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  PCHub Outdoor meeting area`s and planters   For over two years, the hub volunteers have been planning the transition from monoculture grass playing fields to a permaculture community garden. We felt that we were making progress with various projects, such as outdoor meeting areas, food-growing sensory walkways, a mini wildlife reserve, and rain gardens. Two years of planning these and other Gardeniser projects have passed! Sometimes, we wonder if our community fully appreciates the amazing potential of the hub's outdoor area. However, we are still navigating a lengthy legislative process to change the land's usage from dedicated open space to include a community garden, orchard, and outdoor meeting areas. This journey has involved extensive planning, research, numerous application forms, networking, and a significant amount of paperwork. We submitted a complete set of plans to the council's planning department but opposed paying a fee for something that the council's ...

  April just flew by at the hub, and we accomplished an incredible amount! April 1st was no joke! It was a busy day for the hub staff. Verture launched their strategy towards climate change initiatives, as their organisation unveiled their five-year low-carbon living strategy, Our power launch their manifesto at the Kinning Park Complex, which we attended. We loved learning about the history of the complex and had some great networking opportunities.  Additionally, we received a massive donation of books for oor wee library (OWL), and the Tinnitus Support Group expressed their delight with our growing community engagement and international recognition. Open Book held a meeting with us regarding a reading group initiative—more on this later, but it’s definitely happening! We were also interviewed for an international webinar about our Soup Night. our cold frames built from upcycled waste On Friday, April 3rd, we received a bit of a panicked email from a local group called Polmo...