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It feels like we have turned a corner this week, the sun is out and things are most definitely growing in the garden. The beds are prepared and…
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Science on a Plate exhibition is currently up and running in the John Hope Gateway. The exhibition focuses on where the food on…
Our workshop at the weekend was all about edible gardening in the greenest way possible. Biodiversity We think that if well managed, wildlife and edible gardening can coexist….
The Edible Gardening Project team spent an extremely pleasant day on Saturday helping Greener Leith with their children’s orchard on Leith Links. The fruit trees where planted about…
We have a wonderful team of dedicated volunteers helping us run the Edible Gardening Project. During the first eight months of the project we have spoken to over…
Our big news this week is that the Edible Gardening Project has received more funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery. They held their annual charity gala event at…
We were extremely excited to show top chef Neil Forbes around our edible garden last week. What a lovely chap he is too! Like us, Neil is very…
It is a chilly old day and as you can see from the pictures there is frost all about (even at 12 noon!). The temperature dropped to -5oc…
What beautiful a day to get back in the garden! The sun is shining and I’d go so far as to say it is warm outside, a different…
Plot size My plot is approx. 6.5 by 2m. The prescribed vegetable part will take up to around 1/3 of its entire area. Although in overall the plot…
Here is my estimated calendar featuring tasks and activities planned for each month. Date Tasks 5-20 Oct 2011 Soil preparation. Removing vegetation from previous season. Double digging the…
Hello and welcome to Kasia’s blog. It is a blog about my first own gardening project – a small plot of land on grounds of the Royal Botanic…
Our polytunnel has been in place for five months now and we are very pleased with the progress of the crops inside. I popped down to the polytunnel…
Our drop in session this weekend focused on growing micro leaves and sprouting seeds. As you can see from the photo below, we got a bit distracted and…
Welcome to the Edible Gardening Project blog. As well as finding lots of great information and advice to help you start your very own edible garden, you’ll be…
Tree ferns lend a touch of the exotic and provide key architectural elements in the Queen Mothers Memorial Garden and alongside the Glasshouse ramp. Hailing from such diverse…
Grass cutting commenced on 1st February after a very mild, wet winter. Irrigation was much needed for the Rhododendron collection as growth flushed in the spring and flowering…
M. campbellii: large pink flowers at the top of the tree, H10 M. ‘Charles Raffill’: an improved hybrid between M. campbellii and M. campbellii ssp mollicomata, F30 M….
Visitors to the Caledonian Horticultural Society Show at the caly hall this weekend will be interested in: Magnolia sprengeri var. elongata: seen from the road walking west past…