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Student Volunteering – Wednesday 1-3
Join our friendly casual group! Springtime at Ninewells Community Garden Calling all novices and those with green fingers. Join us on Wednesday afternoons 1-3pm in our vibrant garden with trees, vegetables, bee hives and much more. What to Expect: At…
Vote for us! – Climate Choices 2.0
Ninewells Community Garden is hoping to gain funding for an Apple Press. Bring us your unloved apples and we will turn them into delicious juice! We have been successful at applying to Dundee City Council's Climate Choices Fund 2.0 but…
Seed to Fork – February
We are three third year medical students and are undertaking a project in Healthcare Improvement. We are working Ninewells Community Gardens to gain more experience in 3rd sector organisations that look at health and wellbeing within the community from a…
Community Garden Party – NHS 75
Wednesday 5th July - 10:30am till 2:30pm Ninewells Community Garden invites you to join us for a 'Big Tea' party to celebrate the NHS turning 75. 5th-july-invitationDownload
Garden Artwork
We are often asked about the fabulous art in and around the garden, here is a small history of what we have and why. Penguin Statue In 2018 there was a Penguin Trail around Dundee with the decorated penguins auctioned…
Brick Planters for succulents
Facilitator Carol ran a workshop showing participants how to Upcycle some bricks into a nifty planter that takes minimal care. Here's the basics of how to do this at home. Succulents are not very demanding plants and can survive, or…
Information Sheets
Here's the page to find all the Resource sheets our digital volunteers and facilitators are producing. Resource Sheet - Building a bug hotelDownload Resource Sheet - Quick Growing VegDownload Resource Sheet - Retaining WaterDownload Resource Sheet - WormeriesDownload resource-sheet-small-space-gardeningDownload Credits…
Decorative Birdfeeding
Volunteer Kim got creative and made a festive bird feeder before Christmas- a great idea and one you could adapt for different seasons. Here's how she did it. I’d seen an outdoor Christmas Tree for birds a couple years ago…
IN PRAISE OF PERENNIAL VEG (Part 3 of a series)
Sage advice... Volunteer Marjie is continuing her series about perennial vegetables, click through for Part 1: Skirrets and Part 2: Rosemary As Christmas approaches, some of us might be thinking about festive recipes, and one side dish I always love…
How To make Compost: Leaf Mold
Facilitator Helena uses the fallen leaves to make one kind of compost Autumn is the perfect time of year to start thinking about compost. You might be surprised to hear it, but some compost does grow on trees (you just…