In my previous blog, Neighbours 3, I mentioned that the roads within Ninewells grounds are named after various people with scientific significance but it was another story ….. here is that story. I will begin with those roads to the…
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IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 1 of a series)
Why perennial vegetable growing? Well as the name suggests, they'll come back year after year, there's no need to sow, prick out and transplant annually, and generally require less in the way of maintenance i.e. watering and feeding... So in…
U3A Gardening Group Visit
Volunteer Christina has written a blog about her visit to the garden with the University of the Third Age Gardening Club. When I retired, as well as joining the Ninewells Community Garden I joined the U3A, the University of the…
Ninewells Community Garden: It’s Your Neighbourhood Update
Volunteer and Trustee Peter Sandwell has written us an explainer about the Garden Participation in It's Your Neighbourhood. It’s Your Neighbourhood is Beautiful Scotland’s community environmental improvement initiative which is managed in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) under…
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Bread and Butter Pudding
Volunteer Christina has shared her Bread and Butter pudding recipe with us. Recently there has been a large push to avoid food waste and some folk think this is a new phenomenon. This is however not the case as this…
Green Health Craft Club
Crafty Half hour- PLUS This blog is by Gill Aitchison, one of the Crafty Half hour participants Joining a new club can make you feel both nervous and excited. Pre Covid restrictions I would probably pluck up the courage to…
Green Health Week
Volunteer Christina reflects on a busy Green Health Week (8th to 16th May 2021). Well this morning I am having a well earned rest after Green Health week. With so much going on I couldn’t fit everything I wanted to…
Neighbours (Episode 3)
Volunteer Christina shares the third and last in the series of the Ninewells garden neighbours. My last blog will complete the circle of neighbours around the garden with those to the south and east, having done north and east with…
Neighbours (Episode 2)
Volunteer Christina continues the story of our Ninewells garden neighbours. Now to continue the story of the gardens neighbours. Following on from the previous episode about Ninewells we continue onto our next neighbours, just over the wall behind the willow…
Get growing – a Scottish vegetable growers guide
Bob Bilson, of the Strathkinness Community shares his knowledge on growing veg in Scottish gardens: from small plots to large, this useful information will inspire you (and the garden volunteers) to plant for a bumper crop this season. THE SCOTTISH…
