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Work on building a new community garden in Barshaw Park has officially started with contractors setting up on the site.

A group of Paisley volunteers have been left devastated after around £2,000 worth of damage was inflicted on a space they were sprucing up for the community.

Paisley is set to benefit from a new community garden after the town landed top slot in a prestigious competition.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Gardens across Renfrewshire will be welcoming some new feathered friends thanks to a community project.Friends of Barshaw Park have given away 200 birdhouses and nesting boxes to families across the district.The group had hoped to welcome people to the Walled Garden in the Paisley park for family workshops to learn about wildlife and construct bird boxes for their gardens.But with the pandemic scuppering those plans, the volunteers adapted the project to give away birdhouses and nesting boxes as well as craft kits for children to construct their own birdhouses.Irene McDonald, secretary of Friends of Barshaw Park, said the project had been a great

Read More About: The group is also taking orders for Christmas wreaths which can be delivered locally.The group’s Irene McDonald said: “We held a craft workshop in the cafe at Barshaw Park last Christmas on the same day as the Active Communities Jingle Bell run and it went very well.“We made a few ourselves and got quite a few orders, so we thought we’d do it again this year.“We’ve had to think about how to do things differently.“The Halloween craft packs went down really well, we got lovely feedback so we thought we’d do something similar for Christmas. The group of volunteers have made up 100 craft parks and will make wreaths on demand.

Scone Palace will be lit up pink when it gets dark from 9.30pm-10.30pm and the stately home’s stunning reflection will be visible from the opposite bank of the River Tay at North Muirton.Thirty jobs saved at Perthshire-based timber companyA burst of fireworks will go off at the palace at 10pm.Lily’s home in North Muirton, Perth is also getting the attention of a professional lighting company which has volunteered its services to turn it her favourite colour pink as a surprise for Lily and her mum Jane Douglas.The gestures - Light Up North Muirton for Lily Douglas - has been organised by Irene McDonald, a mum and early years practitioner who spent nine years at the local school.Family friend, Erin McNicol has set up a fundraising page, Funds