Unexpected Garden: Fair Growing Green, Dundee

About

New life sprung up in a place people once met to go bowling: we discovered vegetables, salad leaves, herbs and flowers unfurling on the former Bowling Green in Dundee’s Fairmuir Park, which gave locals and visitors alike a reason to gather once again. A partnership between Dandelion and the University of Dundee, Creative Dundee, Dundee City Council, Friends of Fairmuir with the local community, this edible garden was an opportunity for new growers and budding gardeners to get stuck in, with social spaces where all comers shared food and good company. Inspired by the growers’ almanac, the garden acts as a record of the collective knowledge gained from nurturing the plot, capturing the seasonal rhythms of edible plants and flowers for both people and pollinators. This garden is also a celebration of existing gardens in Dundee, connecting them in a companionable cross-pollination of communities.