The Hidden Gardens
The Hidden Gardens is Scotland's first permanent public garden for the 21st century and a visionary new landmark for Scotland. The Hidden Gardens are the result of a two year consultation and design process that have seen the transformation of a derelict industrial site on Glasgow's south side into a tranquil and inspirational haven. Greenspace Scotland worked with the Scottish Community Development Centre to develop a Greenspace LEAP framework and the creation of the Hidden Gardens gave them an opportunity to document a worked example of the framework. A number of partners were part of the process – the local community, a team of artists, landscape architects and NVA. Greenspace Scotland had adapted LEAP because they wanted to improve their monitoring and to be able to demonstrate the impact of their work. People using the pilot of the Greenspace LEAP found that it offered a number of benefits and improved their practice and ability to work in partnership. The tables and information here show how they set out to support the development of the garden using the LEAP approach and framework. Firstly, they identified a vision for the project and the context they are working in. The first set of tables examines the outcomes the project wanted to achieve and the indicators that they used to gather the evidence necessary to assess progress towards the outcomes. Another set of tables describe the aims for the future of the project and the final set look at the Action plan for achieving them. The project found that partnership working was easier because there is now a clear system for agreeing what is to be done, who will do it and how they will know that it has been achieved.
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