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…
Category: community
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…
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…
Neighbours (Episode 1)
Volunteer Christina shares her local knowledge. “Everybody needs good neighbours” so the theme song of a famous TV programme of the same name states. Through this last year a lot of us have got to know our neighbours more with…
Reap the Fruits…Planning for Fruit growing
Fruit tree planting time is coming up in the garden, so what better than some useful information about the success of fruit growing in Scottish community gardens. In the attached article, Bob Bilson, of the Strathkinness Community Garden, draws on…
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…
PEBBLE SIGNS OF LOCKDOWN
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…
Flower Update Sept 2020
The Flowers are still blooming in the garden, and a few late butterflies visiting. The flowers featured here were all photographed in the garden this month. Many thanks to our volunteers for their hard work keeping the garden looking wonderful,…
Online Workshops
Links to the recordings of the online gardening workshops.
