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Updated Wildflowers and kale at the Duns Community Garden. The social housing landlord is continuing to work in partnership with Abundant Borders to encourage the use of the green spaces. With uncertainty over lifting of restrictions due to Covid-19, it has been impossible to create a month-by-month plan of activities for the community gardens, but work is forging ahead for when restrictions are able to be lifted. A community garden has been created at Todlaw in Duns and includes an orchard, raised beds and other facilities to encourage use of the garden by tenants and their families. An outdoor classroom for the Duns community garden is on order and it is hoped that will be on site by spring/early summer. It’s hoped to base lots of outdoor workshops here, for example showing how to make raised beds and apple pressing in the autumn. ....