Potential Transfer of Rosefield Community Garden to Kirrie Connections
We want your views on the recommended ownership transfer of Rosefield Community Garden.
Background
Kirrie Connections have successfully operated a community garden at Rosefield Gardens, Kirriemuir for the last eight years. The garden is a dedicated space for people living with dementia, their families and the wider community.
The community garden was established over 10 years ago as part of KDAP (Kirriemuir and Dean Area Partnership) from which Kirrie Connections emerged. Eventually KDAP was disbanded. Kirrie Connections, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength.
They have maintained and funded the garden to keep this peaceful space open to Kirrie Connections users, local sheltered housing residents and the general public.
Kirrie Connections now wishes to have the lease transferred to ownership of the land.
Making the arrangement more formal would allow the garden to continue to be available to Kirrie Connections service users and the wider community for years to come.
No council funds or resources have been expended from the days when it was a blot of a building site all the way up to the present.
About Kirrie Connections
Kirrie Connections provide expert information, advice and support to anyone affected by dementia, including those with a diagnosis and their family/care partners, in Kirriemuir and the surrounding area.
Kirrie Connections developed the first Meeting Centre in Scotland in 2019. The Meeting Centre offers a flexible person-centred programme of activities. These activities address the challenges that people with dementia and their families may face. The Meeting Centre is open five days a week. One day a week is devoted to providing regular emotional, practical and peer support for all families/care partners.
Recently, Kirrie Connections completed on an extension to the centre. The expansion included a dementia friendly inspired outdoor space. This transformed what was a car park, so members with restricted mobility could still enjoy the outdoor space without having to negotiate the walk to the Community Garden. However, the Rosefield site is still used.
Closing date
This survey will close at 5pm on Sunday 8th November 2026.