"When we moved in eighteen months ago, I didn't know a single neighbour. Now I know half the street. The litter picks are only half about the litter."
Perth, Scotland
Good morning,
Bertha Park.
Here's what's happening in your neighbourhood.
Next residents meeting
Wed
16 Apr
Hub Room 2, 7pm
Council parks officer joining us to walk through the Almond Green play area plans. Your chance to be heard before the diggers arrive.
Add to calendarThis week at the hub
- Sat 12 April
Community litter pick
Meet at the primary school entrance, 10am. Bags provided, enthusiasm optional but infectious. Hot chocolate at the hub after.
- Wed 16 April
Residents meeting — play area update
Hub Room 2, 7pm. Council parks officer attending to share plans. Bring your questions.
- Sat 19 April
Seed swap & spring planting
Bring what you've got, take what you need. Front garden of number 14 Almond View, 11am–1pm.
"Nobody moves to a new neighbourhood knowing anyone. But every single community that's ever felt like home started with someone deciding to say hello."
From your neighbours
"I've been trying to get a bench put in by the river path for two years. These lot actually wrote the letter. Council said yes last month."
About Bertha Park
Bertha Park is one of Scotland's newest communities — a purpose-built neighbourhood on the north-western edge of Perth, where the River Almond curves through farmland that's spent the last decade becoming home.
We're around 1,200 households and counting. Young families, people moving closer to the city, couples trading a tenement stair for a garden. We have a primary school that's still finding its feet, a community hub that's still finding its programme, and a river path that's already found its way into everyone's morning routines.
The Bertha Park Residents Group started in someone's living room. It moved to the hub. Now it's the place where neighbours become friends, where small problems get solved before they become big ones, and where the quiet satisfaction of community is quietly built.
We're not affiliated with the council, the developer, or any political organisation. We're just neighbours who decided to show up.
Get involved
There's no membership form. No committee to join if you don't want to. Just three easy ways in, starting wherever you are.
The next meeting is Wednesday 16 April at 7pm, Hub Room 2.
No agenda, no obligation. Just your neighbourhood.