Volunteer Marialena has shared this tasty and filling stew recipe with us. This is my favourite recipe, especially during mid-seasons when theres not that much veg left! You can basically use any vegetables left in your fridge or cupboard that…
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Snowdrops
The beautiful appearance of Snowdrops inspired volunteer Marjie to record their arrival. Volunteer Daisy retells a creation story of how the snow got its colour and why the snowdrops have a green patch on the side of the petal. Long,…
The Food Pyramid – healthy food choices
This week's blog is by Marialena, an MSc student in Dundee who is really interested in Food and Nutrition and it's all about how to choose your food well and wisely. If you are looking to make positive changes to…
Marjie’s instant garden
Volunteer Marjie shares her experience of using a cardboard mulching technique in her garden. Helena tells me that there are plans to develop another part of the garden using the sheet mulching method. The advantage of this method is that…
Botanical Migrations
Volunteer Christina contributed to the recipes for the Botanical Migrations exhibition and has written about it for us. At the end of last year while walking past Ninewells garden I saw facilitator Helena on the phone so just waved rather…
Marjie’s Delicious red cabbage and apple
Volunteer Marjie Spence has shared this recipe with us- it looks great! One of my favourite winter dishes: hearty and warming, easy to make, and very easy to enjoy! Ingredients: 50g butter 1 medium onion 1 kg red cabbage, finely…
Christina’s Big Garden Birdwatch 2021
Volunteer Christina has written us a blog about her Big Garden Birdwatch this year. Last year I was up at The Ninewells garden with a group of volunteers and friends in the leaf room counting birds as part of RSPB…
Get counting! The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
This year the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch will take place between 29th and 31st January 2021, under slightly different circumstances. This is the world's largest bird survey - join in if you can! Last year NCG hosted a group of…
Lockdown Bingo
With lockdown in place and the return of home schooling for many I wondered while on my dog walk whether a game I (and I’m sure a lot of you) played as a child on long car journeys could be…
Take a walk in the park
These days, while we settle back into routines of lockdown and the restrictions that go with it, it’s all too easy to allow the molehills to turn into mountains.There’s a great deal of evidence that connecting with nature improves our mental health…
