Huntly Development Trust had a vision. Their town-wide consultation, Huntly: A Campus for Learning and Play, described what this town could become — and buried in it was a passage that stopped us in our tracks: "As part of a process known as rewilding, a habitat mosaic of orchard, meadow, scrub, tree group and wetland can be created, in what is currently a relatively dormant space. This can be done through making use of organic and less intensive land management practices. It would provide a different landscape to explore and learn..." That vision — a living, connected patchwork of habitats woven through Huntly — already reflected what two separate community consultations had surfaced independently: that the town's greenspaces mattered deeply to people, and that something should be done about them. The Deveron corridor, the meadows, the riparian woodland, the public borders running through the streets. Residents didn't need prompting to talk about nature. They brought it themselves. What was missing was an organisation built to act on it. Not to consult further, not to produce more plans, but to do the work — and to do it in a way that kept the community in charge of the direction. The Huntly Greenspace Collective was set up to be exactly that: a social enterprise that unites individuals, local initiatives, and businesses around a shared vision of a greener Huntly. Profits from our green products and services fund the community work. Decisions about where that money goes rest with members — the local community, not a board room. In 2025, three new directors joined the founding team, bringing the capacity to move from ambition to delivery. The place plan gave us the mandate. The community gave us the direction. The rest is the work.