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How did your map's perspective help make progress toward verdant and just wellbeing? Contribute your impact story!• Take a few minutes to gather your thoughts about the outcomes that made lasting impacts on your community, your mapping team or on the global Green Map network. Write for a global audience. Read some stories on the map, we suggest. • Your Impact Story can be 2 to 5 paragraphs, or a bit longer if you like! • Select images that add to your story (we can help you upload a PDF, add links, too).• Please include at least one photo (square, up to 1 MB is best, jpg or png). • As you select icons and fill in the form, please share a message with future mapmakers. • There will be a prize each month, thanks to Patagonia, too.On GreenMap.org, there may be a story or blog post about your project, or an interactive map, PDF, or video, etc. We will add these to your story, and lightly edit. Thank you! This Green Map will preserve your work and inspire new mapmakers. 

Sat 21st June 2025

We had a brilliant day at the University of Dundee Botanic Gardens.  It was a city wide event aimed at promoting the power of plants and some of their many uses.  It was a glorious Summer day and the gardens were full of families enjoying the event.

We are so lucky in Dundee to be surrounded by copious, healthy woodland.  We wanted to learn a bit more about using wood so the wonderful Kiri Stone, Woodswoman, came along to deliver a workshop using local Birch wood.  We were shown how to make a beautiful and unique mushroom. 

So many of us have very little garden space we thought it would be a great idea to look at how to grow successfully in pots.  

We had a brilliant afternoon in the Garden looking at how to grow some of our more common herbs and the types of conditions they like.   We had grown some young herb plants and everyone was able to choose their favourites and plant up a container with herbs to take home. 

April features Earth Day, of course, and hopeful signs of spring. At these stressful times, work grounded in one’s own community can be a balm for your outlook - mapping is a power tool for uncertain times. Giving voice that shapes our common future, it’s now the season for digging in, spurring growth for all.  

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Ever tasted Dandelion coffee?  It's not as bad as it sounds, it is surprisingly delicious!  Save money and boost your health with some tasty root herb preparations.

Last year, we started to envision a digital archive that would be made in collaboration with the Green Mapmakers that would chart the outcomes, maps and media of each Green Map project. We’ve since come to understand the complexity of that grand vision and decided to start by focusing on the most important element: the impacts, as shared by the Mapmakers.  

We have been out and about at Dundee Uni.  We've been spreading the word about the opportunities available in our Community Growing spaces and gardens for volunteering.  The students had a chance to ask all about the gardens and how to get involved.  We gave away free seeds and made a few herbal tea bags.  It was so much fun to meet lots of new faces and chat to lots of bright sparks!  Hoping to see a few of them over the coming weeks. 

We had an introduction to making our own Terrariums and had lots of fun getting creative! We used small Aloes, Jade plants (Crassula) and Fittonia with bright variegated leaves.   Hoping for minimal watering over the next few weeks as the lid of the Terrarium helps to retain the moisture.  

Share knowledge and contribute data through a Green Map survey. Answer questions, take pictures, and observe your community and local environment while on the move.

There is a planning application underway to build houses, a crematorium and a new football stadium at a site in Camperdown Park in Dundee.  You can read more about it here  (planning ref number 24/00096/PPPM.)

The Lovely Manuela who is doing a Degree in Fine Art agreed to run a Printing workshop and show how we can use ink and paper along with nature to create a beautiful image.  

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As a Growing Network we held our first seed swap at the start of 2025 at Campy Growers.  The seed swap was designed to encourage swapping of excess saved seed and excess bought seed.  As a group we have been experimenting with saving our own seed from a number of flowers like Cosmos and Calendula plus Tomatoes and chillies.  All the seeds are open pollinated so there are no guarantees that they will be exactly what you expect but that can be part of the fun.  We had a great turn out from all sorts of folk, some new beginners and some experienced growers.  There was plenty to share as well as the seeds!

Over the past year we have been privileged to host a number of visitors from across Scotland who have come to see the gardens and to find out more about what we do and how we work in our local neighbourhoods and gatherings.  It has been so valuable to share ideas and discuss the issues we all face and to talk about how we face some of the challenges.  Sharing knowledge and experience is part of our strength and we welcome like minded groups and organisations.  We can all learn from each other.

We were successful in applying for some funding from Tayside Contracts to cover the cost of some new weatherproof garden signs .

Dundee punching above its weight…as usual!  A small team of our gardeners from across the City travelled to Birmingham for the night to attend the Britain in Bloom awards ceremony.  They swapped gardening gloves and wellies for posh frocks and fine dining.  They received 2 Awards- Queen St & Shiell St Community Gardens and Ninewells Community Garden

Come along to our friendly and fun events to learn about food growing and nature: music, food, workshops, open days, mindfulness or craft, for all ages and abilities. Most events are free.

Hello to Green Map friends!As 2024 reaches the Winter Solstice, we’re all seeking the light. We know it will be brighter ahead. We also know our work with community mapping is more important than ever, as it helps to ground people to home places and together, reach our full potential in this age of change. Thank you for all you do for our world, and for your support. 

Earlier this year we applied for funding from the Action Earth Volunteering Matters fund for nature projects. One of our volunteers had suggested that we convert a border next to our old pond into a wildlife friendly space. We saw how many species were using the pond - dragonflies, pond skaters, frogs, birds - and wanted to increase this and welcome even more species to the garden. 

We foraged in the local Hilltown Park for pine cones, holly and conifer foliage.  We even managed to find some local holly with berries on it.