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From a pool of 16 people, volunteers meet every Wednesday morning on various projects to improve the environment of Dunblane for residents and visitors by follow sustainable principles and offering nature-friendly education to youngsters. A participative approach is maintained through a monthly planning meeting.
Environment Group
for a lobbying and sustainable community
Leader’s report 2010 – 2016 : and look at what we have achieved!
The Group was formed in 2010; merging early on with
members of the now discontinued Sustainable Dunblane
group. Our focus is on sustainability and involving the
wider community as much as possible:
Raising funds • to save the Glen Road to Bridge of Allan from closure
• to help repair the riverside path below the cathedral
Creating and/or maintaining • the War Memorial garden and the 250-metre Hosta border
• the Community Orchard with Dunblane Primary School
• the path between Bridgend and the Haugh with 35 local residents
• a Stumpery near the river for rest or play
• flower beds in the Millrow playpark with the local Beavers group
• a container vegetable garden at the Braeport Centre for young children
Installing welcome maps at the Haining and Millrow car parks in landscaped areas
Lobbying
• Network Rail to build a 50-metre retaining wall at the south end of the Bridgend path
• Stirling Council to repair the core riverside path below the Cathedral which collapsed in 2011
Spawning of a new Paths Maintenance Group for Dunblane.
informing Stirling Council’s Parks Forum, set up to strengthen their working relationships with voluntary groups
Lobbying pays off : the riverside path re-opens A saga in images
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Working with Children
Orchard at Dunblane Primary
2013-16
St Mary’s Primary School 2016
Preparing barrels and constructing a planter/seat
St Mary’s: topsoil moved to containers for beetroot and parsnips …and occasionally we are allowed to take a break!
Before & After
Before and after a 50-metre wall
was built following the
group’s lobbying of Network Rail
View of the Memorial Park from the Haining
before and after lobbying of Stirling
Council
Community - Braeport container vegetable garden
Inside the greenhouse Surfacing completed
Playgroup children planting potatoes in barrels and pots
Promotion & Fund Raising
The annual stall at
the Fling by the River
Down by the river side Memorial Garden, Haugh & Hostas