Two thousand households building something new on the northern edge of Perth. A community that looks after its own — from the school run to the solstice bonfire.
Join the conversationMeet at the Bertha Park Primary entrance at 10am. Bags and litter pickers provided. Last time we filled forty bags in two hours — let's beat that. Hot drinks at the hub afterwards.
Stalls, face painting, a bake-off judged by Mrs Henderson (tough but fair), and the return of the tug-of-war across the burn. Pitching starts at noon.
Kenny from Perth Bike Station brings tools and know-how. Bring your rusty chain, your wobbly wheel, your punctured tyre. Kids' bikes especially welcome.
Annual General Meeting at the community hub, 7pm. Treasurer's report, planning updates from Perth & Kinross Council, and elections for three committee positions. Your voice matters.
The longest day. Bonfire lit at 9pm on the green. Bring your own food for the communal BBQ, we'll handle the fire. Music, marshmallows, midges — the full Highland experience.
Bertha Park sits where the farmland of Perthshire gives way to the foothills of the Highlands. Five years ago this was fields. Now it's streets with names like Osprey Crescent and Tay Avenue — a new community writing its own story from scratch.
We're not a suburb. We're not a dormitory town. We're something that doesn't have a neat label yet: two thousand families who chose to build their lives on the edge, halfway between the high street and the hills. Some of us commute to Edinburgh or Dundee. Some work from kitchen tables overlooking the Tay. All of us share the same postcode and the same school gates.
The residents group started with six people in a living room wondering why nobody had organised a Christmas tree. That was 2022. Now we run litter picks, film nights, a tool library, and an annual bonfire that requires its own risk assessment from Perth & Kinross Council.
We keep an eye on planning applications, chase the council when the potholes multiply, and make sure the developers deliver what they promised. We're the collective memory of a place that's still young enough to not have any yet.
The WhatsApp group saved us during the big freeze in January. Somebody had a generator, somebody else had a 4x4, and within an hour we had groceries reaching every house on the crescent that couldn't get out. You don't get that in the city.Fiona, Osprey Crescent
My daughter started at Bertha Park Primary in P1 and already knows more neighbours than I knew in fifteen years of living in Glasgow. The community events are brilliant — not forced, just genuinely friendly.Raj, Tay Avenue
I was sceptical about moving to a new-build estate. Thought it'd be soulless. Three years in and we've got a tool library, a running club, and a guy called Dave who fixes everyone's bikes for free. It's got more character than anywhere I've lived.Eilidh, Cairn View
The residents group actually gets things done. When the developer tried to skip the promised play park, they had forty signatures and a councillor at the next meeting. Play park's there now.Graeme, Kinnoull Gardens
The daily pulse of Bertha Park. Lost cats, spare furniture, snow warnings, and the occasional heated debate about bin collection days.
First Tuesday of every month at the community hub, 7pm. No commitment required — just show up and see what we're about.
Three positions up for election at the May AGM. If you've ever said "somebody should do something about that" — you're the somebody.