22/23 January 2011
Colinton Community Compost,
Edinburgh.
EH13 0PQ
Sliding scale price from £45-£75 — but please don’t let money be the reason you don’t attend.
For more information and a booking form, contact James Chapman —
07790 265883 or 01337 842277 james@tree-wise-men.com
Posted in Composting, Courses, Food, gardening
Saturday 7th August 2010
Portobello Town Hall
11am to 4pm
Experts Question Time at 2.30pm
As part of PEDAL’s Food projects for 2010, we are having a Growing & Gardening Fair at the Town Hall. Come along to this FREE event and find out more about growing your own fruit & vegetables, composting and more!
Stalls and advice to get you started or help you out of a rut, plus Experts Question Time at 2.30pm.
Tea & Cakes!
There will be stalls on composting, information about organic food, PEDAL food projects, PEDAL Energy Projects and others. If you’ve ever wondered what the Guerilla Gardeners are up to behind the town hall, they will be there to tell you all about it. Members of the Orchard Group will also be on hand to talk about the Donkeyfield community orchard on Brunstane Road, and tell you how you can get involved.
For those of you who are really addicted to veggies there will be a crafty corner where you can learn to knit your own vegetable accessories!
Then at 2:30 our panel of experts will take to the stage to answer your questions. Questions will be chosen from those posted on the question board thoughout the day.
Posted in Composting, events, Food, Orchards
Would you be interested in learning to grow more of your own fruit and veg?
We hope to offer a short course over 4 Saturdays, beginning on the 29th of May at Telferton Allotments. At the moment we are only able to offer the course to six people on a first-come, first-served basis. This course on growing Spring and Summer Greens will cover the theory and practice of digging, understanding your soil, compost, seed sowing and care of your plants.
If there is sufficient interest we’d like to run other courses on how to grow in raised beds & containers, and on growing potatoes.
Courses are being offered free, although there will be a small charge (£10) to cover the cost of seeds and some materials.
If you or someone you know is interested in these courses, or in being kept informed of other courses PEDAL may offer in the future, please contact Peter (peter@pedal-porty.org.uk) or Polly (polly@pedal-porty.org.uk).
We look forward to hearing from you!
Posted in Composting, Courses, events, Food, gardening
Porty Community Garden Poster (click to download larger version for printing)
Edinburgh Community Gardening Activists & PEDAL have teamed up to turn a large neglected garden area at the back of Porty Town Hall into a community growing space — Food ‘n’ Flowers! If you would like the opportunity to have a bash at growing a few veggies, or even just help out, please get in touch for more details!
If you have any old/unused gardening tools you’d like to donate, please let us know!
Work days are held most weekends (usually a Sunday)—details are on our blogsite but the next few are:
You’ll need to wear sensible old clothing and gardening gloves. Bring any tools (spades, forks, loppers etc) if you have them!
Become a Rebel Tomato for some gardening fun and a bit of hard work!
Contact: Lucy on (0131) 669 7201 or E-mail: Edinburghguerrillagardeners@live.co.uk
Posted in Composting, events, gardening, Orchards
