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Community regeneration of Granton's lost castle garden. 🌱
Volunteers and visitors welcome! Newsletter:
https://grantoncastlewalledgarden.eo.page/3ns9m

Help save this 'forgotten' garden, its natural heritage and long history for future
generations. Granton Castle Walled Garden has stood on the coast of north Edinburgh since the turn of the 16th century and is managed by the community. It is a historic green space where anyone can volunteer or visit. The Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden run four volunteer and two visitor sessions per week, alongside a wide range of seasonal workshops (wreath-making, eco-therapy, flower arranging, polytunnel building, tree planting, wassailing). The community garden is a space for collaborative charities to run sessions, and hosts a number of social enterprises, including a flower farm and a mushroom farm. Interested in volunteering with us? Email [email protected]

Visit us
We welcome visitors every Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting! April— end of October
14:00—16:00
November—end of March
13:00—15:00
Festive Closure: The garden will be closed between 20 December 2025 and 5 January 2026.

16/10/2026

🔎 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻: 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮

We've been sowing Phacelia in the garden. Did you know about this amazing plant?

🌿 Phacelia feeds pollinators: Its flowers attract bees and hoverflies.

🌿 Phacelia suppresses weeds: Its fast growth helps cover bare ground and reduce space for weeds.

🌿 Phacelia improves the soil: Grown as a green manure, phacelia adds organic matter when cut down and left to break down.

It is a versatile plant with many soil and wildlife benefits.

13/10/2026

🍅 Look at these window tomatoes that our volunteer Tiegan has been growing; they were still going strong last month!
📷️ by Tiegan

10/10/2026

The Scottish grape harvest at Granton Castle Walled Garden is close. 🍇

What should we make from our grapes? Eat them fresh or turn them into food or drink? 🍷🫙

📷️ by Christine

07/10/2026

🦋𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀

October's Moth of the Month is the Angle Shades (𝘗𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘢).

With its crumpled-looking wings and beautiful mix of colours, the Angle Shades is a distinctive autumn moth. Its colouring helps it blend in with dead leaves and vegetation, so it can be easy to miss.

Adults can be seen from spring through to late autumn, with a second generation often appearing in September and October.

This photograph was taken by our moth expert Alyx during our garden moth trapping as part of our citizen science project.

Next month we'll be looking at a late-autumn species with a slightly confusing name. 🍂

04/10/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 🍄
13 October, 1-3 pm at Granton Castle Walled Garden

Join Mario and the team from MycoBee Mushrooms CIC for a hands-on introduction to community mushroom farming.

These two-hour workshops will guide you through simple, sustainable techniques for growing mushrooms at home or in your garden. Each session focuses on a different method, and events are listed separately so you can choose the technique that interests you most.

Tuesday, 13 October: Beds, Morel

Book your space: https://www.mycobee.org/product-page/fungiculture-in-practice-at-gcwg-2h

01/10/2026

Photos from the much-admired mushroom exhibition by MycoBee Mushrooms CIC for Doors Open Days last weekend.🍄‍🟫

MycoBee are hosting a range of mushroom events at the Garden in the next few weeks.

👉️ For more details, see the 'events' page on our website: https://www.grantoncastlewalledgarden.org.uk/events/

📷️ by MycoBee

28/09/2026

Have you signed up for our email newsletter yet? 🪴

The next one will be sent out on 1 October.

Sign up and get the latest updates from the garden and our community: https://www.grantoncastlewalledgarden.org.uk/newsletter-2/

23/09/2026

The Granton Stitching Group is coming to the Garden this Friday at 11 am. 🪡

Interested in stitching? Come along or contact Tamsin at [email protected].

21/09/2026

Our neighbours at Granton Community Gardeners are hosting a photo competition:

📷️ 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

North Edinburgh has some amazing wildlife and nature - high in the sky, out in the firth and all around us in our parks and gardens. We are keen to celebrate our local nature and the talent of our community with the first ever North Edinburgh Nature Photography Competition. Grab your phone or camera and join in!

🦋 Interested in taking part? Visit their website at: https://www.grantoncommunitygardeners.org/photo-competition

18/09/2026

𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱!
On 26 and 27 September, 1.30-4 pm the garden will be open as part of Doors Open Days 2026.

Join us for a programme of activities celebrating the garden’s rich history, biodiversity and living traditions:
🌿 Guided Garden Walk & Talk
🌸 Wool Dyeing Demonstration & Exhibition with Kristina Taylor and Frida Bleakley
🍄 Fungi Demonstration with MycoBee Mushrooms CIC

👉️ For more info, see the 'events' section on our website. No booking necessary.
⚠️ Please note that paths can be uneven and wheelchair access is limited.

Cockburn Association - Edinburgh Civic Trust
Doors Open Days

Address

40 Speirs Bruce Way
Edinburgh
EH51TH

Opening Hours

Saturday	2pm - 4pm
Sunday	2pm - 4pm

Website

http://grantoncastlewalledgarden.org.uk/, https://linktr.ee/grantoncastlegarden

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