Saturday sale at Granton:hub

This Saturday 10th Oct between 11.00-13.00 our wildflower nursery in partnership with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh will be selling some wildflowers in the granton:hub community garden.

⁣⁣Plants on offer include Red and White Campion, Tansy, Wild Carrot, Comfrey and Meadowsweet and more!

⁣@edinburghscrapstore will also be open this Saturday. This unique resource has scrap materials which have been donated, like textiles, paint and tiles and can be purchased for reuse.⁣

Granton:hub Community Pantry is now fortnightly

The Granton:Hub community pantry is now open fortnighly on Wednesdays between 11.00am – 12.00pm.

All supplied kindly from Fareshare, Refugee Community Kitchen Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

This week Grass Roots Remedies will also be at the hub continuing their herbal remedy distribution project.

Come along to try free herbal teas, syrups, creams & balms. All their herbal remedies are FREE to residents of Granton, Pilton, Muirhouse & Drylaw.Please don’t hesitate to contact us at Granton:Hub if you have any questions.

DM us or email community@grantonhub.org for pantry inquiries

granton:hub AGM this Friday

Annual General Meeting

Friday 15 November, 2019 6:15-8:30pm

Join us for the Granton Hub AGM, learn how you can get involved, and hear what’s been happening in the hub over the last year.

Agenda

6:15pm: Arrivals
6:30pm: Chair and Treasurer’s reports
6:50pm: Q&A 7:00pm: Sub group reports
7:50pm: Thank you, call for volunteers, and social mingling

Art in Granton exhibitors announced

Confirmed exhibitors for Art in Granton (25-27 October) are:

Maia Aitken, Ana Baran, Chris Belous, Amber Brown, Sandra Brown, Megan Chapman, Erin Colquhoun, John Dickson, Gina Fierlafijn Reddie, Cecile Grey, Jenny Haslam, Gareth Hutchison, Colin Lindsay, Harry Mafuji, Inge Mantle, Louise Montgomery, Nick Murray, Victor Nobis, Stuart W Ogilvie, Stephen Paterson, Catriona Patience, Anna V Phillips, Sheena Phillips, Damien Rose, Alexandrina Scarbrough, Paulo Seara, Lesley Skeates, Henri Van der Elst, Paco Vazquez and Rosemary Walker.

In addition, we have contributions from National Galleries of Scotland, Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden and the Edinburgh Sketcher.

We are delighted we will have on display ‘The Old Castle near Caroline Park, dated July 1850’. This digital print of the original artwork has been kindly donated by National Galleries of Scotland | Learning and Engagement Department.

New community cafe opens at Madelvic House

New Community Cafe: Thursday – Saturday 10am – 2pm

Granton: Hub at MADELVIC HOUSE

Join us at our new community cafe with a tasty range of food, snacks and drinks using local suppliers where possible. Open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am-2pm starting 10 October.

  • Thursday, 10 October: soft opening from 10am-2pm
  • Grand opening Friday, 11 October from 10am-2pm
  • Saturday, 12 October, open 10am-2pm during our Wellbeing Day

Specials: Soup Saturdays (pay what you feel soup)

Come in, check out the menu and say hello!