The Lady Lane Community Garden group in Paisley has been awarded to develop a temporary, modular micro-greenspace, designed to assess and refine ideas that will inform the future permanent regeneration of the Argyle Street/Lady Lane site.

The demonstrator garden will include raised beds, pollinator planting, and solar lighting. The community will also deliver youth engagement activities, group design sessions, food-growing workshops, and events on biodiversity monitoring. The community also hopes to create a hydrochromic environmental sculpture—a rain-activated artwork—to provide a unique educational component on climate-awareness that could become a signature element in the eventual permanent design. All structures will be designed to be fully dismantled and relocated to ensure that the site can be cleared for permanent landscaping works without loss of investment.

The project aims to improve access to nature, enhance well-being, and generate data on the environmental and social impacts to help inform the long-term design of the garden. It is also hoped that the outcomes will support wider use by Renfrewshire Council, the University of the West of Scotland, and local partners, and contribute to evidence-led community placemaking across Paisley.