June garden plant of the month: Climbing Fruit

It’s easy to create a pick-your-own garden with climbing fruit 
A pick-your-own garden with climbing fruit like blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and grapes do not require much room. These plants grow upwards along a wall, fence, frame or pergola, and can even thrive on a balcony. They offer attractive foliage and blossom early in the summer.  

Continue reading June garden plant of the month: Climbing Fruit

Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

Students from Edinburgh College’s Contemporary Art Practice course are set to disperse their talents across Edinburgh’s Sculpture Workshop this weekend. ‘Dispersal’, an exhibition encompassing painting, sculpture, performance, photography and moving energy, is the culmination of the students’ work over the past two years. Continue reading Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

North West Locality Draft Action Plan: Three June opportunities to have your say

Help improve the Locality draft Action Plan

What’s a Locality Plan?

The city council and partners (police, fire and rescue service, voluntary sector, Edinburgh College, NHS Lothian etc) asked individuals and community groups for their views on local priorities and services. Using that feedback, four Locality Improvement Plans (LIPs) for 2017 to 2022 were developed and endorsed by The Edinburgh Partnership in December last year.  The LIP draft action plans are currently out for wider community consultation and this is the opportunity to have a look at them and share your views. Continue reading North West Locality Draft Action Plan: Three June opportunities to have your say

Maybury death: police urge witnesses to come forward

FURTHER WITNESS SOUGHT FOLLOWING FATAL ROAD COLLISION

Detectives have identified a further witness they wish to trace as part of the ongoing inquiry into a fatal road collision at the Maybury Roundabout on Friday 25th May. Continue reading Maybury death: police urge witnesses to come forward