Lochend Community Growing Project

Members

Getting Involved

Welcome! Everyone is invited to come and share in this community-led project.

We hold regular drop in garden sessions on 

Wednesdays & Saturdays    

  10.30am-1.30pm

We hope to see you there 

 

Contact Us 

For questions about the project and to get involved:

Ally Hurcikova, 07824 838 364

allyhurcikova@carrgomm.org

 

For issues relating to the management of the project:

George Lang, 07917 007 351

georgelang@carrgomm.org

 

How to find the Garden

Lochend Secret Garden is accessed between numbers 6 and 8 Lochend Quadrant, just off Lochend Drive

There is no parking at the garden, only on-street parking on Lochend Drive. Neighbours have asked that no one parks on Lochend Quadrant itself.

Project Information

Project Information

Project Model see here

Project Leaflets see here 

Funded by:

 

 

 

Blog Posts

Fancy Winning Tickets to Gardening Scotland?

Saw this today and thought of me fellow gardener growers! You never know your luck - it might be you! Hope everyone is having a good week! 

http://www.informededinburgh.co.uk/things-to-do/win-tickets-to-gardening-scotland-2012/Win Tickets

Posted by Sharon Duffy on May 3, 2012 at 15:03 — 1 Comment

Shed Meeting Coming Up 10th May at 10am

We are going to meet next week on Thursday 10th May to have a look at the inside of the shed and work out what we'd like to build in it to store all  of our tools etc. - tables, chairs, bookshelves and so on. Anyone is welcome to join.

Posted by Ally Hurcikova on May 3, 2012 at 13:09 — 1 Comment

Minutes from the Steering Group - Important Decisions, Please Read!

You can download the minutes here

As I know that not everyone likes to read minutes, I'll include a summary of the key bits here too. As the Steering Group makes decisions that affect everybody its really important that everyone knows what was agreed! And of course everyone is encouraged to attend the meetings so we can…

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Posted by Ally Hurcikova on May 3, 2012 at 12:59 — 1 Comment

May Programme and Newsletter out Now!

You can download the newsletter here…

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Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 26, 2012 at 15:30

Minutes from the Steering Group Meeting

Apologies for not posting these sooner, it totally escaped me! Here they are.

Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 26, 2012 at 15:10

Basket Weaving Workshop 2nd May and 5th May - limited places so book early!

Lucky us, Carole Fraser from 4Winds Inspiration will be coming to do two basket weaving sessions with us in early May. She is coming to teach how to make beautiful hanging baskets out of willow which can carry plant pots in them and make our…

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Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 19, 2012 at 15:04 — 2 Comments

2nd Draft of Lochend Secret Garden Growers Agreement - please comment!

Hallo folks, following our steering group meeting last night, I've done a re-draft of our Growers Agreement which you can read here. I've tried to include everyone's points and concerns without getting too specific or the document will get really long!

It seemed that a lot of people were…

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Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 19, 2012 at 14:20 — 1 Comment

Garden Launch Party and Open Day 12th May - All Invited!

To celebrate all the hard work that we have done together since September, we will be having a Launch Party and Open Day on Saturday 12th May from 1pm to 6pm, and we'd love you to be there!

There will be a bring and share lunch and barbecue, some fun garden activities like tours, a…

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Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 19, 2012 at 14:11 — 2 Comments

Herb Beds

I've been thinking about the herb beds and wondering if we have seeds for all the herbs that we want. I mentioned at tonight's Steering Committee meeting that I'd put together a wish list of herbs that I'd like to see in the garden. My list is very much what I love but I thought it could be a starting place for deciding what more we might want. So I'm going to post it here so that anyone else who is interested can join in and add what they like too.  We already have some herb plants in the…

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Posted by Lindsay Oliver on April 18, 2012 at 23:03 — 1 Comment

Location of Steering Group Meeting Weds 18th 6pm

To be on the safe side with these intermittent showers, I have booked us a room at Craigentinny Community Centre for our meeting tomorrow at 6pm.

The Centre is on Loaning Road - you can see the map here

Hope to see you there! Any probs call Ally on 07824 838 364.

Posted by Ally Hurcikova on April 17, 2012 at 14:48

 
 
 

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