After a hot and dry July, things are feeling back to normal now, with autumn very much in the air. As we start to tidy the garden and get ready for the longer nights, we have been welcoming new visitors.…
Category: gardening
Shedding Light
I’m a blue metal box with a wooden overcoat. A dumping ground for old tools, plastic bags, half used pots of paint and a liberal sprinkle of mouse droppings. Shut for days on end, only open should a bike or…
Events and volunteering Jan – Mar 2018
Our Garden Hero
This year the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens has been running a campaign called 'Local Heroes' as part of their Growing Together (GT) project. The aim is to get more people actively supporting city farms, community gardens and…
A clinic with a difference
Diabetes Out There (DOT) is a specialist service for children and young people with type 1 diabetes. They are trialling an innovative new monthly garden clinic, and last month saw the inaugural workshop. The children engaged in activities focused around…
A ‘patient’ volunteer – Fran Gillespie
When I was admitted to Ninewells Hospital last October I was fortunate enough to be given a bed beside a window with a magnificent view – not only overlooking a wide silvery stretch of the Tay estuary but also some…