waste ground and rejuvenated their existing community garden. Read more

Project of the Month

Cook up at Cyrenians Hospital Gardens

Our February project of the month is the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Growing Space where Wednesdays are all about bringing people together to cook and share healthy food. Read more
Castle Hill – from Scheduled Monument wilderness to accessible greenspace

The project of the month for December is Castle Hill in Cullen, Moray. The hill has been restored to its former glory by a group of volunteers working with the landowner and Historic Environment Scotland Read more
Communities dig in for Perth and Kinross greenspaces

Our project of the month Perth and Kinross Council’s Community Greenspace team have been actively encouraging community involvement across a range of greenspace and parks services. Read more