Matt Searles works with visiting children during one of the school visits to the community land.
It is hard to believe that what started out as an enthusiastic conversation in a Whiting Bay pub in 2012 has progressed steadily into a real physical community land asset with a vibrant community garden and public allotments, writes Juliette Walsh.
The site is now well-used by above all, school groups, which includes weekly visits by children from the Arran Outdoor Education Centre, Arran High School students and Whiting Bay primary school children who get fully involved with tasks such as vegetable and tree-planting and path clearance. Walkers enjoy the views of the sea from the top of the steep circular path and it is a delight to see allotment holders pottering about on their plots and the Arran Bee Group bee hives in full hum mid-summer.