Gorgie Community Farm

13/05/2026

Starting at the end of May, Gorgie Community Farm is hosting a series of four nature play sessions for pre-schoolers and carers in the EH11 area, facilitated by Forest Foxes Kindergarten🦊🌳

Places are limited so make sure to book either by scanning the QR or following the link: https://forms.gle/c92QguuF3awHSTLp8

Lots of good, messy fun to be had🪵🦋🍃

04/05/2026

Spring highlights are here! Happy hens, happy trees, happy us🐔🌿🧑‍🌾

01/05/2026

Happy May☀️

On the back of a lovely ribbon-filled celebration with our volunteers, we’re ready for another colourful month in the gardens - come and join (and please remember sun protection!!)👒🌼😎

29/03/2026

April dates for the diary! Planting has officially begun across the gardens and orchard, and our volunteers have been hard at work welcoming new feathered friends🌳🐔

All upcoming garden volunteering dates are listed in the Events page of our website too, alongside guidelines for volunteers - hope to catch you soon!🗓️👋

26/02/2026

February has almost flown by! The days are getting longer and as we head into March we have lots of garden volunteering opportunities, with some later slots and weekend sessions coming up - all dates and details are listed in the Events section of our website (link in bio)⛅

For anyone keen to learn more about the basics of seed starting and plant care, our seed sowing sessions for the herbal garden are open to all🌱

Our Saturday sessions in March will also be a great chance to look around and chat if you're part of a local group interested in a small allotment plot in the gardens, a space for community, learning, and connection with nature🐦

27/01/2026

Lovely to be on Edinburgh Outdoors podcast - tune in for an overview of what’s going on at GCF feat. winter birdsong accompaniment🎧🪶🚜

Latest episode: Gorgie Community Farm - I went along to find out about the future of this much loved space and to hear how the community is getting involved once more.

We talked green shoots, gardening and guinea pigs. It's a great place to volunteer if you're looking for gardening or community.

You can listen to the episode here:https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pm2wg-1a286bd

22/01/2026

Hope everyone is keeping warm and well! There's no stopping the momentum on site, and during February we will be continuing to clear the area for developing our medicinal herb garden with Napiers, and the orchard kindly funded by Scotmid🌿🌳

The volunteer days below will be perfect for anyone keen to put practical and creative building skills to use, with plenty of good old digging and getting muddy too🧑‍🌾🥾

01/01/2026

A very happy New Year from GCF to all the wonderful friends of the farm✨🥳

The last few months have seen so many amazing people support us and the site in a variety of ways, all of which are hugely appreciated - but 2026 is only going to get better! As the community and the gardens grow, there's so much opportunity to be a part of GCF, so get in touch or come visit us to get stuck in👋💪

Check out the link in bio to explore our all-new website (credits to team Multiply👏), and for any questions from volunteering to partnership or new ideas, you can reach us by email at [email protected] 📧

It's going to be a great year, see you there🚜

18/12/2025

Gorgie Community Farm is built on partnership with purpose-led local organisations, and we’re so excited to be working with Napiers on the revival of our herb garden 🍵🌿

We hope you enjoy this little spotlight on the amazing history and mission of Napiers, and the great work already underway at GCF to get things ready for 2026! Can’t wait to share progress and see the herb garden in all its glory🪾🌳

Thanks as always to everyone involved, and do check out the full partnership announcement on the Napiers blog below - loads of lovely things to come 🙌

https://napiers.net/blogs/news/napiers-x-gorgie-community-farm-a-partnership-rooted-in-community

01/12/2025

Hi everyone! We’re very happy to share this and future updates here as Gorgie Community Farm, new leaseholders of the Gorgie Farm site 👋🌱

It was great to welcome Dr Scott Arthur MP for a visit on Friday, and chat about all the amazing progress so far as our much-loved site comes back to life🤩🚜

There’s lots of exciting news to come, and we’ll be sharing the journey over on Instagram too - - so do give us a follow if you haven’t already! A massive thanks as always to all who have helped get us here, and if you’d like to get involved or learn more please get in touch at [email protected] 🙏📧

31/07/2024

A report outlining options for the future of the Gorgie City Farm Site is being considered at the Council's Culture and Communities Committee next week (Thu 8 Aug).

The meeting papers can be found on the Council website (Farm Report - P315 to P594): https://bit.ly/3ykFVi4