1000 Better Stories
1000 Better Stories
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
Everyday Changemakers: Gisela, Victoria Community Gardens
19 minutes Posted Nov 27, 2023 at 8:32 pm.
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Our Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, talks to Gisela de la Espada, a garden coordinator for Yusuf Youth Intitiative’s Victoria Community Gardens, forstering diversity among their volunteers and nature.
The story is the third in a 5-part series of weekly interviews with members of Dundee Community Garden Network (Grow Dundee) recorded this June, and an audio tour exploring the meaning and impact of community gardening. 
You can find a draft of the audio tour here: https://izi.travel/en/ff0a-dundee-community-garden-network-draft/en 
Tune in next week for a story from the Fruibowls Community Garden.
Transcript 
See our website: https://sccan.scot/blog/everyday-changemakers-gisela-victoria-community-gardens/
Credits
Interview, recording and sound production: Kaska Hempel
Resources
Victoria Community Gardens (Yusuf Youth Initiative) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaGardensYYI 
The Big Lunch (Eden Communities) https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/the-big-lunch 
Eden Project Dundee https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-dundee-uk 
Trellis Scotland (gardening for wellbeing) https://www.trellisscotland.org.uk/ 
Keep Scotland Beautiful https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ 
SRUC https://www.sruc.ac.uk/ 
The MAXwell Centre, Dundee https://maxdundee.org.uk/ 
Green Health Prescription Scotland https://www.greenhealth.scot/ 
Dundee Community Garden Network (Grow Dundee) https://growdundee.blog/