Our latest gentle wander down Helensburgh's memory lane has dug up a heart-warming story of a community coming together in the town's Kirkmichael area 10 years ago.

Here's how we reported on the opening of the Kirkmichael Community Garden in the Advertiser on June 18, 2009...

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WHEN a good idea is planted in fertile ground, it just grows – and that is what happened in Kirkmichael.

And on Tuesday the Kirkmichael Community Garden was officially opened by MSP Jackie Baillie in the company of community representatives including all the Helensburgh and Lomond councillors, MP Alan Reid, representatives of the police and fire services, community workers and local residents.

Isaac Owenns, chairman of the Helensburgh and Lomond Community Representatives Forum, told the gathered crowd that the idea had come about when the Forum found itself in the happy position of having a little extra money.

An appeal to housing associations ACHA and Dunbritton resulted in some extra funds being added to the pot – and with the help of many people, including development worker Jackie Gill, Cardross Sawmills, Macfarlane’s, Lower Clyde Greenspace and community handyman Michael Donnachie, the garden took shape.

Now, with its wonderful willow den, its pretty flower beds, its magical reading and activity area for children and its comfortable seats for the grown ups, it is a blooming great addition to the community facility at the Kirkmichael Centre.