Growing together in Burnhill
The High Backs is a registered Scottish charity and community hub in Burnhill, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire - on the doorstep of Glasgow. We're a community garden - but also a place where youth activists make real change, where men come to talk, where families gather, and where neighbours share food, skills, and good company.
From growing sessions to a knitting circle, a community larder to events that bring the whole neighbourhood together. Whatever brings you here, you're welcome.
So don’t stop at the front gate!
Hard work and vision has transformed the previously derelict site at The High Backs into a valued community resource - timber sheds used as community spaces, a coffee hut, a stage, and community gardens.
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT MOTION - 2024
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Solar panels powering the High Backs off-grid
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Community cabins on site
Est. 2020
Community-led from the very beginning
