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 …
Wheatfield is one of the community greenspaces established by the Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association in the Gorgie 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 …
Orwell Community Backgreen is one of the community greenspaces established by the Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association in the Dalry area of Edinburgh. Between 2005-6 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 …
Caleys is one of the community greenspaces established by the Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association in the Dalry area of Edinburgh. Between 2005-6 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 …
Craigmillar Growers is a project of the Community Alliance Trust, our goal is to set up a network of community growing sites across Craigmillar which will be maintained by a volunteer growing team of local residents. Fruit and vegetables grown at the gardens will be distributed between the growers, used for community meals and given away to local good causes. …
The Clovenstone neighbourhood garden project started in 2016. The garden has raised beds for up to 35 growers, a community orchard and a big community shed which is shared by the growers.
The Calders Greens Shoots garden was established in 2014, it is managed by its own growers association with a bit of background support by Wester Hailes Growing Communities. We will provide a more fulsome description soon, please bear with us. In the meantime here are some photos from over the years 🙂 Calders Green Shoots Facebook Page.
Broomhouse Growers is a project of the Broomhouse Community Growing Association supported by Space and Wester Hailes Growing Communities. We are a group of Broomhouse residents, our goal is to establish a community run market gardening and ‘community food hub’ project by and for people of Broomhouse. We have started at a small community garden behind Broomhouse Market which will …
The Bingham 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, The garden was constructed during 2018/19 by local residents supported by CAT. Bingham …
We have developed a pilot school farm project at Canal View Primary School which we intend to promote across the city.
The Neighbourhood Garden is a place for folk to come together to grow food, build a sense of community, and improve their health and well-being. The project is led by Murrayburn & Hailesland Community Park Association, supported by Wester Hailes Growing Communities SCIO (WHGC). The garden is being ‘community self-built’ by residents supported by WHGC staff. The garden will provide …