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Pride of place: national award for North Edinburgh Grows
‘inventive, playful, life-enhancing and civil-minded. It is a worthy winner.’ – My Place Award judges
North Edinburgh Arts has won a prestigious national award. The Scottish Civic Trust has recognised the arts centre’s garden project North Edinburgh Grows with the My Place Award 2015 (writes Dave Pickering).
Kate Wimpress, Director at North Edinburgh Arts, and Lachlan Stewart, from Anta Architects who designed the garden, received the award from Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment Marco Biagi MSP at a ceremony at the Lighthouse in Glasgow on Thursday.
The Scottish Civic Trust is the national body for the civic movement in Scotland and the My Place Awards is a unique scheme that celebrates good local design and conservation as nominated and evaluated by local people. The Awards are supported by the Scottish Government.
The My Place Award project category recognises buildings, landscapes, public realm and civic projects that have had a positive impact in local neighbourhoods and delivered tangible benefits to their communities.
Judges said: “The North Edinburgh Grows project is both inspiring and humbling. In the face of many challenges the designers, client and local community have transformed an unloved bit of land into a remarkable resource for local residents and visitors. It is exactly the sort of project which the My Place Awards were set up to acknowledge – inventive, playful, life-enhancing and civil-minded. It is a worthy winner.”
North Edinburgh Arts Director Kate Wimpress was delighted to receive the award on behalf of the project. She said: “NEA and the North Edinburgh Grows team would like to thank all members of the community and local organisations who have contributed so much to the success of the garden.
“This award is a recognition of everybody’s hard work and enthusiasm. If you would like to be involved with the garden please contact Valla, our Community Growing Coordinator, directly at northedinburghgrows@gmail.com“
You can follow the North Edinburgh Grows blog here: northedinburghgrows.wordpress.
The My Place 2015 Exhibition celebrates Scotland’s places, people, community projects and civic champions. It runs at the Lighthouse until 6th May. For full details about the awards and exhibition go to: www.myplaceawards.org.uk
Housebuilder finds new home … for plants!
Miller Homes donates plants to community groups
Miller Homes has helped two local community groups’ gardens grow. The house builder, which has been developing Varcity South near Crewe Toll for the past seven years, is adding the final apartments to the award-winning development and has donated some of its plants to the Columcille Centre and North Edinburgh Grows.
The perennial plants, including flax and lavender, will continue to be enjoyed as they have now been planted in the community groups’ gardens.
Anne Marie Britton, Scotland Area Sales and Marketing Manager at Miller Homes, said: “As we make way for the final properties at Varcity South we needed to remove some of our plants, many which were established as they had been planted seven years ago. As a result, we decided they should still be enjoyed which is why we donated them to the community groups.”
Memories of playtimes past
Do you remember playing in North Edinburgh when it was fields?
North Edinburgh Grows is holding a meeting on Tuesday (16 September) from 11am – 12 noon at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre to share memories and look at photos of North Edinburgh back before it was built on.
All welcome. Free coffee and cake!
Picture (top) supplied by George Hunter – Pilton folk at Silverknowes beach 1954