We had a lovely bike ride with local ladies in North Edinburgh, in partnership with Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. We cycled down to the gas tower and visited West Pilton Park to learn all about our redevelopment plans. We plan to offer more led-cycle rides, so watch this space.
Great opportunity to take part in a regular Tai Chi activity in May at Craigmillar Castle Park. Mondays at 2pm. This is gentle activity for everyone. All our events are free of charge. If you are interested please get in touch at elly@elgt.org.uk to find out more.
Thank you to the cubs and scouts from 8th Braid Salaam Scouts who came along to help plant over 100 trees in the Broomhouse area. It was a great opportunity to get local children involved in helping to look after our greenspaces.
Delighted to have received funding from Future Woodlands to help plant more street trees in Edinburgh. Read about the projects: ow.ly/re9Y50YMFQU
Volunteers doing some Dock management in the relaxed mowing areas in Inch Park, to try to diversify the plants growing there this summer. We also tried our hand at Flower Insect Timed Counts using frames created by group members.
Well done to the young people from Granton Youth who completed their brick laying course at West Pilton Park. They all worked really hard and learned lots of skills during the course. The planters will be completed by our partners from Alt Joinery and Building Ltd.
Looking for some free fun this Easter holiday in your local park? Head along to any or all of these workshops all about nature in West Pilton Park.
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Spring Party on Saturday at #CraigmillarCastlePark. We hope you had as much fun as we did. The rain stayed away but the wind came to play!! Look out for more family events over the summer.
On our nature walk at Inch Park we spotted 2 buzzards soaring above us, going back and forth to Craigmillar Castle Park, identified some spring wildflowers and exotic trees and to top it all off we caught the Beech leaves and flowers bursting from their buds - such a lovely sight
We're very proud of this hard working group of young people from Granton Youth who are learning brick laying skills in order to build some new brick planters at West Pilton Park. This is part of the re-development of the park and will be one of the new design features. Well done team.
Well done to our Wednesday walkers, meeting in Gracemount to explore the local parks and greenspaces, enjoying the mild weather and new growth in the park too. Buds and leaves bursting out everywhere. @nhslothcharity.bsky.social
A team from Eversheds Sutherland came out to join us for one of our last tree planting sessions of the season. They planted 135 native broadleaf saplings, giving a real boost to the young woodland area at Silverknowes Park.
Come along to the family festival in Craigmillar Castle Park on Saturday the 11th of April 1pm to 3pm. We will have an egg hunt, nature crafts, games and more. We would love to see you there. Everyone is welcome.
Take part in planting a hedge at Huntershall Park on Saturday 18th April as part of the Niddrie Marischal Nature Corner biodiversity improvement project which is being funded by Groundwork & Royal London.
Find out about our latest greenspace activities. mailchi.mp/b479273a3750...
It was such a joy to be out on a nature walk at Craigmillar Castle Park. Every week, we are watching the slow unfurling of leaves and the dramatic blooming of flowers! There is something that we marvel at and something that surprises us and always so many questions.
We had a beautiful cycle ride with local residents from Drylaw and Pilton. It was wonderful to support people to feel more confident on their bike and to explore the north Edinburgh cycle path network together.
Delighted to be involved in the the new Edinburgh litter campaign to clean up Craigmillar which will improve the local greenspaces. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2595526...
As part of #NationalWorkoutAndWellbeingWeek we want to celebrate the success of our outdoor health and wellbeing activities in Edinburgh. Over the past year we helped 1016 people to improve their health and wellbeing by participating in our Thrive and Out & About programmes.
We've been busy in Inch Park, litter picking and removing old tree guards. Lots of smiling faces in the sunshine, and great excitement to see 5 Small Tortoiseshell butterflies which were recorded on iNaturalist. Part of #neighbourhoodecofund project with Friends of Inch Park
What a fabulous shift the Youth Build team did, planting up a hedge in Niddrie Marischal Nature Corner as part of the Restore the Burn project. Helping to improve the biodiversity of Huntershall Park.
ELGT is pleased to celebrate Charlie Cumming reaching 25 years’ service, with 12 years as CEO. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff, we extend our congratulations.
Parkhead Primary School pupils had fun planting 210 native trees next to their local Wee Forest in West Calder as part of the nature corridor project
We had great fun making bird boxes with Balerno Scouts for their local woodlands. #TescoStrongerStarts
We are delighted to be getting people out into their local greenspace at Moredun on Wednesday 25th March. There will be lunch at Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre at 12.30pm followed by some tree planting from 2pm - we'd love to see you there! #workingtogether #treeplanting
We had a really wonderful morning in the woods at #LevenhallLinks in Musselburgh, working alongside local families and First Step Musselburgh. As part of our ongoing #WelliesInTheWoods programme, we read the gorgeous #JuliaDonaldson book The Oak Tree and then explored oak leaves.
Brilliant work done by everyone making a good start on the hedge for Niddrie Marischal Nature Corner. It was really fun. Look out for more opportunities to get involved. @groundworkuk.bsky.social
Come along to the last of our evening ecology discussions with Friends of Inch Park Committee on Wednesday 25th March, 6-7:30pm. Learn about wildflower meadows, the insects they support, why this matters and how you can help with monitoring them. Contact beth@elgt.org.uk
Come along to a 'Bee Walk' in Inch Park on 28th March as part of our joint program with Friends of Inch Park Committee. Walking a 1-2km route, counting the bumblebees which provides valuable data about the pollinators in your local area.
