Client: Falkirk Council, 2019-22
CMC was contracted to deliver a series of interpretive designs as part of the regeneration project at the much-loved Zetland Park in Grangemouth.
The key deliverables included content and visuals for an analemmatic sundial, an audio station with seasonal clips selected from the oral history interviews, four wildlife dipping pond interpretation panels and carved totem handrails with 3D printed ‘newt’ gripping handles, a ‘talking trees’ heritage trail for families, a play park audio experience dramatising the Charlotte Dundas steam ship theme.
An essential part of the project was community engagement. Reaching out to the locals – known as Portonians – who have known, used and loved the park was crucial but problematic with COVID restrictions. CMC found ways of working with the Junior Wildlife Watchers group, the Hidden Heritage Society, local Primary and High schools as well as drama groups to deliver the interpretation. Our team ran a series of online training workshops for volunteers giving guidance on how to interview people, capturing their own memories and personal experiences for the oral history element of the project.
We loved working with CMC. We all agreed they were among the best consultants we had ever worked with. Their ideas were original and brilliant, they were fun and easy to deal with, and their internal relationships with each other were obviously very strong. Their different specialisms over a broad range of subjects make them a fantastically effective team in bringing culture and heritage alive. They engaged really well with the community groups and were so quick to respond to our changing requirements. They were just a joy to work with and I hope our paths cross again soon!
Jessica Paterson, Zetland Park Regeneration Project Development Officer
