A new project which hopes to transform the former Grove Nursery site in Aberdeen has been presented to the City Council's Housing and Environment Committee.

Under the plans, the Hazlehead site, which was previously a working nursery where plants were propagated and grown, would be rejuvenated and restored into a hub for a number of environmental projects involving communities, schools and social enterprises.

The project, known as Hazlehead Grove Nursery – a smart, green place to grow people and communities, was approved by the committee earlier this week.

Grove Nursery Working Group Chair and Housing and Environment Vice-Convener, Councillor Jean Morrison, said: "What we have at Grove Nursery is a blank canvas presenting a rare opportunity to create a fantastic range of projects that would breathe new life into this site and promote the skills required for working outdoors.

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"Environmental projects such as this also create great educational and vocational opportunities and we expect this project to generate a considerable amount of interest from the public.

"There is huge potential here for community groups, schools, social enterprises and members of the public to get on board.

"Being a community-focussed project it is essential that we encourage as much feedback as possible and part of the process will be to invite groups to tell us how they could benefit from this initiative.

"We have drawn up a robust community engagement plan and will now be pressing ahead with that to ensure individuals, groups and organisations are aware of the potential opportunities at Grove.

"Clearly this is a work in progress and the division of land, timescales and funding for the project is something we will continue to work towards."

(JP/IT)