Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network

We would love to support, connect and celebrate your community growing project through our FREE Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network.

Join more than 250 groups across Scotland and be supported, recognised and celebrated through our Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood initiatives.

Both are part of the UK wide Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Britain in Bloom campaign and are FREE to take part in.

You'll get access to annual support, networking, resources and national recognition from us and from the RHS, under the three pillars of community participation, environmental responsibility and gardening/horticultural achievement.

Watch our info session

We run through the free support and resources available; you get to hear from a couple of our current groups - their growing journey and why they take part (including an inspiring and humerous video created by Blooming Inverkip); find out what it's like to volunteer for us; and our Q&A covers topics such as how to get more volunteers involved in your group

Find out why Blooming Inverkip take part

Bob and Andy explain why and how the garden was created, the benefits to their community, and why the group is part of our Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network

Be inspired by one of our Network groups

Find out about, and be inspired by one of our It's Your Neighbourhood Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network groups, FARE Lochend Community Allotment in Easterhouse, Glasgow

Supporting you to improve our local communities

Beautiful Scotland

Join communities from a whole village, town or city and benefit from the connections you will make as part of our Beautiful Scotland family.

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It's Your Neighbourhood

We'd love to support, celebrate and give your group national recognition if you are volunteer led and improving your community and our environment.

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Garden for Life Forum

Explore the environmental organisations who can help you with wildlife gardening projects; download handy guides e.g. garden for butterflies, bedding plants for pollinators.

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Sponsor the Climate and Nature Friendly Communities Network

Ensure a thriving and valued network of more than 200 communities continues to empower and bring volunteers of all ages together as they work to make the Scotland we all love more beautiful.

Read our sponsorship brochure

Communities network map

Use our interactive map to find out where our Beautiful Scotland and It's Your Neighbourhood groups are across the country.

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Important information for schools/nurseries with growing projects - update for 2025 onwards:

If you are a school/nursery and have a growing project taking place in your community (not in the school/nursery grounds), and the lead organiser is either a community group or a member of the community (not the school/nursery), you are welcome to register to take part in It’s Your Neighbourhood.
If you are a school/nursery and have a growing project taking place within school/nursery grounds, unfortunately you can’t take part in It’s Your Neighbourhood (even if the lead organiser is a member of the community e.g. a parent/carer). Two alternative options you could consider are:

If you haven’t already done so, registering for Eco-Schools Scotland which is managed by Keep Scotland Beautiful and is free to join. As part of this international network of schools working to make a positive difference to the environment and their communities, you could work towards achieving the Eco-Schools green flag to fly at your school. You can watch an introductory video here.
the RHS Campaign for School Gardening where you can access a wealth of free support, resources and recognition.