Flashback to summer: what the judges saw
Congratulations to Redbraes! The good news came in an email from Julian Siann, ‘Redbraes takes first prize’! That’s all the volunteers needed to know; after a year’s hard work Redbraes had won the award for best community garden in this year’s Edinburgh in Bloom competition. Continue reading “Redbraes win first prize”
It’s not just for fun, though it certainly should be a laugh. COMEDIANS vs HIBS Under 17s Girls Charity Football Match is a fundraising event based on a contest between Fringe comedians and Hibs Girls on Sunday 9 August at 2pm. It’s free to get into Meadowbank Stadium but donations go to The Junction, a local charity supporting young people in Leith and North East Edinburgh. Continue reading “Football for a laugh”
The sun shone on the latest Redbraes open day celebrating the work of volunteers. Thanks to Becky Govier for the pictures.
Grass is cut, borders are blooming, fruit and veg are ripening fast and faces are smiling. In short, the stage is set for Edinburgh in Bloom judges visiting Redbraes Community Garden any day now. Continue reading “Redbraes in bloom and ready for judging”
Starting a new series on community, Fay Young and Nick Gardner take a walk with PC Simon Daley who challenges some popular misconceptions about young people – and the police too.
On night patrol Simon Daley sometimes turns on the blue light simply to reassure people that a police car is in their neighbourhood. By day he often thinks he is invisible. Continue reading “On the beat with Simon Daley”
Last year’s harvest at Persevere: time to plant this year’s crop.
It really must be spring. Ally Tibbitt of Greener Leith reminds us there is a spring clean at Persevere Community Garden too on Saturday 21st March. There’s a pond to dig, topsoil to spread, weeds to pull and (almost certainly) some rubbish to tidy up. The garden is open from 11 am until early afternoon. And the more who can come to help, the merrier! Continue reading “Spring comes to Persevere too”
Catnapping by the Polish memorial at Redbraes
What a difference a year makes. It is hard to believe that the view has changed so much since a group of enthusiastic volunteers started work on this site last spring. Now Redbraes Community Garden is about to spring into action for a new growing season. Come and join the team on Saturday 21 March at 11 am when the hut will be open for refreshments. Continue reading “Springing into action at Redbraes”
Sadly there’s no truth in the myth that Inuits have 87 words for snow (according to yesterday’s radio there are just as many English words for the white stuff) but who has more words for rubbish? On Saturday while snow covered much of the UK, the sun shone on volunteers picking litter out of Pilrig Park. That’s litter, rubbish, trash, garbage, junk, detritus, gubbins, yuk…you name it, Greener Leith volunteers found it. And filled 48 bags full of it. Continue reading “What a load of rubbish”
Just to cheer you up, a quick look back at newly planted planters on a rare sunny summer day in Dalmeny Street Garden
It might be December but it’s already time to plan for next year’s growing season. Join Friends of Dalmeny Street Garden at their next meeting in Out of the Blue Drill Hall on Thursday 18 December 7pm. Co-ordinator Lise Bratton says:
“Find out what’s been going on and tell us what developments you’d like to see.
Enjoy some seasonal cheer with minced pies and mulled wine.”
This newsletter should get the circulation going. Here’s a sample of Scottish Asian poetry, a new Polish memorial (with or without Wojtek the bear) and a bonfire party at Redbraes. Plus our heartwarming harvest at Persevere garden, Frances Kahembwe on climate change in Africa, a Red Eye film club take on US politics and Scotland’s first Living Library with volunteers from Leith lining up to tell their story. We hope you enjoy it all.
Voytek the bear might not be there (yet), but volunteers are hard at work preparing the ground for the dedication of a Polish Memorial in Redbraes Community Garden at 3pm on Sunday 9 November. Continue reading “Polish memorial at Redbraes”