Pitlochry and Moulin Community Food Growing consultation
Feedback updated 6 Dec 2024
We asked
As a result of the Food Growing Strategy 2021, which identified areas with a demand for community food growing, we asked what type of community food growing areas are needed, if any sites have been identified as suitable for this purpose and if the current community food growing provision provided by the Pitlochry Garden Share scheme satisfies the identified demand from 2021.
You said
We received 12 responses through the consultation hub and one response from the paper copies provided at the Atholl Centre. As their preferred site;
- 5 people requested an allotment site,
- 3 people requested a community garden,
- 2 people requested a community orchard and woodland,
- 1 person requested an urban farm,
- 1 person requested wheelchair accessible raised beds,
- 1 person did not specify
You said that the most important benefits of community food growing to you personally area are reducing the use of pesticides, better nutritional value and taste and increasing local food provision in the local community.
Four people already knew about the existing community food growing provision of the community garden run by the Pitlochry Garden Share organisation, four people were unaware of any other existing provision and five people did not specify.
We did
After analysing the responses we found that whilst there is demand for a community food growing area this demand is not sufficient enough to take forward a project at this time and we encourage those who are looking to becoming involved in food growing to visit the Pitlochry Garden Share organisation’s community garden on Manse Road.
Overview
Community food growing offers an opportunity for communities to come together and create a project that provides fresh local produce to individuals and/or the community. It can also provide an opportunity to improve your physical and mental wellbeing as well as a place to meet other members of the community.
During the development of the PKC Community Food Growing Strategy in 2021 some individuals from the Pitlochry and Moulin community expressed interest in starting a community food growing site in the area.
We're aware of the existing food growing provision in Pitlochry and Moulin, provided by the Moulin Community Garden and the Pitlochry Garden Share scheme. (You can find out more about these and how you can get involved in the survey below.)
We're now consulting so as to better understand whether the existing provision as it stands meets the needs of the community or whether additional different types of community food growing are required, e.g. an allotment site or other food growing opportunities.
The survey can be saved at any time and completed at a later date but must be submitted by the 3rd of November 2024.
Paper copies of the survey area also available at the Atholl Centre and Library.
Why your views matter
Members of the community and we at the council would like to understand the level of demand for a community growing area, what type of growing space is required and if any land is currently available or of interest. This is your chance to have your say early on and help begin to shape the sort of food growing space that suits YOUR needs.
This is YOUR food growing project and it's YOUR views that matter. We want to hear all of your ideas about starting up a new growing area in the Pitlochry and Moulin area. Do you want individual plots or shared areas? Do you want communal areas, raised beds, sheds or a common room? Will there be parking space, disabled access, cycle shelters?
Areas
- Action Partnership Locality - Highland
- Ward 4 - Highland
Audiences
- Community Councils
- Community Groups/Organisations
- Environmental Groups
- Rural Communities
- All Residents of Perth and Kinross
Interests
- Poverty and Inequality
- Food Safety
- Nature and Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Public Space
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