The Dispersed Memorial Forest is part of the Scotland-wide project, Remembering Together, which worked between 2022-24 to co-create memorials to honour those we lost, mark what has changed in our lives, and preserve the best of what we learned and created together during the Covid pandemic. Artists and creative organisations were commissioned in each of Scotland’s 32 local authority areas.
More information about the national Remembering Together project, and details on the Community Covid Memorials which have been co-created across Scotland, is available at:
https://www.rememberingtogether.scot/
Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway was commissioned by Greenspace Scotland, DG Unlimited, and Dumfries & Galloway Council with funding from the Scottish Government.
Site and Community Partners
Community Partners for each site are listed below, with profound thanks:
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Castle Douglas: NTS Threave Nature Reserve
Site Partner: National Trust for Scotland
Working with Castle Douglas Development Forum (CDDF) and Castle Douglas Community Council -
Dumfries: The Crichton Estate and NHS Mountainhall Treatment Centre
Site Partners: The Crichton Trust and NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Working with Dumfries Climate Kitchen volunteers, The People’s Project volunteers, Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Endowment Fund, and individual NHS staff and community members. -
Moffat: Moffat Community Nature Reserve
Site Partner: Moffat Community Nature Reserve
Working with Moffat Community Nature Reserve volunteers, Borders Forest Trust and their volunteers, and individual community members. -
Sanquhar: Bell Crescent Park
Site Partners: Dumfries and Galloway Council and Wheatley Group
Working with Sanquhar Enterprise, Sanquhar Community Council, A’ the Airts, Sanquhar Primary School, and individual community members. -
Stranraer: Galloway Community Hospital
Site Partners: NHS Dumfries and Galloway, The Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Endowment Fund
Working with Incredible Edibles Stranraer (GCH Community Garden Volunteers), D&G Carers Stranraer, Unexpected Gardens Stranraer, and individual NHS staff and community members
Funding
Remembering Together D&G was funded by the Scottish Government. It is part of Scotland-wide project, Remembering Together, which worked between 2022-24 to co-create community Covid memorials in each of Scotland’s 32 local authority areas.
Some of the trees planted in the Memorial Forest were purchased with the support of the Dumfries & Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme.