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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Well this time last year very few of us had heard of Covid and had no idea of what lay ahead but by Easter we all knew about it and had worked out our ways to cope with lockdown. All…
This Beetroot Dip recipe has been shared by Tricia Neville, a regular volunteer at the garden. After working for many years as an early years teacher, I retrained in horticulture. I volounteer at the community garden once a week where…
Another delicious , warming soup made from fresh produce, sent in by Linda A. Muir. She says 'The first time I made it I didn’t have spring onions so I used leeks instead. After following the recipe when I made…
Ingredients all ready for the shortest day I make this version of Christmas cake every year on the shortest day. I found the recipe while living in the south of the South Island, New Zealand, and made it in June…
