Summer gardening at Acheson House Courtyard

Gardening at Acheson House Courtyard, Bakehouse Close, Canongate

 Gooseberries at Acheson Garden Courtyard

Our first apple in the garden

We will be gardening with Chris from Brigend Community Alotments on 29th July 2012 from 12 to 4.

There will be gardening at Acheson House and Canongate Kirk on 

Monday 9th July 15:00 to 17:00

Monday 16th July 15:00 to 17:00

Monday 22nd July 15:00 to 17:00

Thursday 12th July 17:30 to 19:30

Thursday 19th July 17:30 to 19:30

Thursday 26th July 17:30 to 19:30

Of course given the awful weather this summer, the above is weather permitting.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheson_House 

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en 

Please email pggclub@yahoo.co.uk if you are coming or thinking about coming so you can be added to the contact list, just in case times or dates change.

You can also join our facebook group on https://www.facebook.com/groups/106719732697771/

Ponds and Gooseberries - Big Dig Day Wednesday 15th February 2012

Its the 3rd BIG PLANT day at Acheson House Courtyard

Wednesday, 15th February 2011 from 13:00 to 16:00

at the previous BIG DIG days we have planted fruit trees, about 30 blaeberry bushes and currants.  This BIG DIG we hope to start on our pond and get the raspberries and gooseberries in.

Blaeberries

We have lavender and rosemary to plant too.

We are also putting in a small pond/water feature In the middle of the garden.

  So come along and get some fresh air.   If you have gardening gloves bring them along but if not we usually have spare ones.

We will have tea and coffee but feel free to bring biscuits or cakes


Acheson House Courtyard is down Bakehouse Close off Canongate, next to Museum of Edinburgh, opposite Canongate Kirk - see the map here 

Acheson House Courtyard is down the wee close next to the bus stop 

If you want to find out more about the gardening club please email pggclub@yahoo.co.uk

There are many gardening days coming up (weather permitting)

Please dress warmly and have footwear that is suitable for dirt and digging.

Patrick Geddes Gardening Club Herb Afternoon

Saturday, 18th February 2012

14:00 to 16:00

Vocal, Johnstone's Terrace, opposite the castle.

Julia Cook, Herbalist

I hope you can come to our Herb Afternoon, next Saturday  at Vocal, Johnstone Terrace (opposite Edinburgh Castle), find it on the map here.

Julia Cook will be talking about healing herbs and will take us to Johnstone Terrace Wildlife Garden  owned by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to look for edible and digestive herbs (some just look like weeds and are often treated as weeds).

We also will be finding out out the herbs we will be planting at Granny's Green on 18th March and the herbs to be planted at Acheson House and Canongate Kirk.

The afternoon is sponsored by Comic Relief Scottish Community Foundation and the Co-operative Membership Community Fund therefor is free (though donations to the Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust will be welcome)

Everyone is welcome, if you plan to come please email pggclub@yahoo.co.uk so we can get an idea of numbers

Please feel free to pass on invitations to this event

Free Energy Efficiency Workshops

This week's news

Just saw two pieces of news this week

The first being that Crags Sports Centre has found someone to use it and that it will be a Basketball Centre working in partnership with Blaze, Edinvar Housing Association and the community.  You can read more about it here

New Street gap site

And that former owner Ronald Persaud in talks to buy the "Caltongate" site from Deloitte, Persuad sold the site to Mountgrange but that went burst, this only includes the land that Mountgrange formerly owned and not the council buildings - Canongate Venture, the market building, arches on East Market St.  However there has been much specualtion about developers buying this land, the last lot Prism fell through.  Won't be holding our breath to see if Persuad goes ahead with this.

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