YOU'RE INVITED!!   Gorgie and Dalry community backgreeners invite you to the first BLITZ of the year 2012 at Murieston community backgreen.  Please join us for a few hours for an exciting day of ground clearing entertainment and fruit tree and bush pruning competition!

Saturday 11am, February 18, 2012.

239 Dalry road, EH11 2JG, Edinburgh.

Tools and tea will be provided. Bring a packed lunch, suitable clothing and footwear and our expert will guide you in the biltz…

A few folk from community backgreen groups in Gorgie Dalry and some exotics from Leith turned up for a wee social at the Caleys Sample Room last night.  Thank you to Helen, Diane and Onintza for organising it.  Its great to see there is still life in ECBA yet.  

I heard tales of woe and glee from the…

One of the big conifers at Orwell Community Backgreen in Dalry came down during the winter storms.  The Orwell group are now making plans to bring the other trees, which are as tall as the tenements down.  If anyone wants firewood get in touch with…

Here's some more news about those folk down in Todmorden.  When the small British mill town of Todmorden, tucked in between Yorkshire and Lancashire, first began installing fruit and vegetable gardens all around the area as part of theIncredible Edibleprogram, it likely had no idea that the novel, yet simple, concept would make the town a foremost inspirational and self-sustaining model of the future.



Fresh herbs, succulent greens, and tasty fruits can be found growing near…

Hello, I thought you might be interested in the work for Edinburgh Garden Partners.  I was contacted by Daisy Muir who works with EGP the other day, her job is to match people who have garden space which they are not using (mostly due to old age or ill health, but possibly just because the area is too big for them to use alone), with people who want to grow fruit and…

Hi Folks,  Winter is surely here - last night was our first real hard frost of the season  after a very mild November. You might think that there's not much to do in the allotment/backgreen in Winter- but there's a lot we can do to overwinter the garden and prepare for Spring.

The hard work first -…

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's latest community-focused project aims to help people grow their own vegetables, salads and fruit by offering advice on how to get started. The project is run in partership with the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society.

Come along to our drop-in sessions to learn about vegetable varieties, sowing seeds, composting, pruning, harvesting, storing and preparing your produce, and much…

Hi Chelley, many thanks for the lovely day at SOl. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and backing up the theory with a bit of practical work in your community garden. You're cherry cake was much appreciated and timely as my stomach was beginning to rumble.

An informative day with the chance to learn from experts.

I really liked Margaret and Andrew's approach and wondered how much it cost to get them there for the day. I was thinking for next autumn in our imaginary as yet…

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