Perth’s Walled Garden Receives National Lottery Funding
- Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Motion reference: S6M-01189
That the Parliament congratulates the Walled Garden in Perth on being awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which will be used to restore and rebuild its paths and glasshouse to make them accessible; notes that the funding is part of a grant of £121,778 given to the Room for Recovery – Horticulture, Heritage and Healing project, run in Mid Scotland and Fife; further notes that the funding will also install heritage interpretation and develop and deliver an activity and skills programme for the Walled Garden, which is run by the Perth and Kinross Association of Voluntary Service (PKAVS) and is a haven for people recovering from mental health illness, and wishes the Walled Garden all the best for the future.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Claire Baker, Miles Briggs, Ariane Burgess, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle