Corstorphine in Bloom

31/07/2026

Town of Grave in the Netherlands

27/07/2026

The council gave us loads of flowers for the barrel planters around the area. Who knows what the yellow flower is?

13/07/2026

Volunteer out at Carricknowe....watering and w**ding.

12/07/2026

Inverkeithing, Aberdour, Burntisland, Kinghorn. All blooming. Meeting with council soon about doing more here.

10/07/2026

Callander, Doune and Dunblane. Something to aim for. 🪴

04/07/2026

Been ultra busy working with suppliers and council and getting planters out. A couple of us on holiday too. Another 4 barrels delivered today. This is the one at Pinkhill

24/06/2026

Thanks to the people of Corstorphine for coming forward to help with the rollout of flowers and planters from Clermsiton to Carrick Knowe. Next step is to support the businesses and rollout planters there.

20/06/2026

There has beem a lot going on to get things over the line. Now ready for planting. See website for more information. https://corstorphineinbloom.com/

🌱 St Margaret’s Park Planting and Weeding
Date & time: Saturday 20 June, 9.30am – 10.30am
Activity: Help us w**d and plant flowers
Meeting point: By the Dower House

🧹 St Margaret’s Park Planters
Date & time: Sunday 21 June, 9.30am — for exactly 59 minutes
Activity: Start planting the planters across the park
Meeting point: By the Dower House

🏡 Corstorphine Hill Weekly Gardening
Date & time: Tuesdays, 10.00am – 1.00pm
Activity: Join our friends for weekly gardening sessions in their historic walled garden, learn new skills and have a chat.

🌿 Drumbrae Park Physic Garden Planting
Date & time: After Wednesday 24 June
Activity: Planting the Physic Garden
Contact: Friends of Drumbrae Park at [email protected]

🌸 Corstorphine Planters
Date & time: Various dates
Activity: Delivering and planting planters in locations across Corstorphine
How to help: Please contact us if you can help with delivery or planting.

Bringing Colour and Community Together

12/05/2026

https://corstorphineinbloom.com/2026/05/12/volunteer-update-12th-may/

click image to load larger version It has been a busy few weeks behind the scenes, and we are excited to share that Corstorphine in Bloom is moving into a very visible new phase. With over 147 volu…

03/05/2026

Lots going on in the background preparing submissions to the council culture committee, working out what we can get on with now, arranging a meeting with the council guy in charge of all this. We will be posting an update to everyone midweek.