Category: Leith Open Space Events

Leith: twinned with Havana?

Fay Young from Leith Open Space Group went looking for a new community garden in deepest Leith: this is what she found…

It took me a while to find the right place tucked away between high rise flats. By the time I got there the rest of the team were inside having coffee and my blurry mobile picture shows a community garden without people. Even so, the sun was slanting between high walls and if you squint you can imagine what it might be like once fruit trees are showering the ground with blossom. Continue reading “Leith: twinned with Havana?”

Green shoots for the new year

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Here’s an exciting start to 2008 with plans for a community garden in Leith (see Green Fingers for details of the Greener Leith meeting on Monday January 28 ). Plus news of other intercultural activities involving both Polish communities (see Home from Home and Breaking Bread) and Chinese communities (see China Now). Leith Open Space will be reporting progress on all this and more during the coming year so keep in touch with our blog. And don’t hesitate to add your own news and views.

Community green fingers

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A good place to meet , this is a community orchard in Prague in late summer

How about this? A place where people of all cultures meet to grow fruit, flowers and vegetables and make new friends as they grow plants. Community gardens offer wonderful opportunities for bringing people together and it can happen in Leith. After a lot of hard work behind scenes, Greener Leith hopes to turn words into actions on Monday January 28 when a community garden is one of the main items on the agenda for their first meeting of the year. Please come along and join Leith Open Space in supporting this great project. Continue reading “Community green fingers”

A Polish home from home

“Everyone is welcome to attend and many local people do come along.”

In translation it means a ‘meeting place’, but Swietlica means much more than that for members of Edinburgh’s Polish community. And weekly social activities are not restricted to Polish people. Monday gatherings at Fort Community Wing are welcoming events for all local people, as volunteer organisers explain in a short article Kasia Raszewska has sent to Leith Open Space blog. Continue reading “A Polish home from home”

Kneeling in protest against Guantanamo

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Edinburgh protesters kneel in silent ‘submission’ at the Mound(thanks to Leith and North website for use of the picture)

There was a Guantanamo dog dressed in an orange coat, and a choir singing as we walked along Princes Street. But the most striking moment was when over 150 people wearing orange boiler suits knelt in silent protest while a young ‘guard’ in combat gear shouted at us: “I don’t want to see your eyes, look down, look down.” Continue reading “Kneeling in protest against Guantanamo”

Winter warmers

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Warm seasons greetings to everyone

With days racing to the end of the year, Leith Open Space winter newsletter takes a quick look back to summer (see Rhythm of the Street), catches up with the present (Christmas lights, action, music). Then goes fast forward to a photography competition (What’s your View?) and exciting plans for community gardens (Growing Greener) in 2008. Hope you can enjoy a little time travel with us.

Christmas lights, action and music

Once again members of Leith Open Space group are warming up for an energetic night at the Edinburgh Refugee Centre. The annual Winter party is always a great event: good food, vibrant music and a really welcoming atmosphere among people from many different countries. Come and join us if you can on Thursday December 13 from 7.00-10pm. Continue reading “Christmas lights, action and music”