Let's Grow Together

Glasgow's Food Growing Strategy Map

Growing Spaces

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Let's Grow Together

Our vision is that Glasgow citizens wishing to grow their own fruit and vegetables will have access to a range of community growing opportunities in their area.

 Visit the  Food Growing Startegy webpage  to find out more.

From 2016 to 2019 through a series of engagement events we gathered the views of allotmenteers, community growers and fellow Glaswegians on how food growing in the city should be supported and enhanced.

Based on this feedback, this strategy outlines how we will support current community growing provision, develop additional sites for use and support new approaches to growing.

In addition, it will also show you how to get projects off the ground and how to start growing your own fruit and vegetables. It also identifies key organisations that can help you, and your group, and will guide you through the processes involved.

The Strategy shows our aspirations for community growing and how we intend to meet our obligations under the  Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 .

Existing opportunities

If you are ineterested in renting an allotment in Glasgow you can join the waiting list for a plot. Find out more on the  Glasgow City Council website . 

Community growing spaces in your neighbourhood may be the perfect place to start if you would like to get growing as soon as possible. Find out about community food growing projects across the City on the  Glasgow Community Food Network website .

The development of new allotment sites takes time and depends on the availability of suitable sites and resources. On the other hand, the creation of new growing sites should be possible in much shorter timescales such as where only a "licence to occupy" or "lease agreement" is required for a group to get a project off the ground.

There are many examples across the City of community organisations and social enterprises creating new opportiunities for food growing. Many of these organisations are part of the  Glasgow Community Food Network  which has a broad membership and a wealth of experience.

If you are looking to set up a food growing group or lease/purchase land that is privately owned there are a number of organisations that can offer support and advice. Have a look at the Useful links section below.

Potential across the City

The Food Growing team at Glasgow City Council has created a map to make it easier to understand the availability and demand for food growing across the City. This map contains:

  • Existing allotment sites;
  • Public parks;
  • Vacant and Derelict Land
  • Potential new growing spaces identified through the process of developing & delivering Glasgow's Food Growing Strategy (2020-25). N.B. These are sites that have been suggested by members of the public.

Suggest a site

Identifying land suitable for growing is an on-going process and individuals and organisations are invited to help identify sites that may be developed for food growing.

You can suggest a site by filling in this   short online form  .

Once a site has been suggested it is filtered through an assessment matrix and a series of checks. As a result, there are a number of reasons the site you have suggested may not appear on the map including but not limited to:

  • The site has already received permission for a different type of development;
  • The site has SSSI status;
  • The site is required for Flood mitigation.

Useful links