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Silverburn Park: How a Fife project to help people return to nature is attracting national attention

Silverburn Park: How a Fife project to help people return to nature is attracting national attention © Steve Brown / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Work to transform a once-neglected Fife park is coming to national attention. The Silverburn Park project in Leven will feature on BBC Scotland’s farming and countryside show Landward, with presenter JJ Chalmers due to film there next week. The Invictus Games medallist and former Strictly Come Dancing competitor will interview staff and volunteers about their ambitions for the 27-acre parkland.

A phoenix rising from the ashes : Design work to transform derelict mill at Silverburn Park complete

© Supplied by Andie Habeshaw, Silv Design for the new centre. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Design work to transform a derelict Fife flax mill into a visitor centre and community hub is now complete. Project workers say the B-listed building at Silverburn Park in Leven will be like a “phoenix rising from the ashes” once multi-million pound building work begins. The red brick property on the 27-acre estate once employed 200 people but has lain empty for years, with holes in the roof, boarded-up windows, disused livestock stalls and old farm machinery lying around.

Leven lantern journey will light up Blue Monday

Leven lantern journey will light up Blue Monday © Supplied by Andie Habeshaw, Silv Hannah Ayre designed the lanterns. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Around 300 lanterns will still light up a Fife park on the gloomiest day of the year, despite coronavirus restrictions. Schools, community groups and families will no longer be allowed to gather at the Leven “lantern journey” this weekend but will instead be able to view the event online. Locals made the flax and paper lanterns on show at Silverburn Park using kits designed by artist Hannah Ayre.

Blue Monday lantern project to bring light to Silverburn Park in Leven

Blue Monday lantern project to bring light to Silverburn Park in Leven © Supplied by Andie Habeshaw, Silv Hannah Ayre designed the lanterns. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up They can choose from one of two designs – star or pyramid – devised by participatory artist Hannah Ayre. © Supplied by Silverburn Park The lanterns. They will be handed out on a first come first served basis between 11am and 3pm on Saturday and Sunday. People can make them over the Christmas holidays and return them during the first weekend in January.

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