On behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) have put together an Improvement Plan for Clermiston Park, making suggestions for the next two years.
ELGT are asking stakeholders and the local community to provide any feedback they may have on the plans, which will be considered and incorporated where appropriate.
A summary of the feedback received and an explanation of any subsequent changes made will be provided along with the finalised plan.
A brand new scheme allowing people to donate towards Edinburgh’s trees was officially launched at the Inverleith Park this week. Continue reading Tree Time in Edinburgh!
Wednesday 22 May at 9pm
King George V Park
Tuesday 20th November
5.30pm at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
All welcome
We have been working with the West Pilton Parklife Friends of the Park group to develop a number of activities this summer. These include family fitness activities starting Thursday27th July which involve hula hopping, fun bootcamp and family yoga sessions.
There will also be a Herbal Garden tidy up and a Herbal Medicine workshop which will involve local families working around the footprint area on Sunday 30th July. A regular bootcamp will be starting on Thursday 17th August and will continue until the October holidays and then run for a further 6 sessions. For more information contact info@elgt.org.uk
Previous planting workshops at the footprint
For more information about West Pilton Park click here
Sunday 7 May 11am – 1pm
Join Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust and West Pilton Parklife for a herb planting session
Growing Communities for Health
As always, ELGT had a great response to the ‘Growing Communities For Health’ grant scheme when the latest round opened in September of last year. During 2016, we funded twelve projects across Edinburgh and helped to grow the network of community gardens in the city.
Among the twelve community groups receiving grants this year, Newhaven Heritage and The Afro-Caribbean Christian Fellowship started up brand-new garden projects. Grants were also given towards:
If your community group wants to start a new garden, or is looking for funds to help develop an existing garden, the 2016-17 grant scheme is open now and will close in November. See here for full details.
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
Edinburgh’s newest allotments have been officially opened on the site of a former bowling green in Victoria Park. Continue reading Victoria Park mini-allotments officially opened
Spring has sprung so what better time to get out and celebrate our great green spaces? Continue reading Join the celebrations at Easter Drylaw Park
It’s all happening on our local cycle paths on Sunday
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust is running an event on the cycle paths in North Edinburgh this coming Sunday (writes ELGT’s Mark Sydenham).
Over the past few months we have been working at Fiveways Junction on some landscaping improvements to make Fiveways a landmark on the cycle paths.
Volunteers from Pilton Equalities Project and MYDG have been hard at work carrying out some woodland management and undergrowth clearance in the surrounding woodlands, opening the area up and cutting back overhanging ivy and branches to make the paths brighter and safer.
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre have been working on a six week project on the cycle paths with one of their groups, which has included learning about the paths and their history, and planting some fruit bushes.
This coming Sunday, we are inviting everyone to come along and take part. We have fruit and other bushes to plant, as well as other activities. We will have prizes and goodies to give away too!.
To win one of the prizes, we have a little quiz/treasure hunt – to get the questions, turn up to either the Crewe Toll bridge (over Ferry Road) or King George V Park (Canonmills) between 1pm and 1.30pm and then search out the answers on your way to Fiveways (make sure you get there by 1.30!).
Or just come along to Fiveways and join in the activities between 1pm and 4pm.
There is more information here:
http://www.innertubemap.com/2015/04/26-april-fiveways-junction-makeover-day/
and we will be putting more things up on our Facebook page too
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-Lothians-Greenspace-Trust/192106231309?ref=hl)
We hope to see some of you on Sunday!
Mark Sydenham, Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
Telephone 445 4025
