Everyday Changemakers: Gisela, Victoria Community Gardens

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/