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Community | 7th September 2023
 

Langholm Day Centre grow their own

 
 
 

There’s nothing quite like the taste of home-grown tomatoes and the Langholm Day Centre members can attest to that. This year they have grown their own along with lettuce, cabbage, leeks, green beans, courgettes, potatoes, herbs and an assortment of pot plants. Last week the tomatoes were still flourishing and the outdoor green beans looked superb.

The Day Centre managed to secure funding through the second round of the community regeneration fund aimed at supporting communities to recover from the Covid pandemic. The Langholm Initiative had approached a number of community groups in Langholm to put in bids through the Development Trusts Association for Scotland and all of those applications were successful.

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