{"id":100618,"date":"2018-10-27T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-has-probably-saved-my-life-one-thriving-glasgow-community\/"},"modified":"2018-10-27T17:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:02:57","slug":"gardening-has-probably-saved-my-life-one-thriving-glasgow-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-has-probably-saved-my-life-one-thriving-glasgow-community\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gardening has probably saved my life\u2019: one thriving Glasgow community"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAt this vital community space in Govan, locals are mucking in for the good of everyone\u2019s healthLook at Wee Jackie go. Four-foot-nine, 43 years old, gabbing nonstop, grafting nonstop, her full name \u2013 Jacqueline \u2013 tattooed on the back of her neck, she shoves that wheelbarrow around the garden like Glasgow\u2019s own Sisyphus. \u201cI don\u2019t know where I\u2019d be without this garden,\u201d she says. \u201cI was in a right horrible, deep, dark place. Up to my eyes in debt.\u201d She smiles. \u201cThis place has been life-changing.\u201dWe are in Riverside Garden, part of the Riverside Hall community centre, in Govan, Glasgow. On the southern bank of the Clyde, Govan predates the city into which it was later subsumed and retains a certain independence of mind. The area is often associated with hardship and hard men. Locals find this wearisome. They will tell you that crime and deprivation statistics do not represent its true character, which is a gruff tenderness and instinct for solidarity in the face of life\u2019s struggles. A beautiful community garden in Govan is not an anomaly. It is a perfect expression of the spirit of the place \u2013 earthy, caring, everyone mucking in together. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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