As part of the Edinburgh Growing Together Project, Edible Estates are working with residents and local organisations to conduct a feasibility study into community growing in Dumbiedykes. We have surveyed the area for suitable growing sites. We have gathered together residents who are interested in getting a project started in their area. There was lots of enthusiasm for growing, including …
Edible Estates established a school farm at Broomhouse Primary, in South West Edinburgh. More information to come!
In 2023, Edible Estates have been conducting a feasibility study on behalf of Edinburgh City Council, to investigate options for taking a community gardening approach to greenspace on council housing land. At the outset, the goal was to identify potential sites for a community garden. After a mapping exercise and several consultations with residents, we have not yet identified a …
We are working alongside residents and local organisation, Community Renewal to develop a growing project in Muirhouse. Surveys and participative design workshops in 2021 revealed there was a desire for a neighbourhood garden in Muirhouse. We identified a suitable site, adjacent to Fidra Court, with derelict garages suitable for renovating into tools storage and a micro-community hub. The garden will …
In 2023 Broomhouse Growers gained permission to develop an area of disused council land in to a community orchard. The land was previously over grown and full of litter. The group cleared the site over multiple sessions. They have now planted native fruit trees and bushes. They plan to establish wildflower areas, rain water collection and a communal space for …
Through the community and greenspace surveys we carried out in 2019, we identified a preferred site for the development of a Neighbourhood Garden for Hutchison. There are several potential sites in the estate, but this site is particularly well suited due to its size, location, solar aspect, and being over seen by a ring of tenements. The site is an …
Community Renewal, an organisation supporting community development in Muirhouse, explored opportunities for the development of community greenspace projects in Muirhouse. The impetus for this came from a group of local residents who were keen to become involved in their local greenspace. Community Renewal commissioned Re:Solution to carry out an initial community Greenspace study to survey local greenspace and suggest potential …
This is the site of one of the original Community Backgreens set up in Gorgie Dalry in the early noughties. We understand there is still a community shed at the site though we have not had any updates for some years now. If you live at this site, please let us know how it is doing.
This is the site of one of the original Community Backgreens set up in Gorgie Dalry in the early noughties. We understand there is still a community shed at the site though we have not had any updates for some years now. If you live at this site, please let us know how it is doing.
In 2017, The Broomhouse Centre & Enterprises (now Space) commissioned Re:Solution to deliver a Broomhouse Community Growing Study. The study investigated potential community greenspace/growing projects, and measured demand within the local community for these ideas. The study recommended the development of a Neighbourhood Garden on the grounds of Broomhouse Primary School, and also a Broomhouse Home Farm project which would grow …
Cherrytree is one of the community greenspaces established by the Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association in the Dalry area of Edinburgh. Between 2003-4 disused and overgrown area in the centre of a square of tenement backgreens was regenerated as a community greenspace project to form a hub for community activities. The group was provided with a shared tool shed and tool …
The School Farm project at Sighthill Primary began in August 2019, but was forced to halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During school closures the project adapted to provide online activities and accompanying videos for the pupils and their families, centred around growing from the home. To complement these activities, pupils and their families could collect pre-prepared activity …
The community backgreen at Wardieburn Road was established in 2012-13 by Re:Solution working with local residents on behalf of Edinburgh City Council. The disused and overgrown area in the centre of a square of tenement was regenerated as a community greenspace project to form a hub for community activities. The success of the Wardieburn Road site was largely down to …
The Magdalene Neighbourhood Garden was a project of the Community Alliance Trust (CAT) supported by Re:Solution. CAT is a well established development trust working with the local community across the regeneration development of Craigmillar, South-East Edinburgh. Re:Solution has been working with communities throughout Edinburgh for since 2004, transforming greenspace in former council estates into community gardens and edible landscapes. Magdalene …
Lochend Secret Garden is located in the East of Edinburgh, it was established in 2011-12 by a group of local residents supported by Edinburgh Community Backgreen Association (ECBA) and Carr Gomm. The garden was conceived as a hub for growing activities in their estate. The Secret Garden has growing spaces for fifty residents, a community shed, accessibility beds, and Scotland’s …
Foxfield is a community Backgreen site established by Edinburgh Community Backgreen Association in 2008. It has several raised beds for vegetable growing, a shared tool shed, and a large communal play space. The site is only accessible by tenement flats around the garden.
Strawberry Field is one of the community greenspaces established by the Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association in the Hillside area of Edinburgh. Between 2006-7 disused and overgrown area in the centre of a square of tenement backgreens was regenerated as a community greenspace project to form a hub for community activities. The group was provided with a shared tool shed and …
Sunshine On Leith Gardens was the last ‘community backgreen’ sites developed by Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association before it wound up. SOL Gardens was instrumental in the development of the Neighbourhood Garden model which Edible Estates now promote in council estates. Unlike the other fourteen community gardens set-up by ECBA, it was possible to create a pathway into the site which …
Community Participative Design Exercise On the 26th January 2019, Edible Estates were invited by Cllr Gavin Corbett to deliver a short community participative design exercise with residents of Hutchison. Twenty residents attended the event. The exercise drew out valuable information of the priorities, concerns and dreams of local residents with regards to the management of local greenspace/public realm. It …