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Lochend Community Growing Project

We are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Charity No: SC044024. Membership runs 1st Feb - 31st Jan. If you're interested in joining please email us.

Lochend Community Growing Project was created in 2011/12 as a productive organic garden for members and a venue for free workshops and events for people in the area. The annual membership fee for Feb 2025- Jan 2026 is £25). Members are allocated their own raised bed, can use the polytunnel for growing seedlings, can collect fruit and herbs from the communal borders, are given the shed code for borrow the gardening tools, are given access to an exclusive members-only WhatsApp group, and are invited to meet-ups and events through-out the year. Members must also help with the upkeep of the communal areas of the garden (weeding and watering). The charity is organised by a voluntary Steering Group (who are all members).

09/10/2026

Photos from our workday last Sunday.
It was a great turnout.
We enjoyed glorious sunshine, freshly baked apple turnovers and quesadillas cooked over the campfire.
The compost bays were turned in record breaking time under the watchful eye of a friendly robin.
Paths were weeded, a fence was painted, hedges were trimmed, kindling was chopped and the orchard pruning from earlier in the week was tidied up.
Thanks to everyone that came. We have one final workday in November, everyone welcome.

03/10/2026

We're open today (Sat 3rd Oct) from 11am-3pm to tidy up the garden for autumn. There'll be free food and drink for all volunteers. No experience necessary. Under 16s must be accompanied.

16/09/2026

A massive thank you to all the staff and volunteers at the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh on Sunday for the amazing Palmhousewarming events.
Lochend Community Growing Project were invited along to visit the palm house again before the official re-opening in October. We knew we'd enjoy seeing the palm house all finished but we didn't expect musicians, a choir, an amazing picnic lunch, herbal tea outside the Botanics Cottage and an exhibition. And despite the forecast, the rain held off and the sun shone.
It was especially nice for two of our members that had made a section of the beautiful banner that hangs inside the palm house.
We definitely recommend visiting the palm house when it opens at the start of October.

07/09/2026

The garden's still looking gorgeous as we head into autumn. We're full for the rest of this year but if you'd like to join our waiting list for next year, drop us an email and we'll reach out in early February.

23/08/2026

What a gloriously sunny day we had for our AGM on Sunday!

It was a really productive meeting where we talked about some of the fantastic things we've got up to over the past year including a new shed roof, replenished paths, a mushroom workshop, wreath making, a foraging and tasting session and lots more!

We're also now completely full for the rest of this year but if you're interested in joining us next year, email us and we'll add you to our waiting list. Membership costs just £25 for a year. Our events are always free to non-members so still look out for the events we have for the rest of this year.

Thank you to all our fantastic steering group for all the hard work they've done as volunteers over the past year - and for the next year ahead!

Thanks also to Penny and Rosie for baking the delicious courgette and lemon cake, and courgette and chocolate cake and to the Corra Foundation for funding the rest of the food and drink.

15/08/2026

Huge thank you to everyone that helped finish off the paths a couple of weeks ago. A year in the planning, three full days, 11.8 tonnes of gravel and lots of help from members and phase 1 is complete 💪 We still have compacting to do for phase 2.
Thanks also to the OneCity Trust and the Corra Foundation for funding the additional gravel, and ErthStone who paid for the additional Saturday delivery costs.

19/07/2026

We had another amazing day in the garden yesterday refreshing the paths.
We had a false start two weeks ago (when the wrong gravel was delivered and had to be sent back). After hours lifting old gravel, we then had to spend hours putting it all back ready for our birthday party last week! But we also used the time to remove tree roots that were becoming a tripping hazard and repair patches of weedblock.
Yesterday we succesfully took delivery of 6 tonnes of self binding granite gravel and loads of people turned up to help. Thank you to everyone that helped with weeding, hosing, shoveling, wheelbarrowing and spreading. It was amazing team work in hot sunny weather. Thanks also to The OneCity Trust who made this possible by funding the gravel.
The gravel only covered half the garden so we'll need to arrange another delivery and do it all again! I hope the next day will be as much fun and rewarding as yesterday was.

17/07/2026

Volunteer opportunity - tomorrow Sat 17th July.

If anyone would like to help us wheelbarrow 6 tonnes of gravel from the lane into the garden and rake it out tomorrow afternoon, any help would be gratefully received!

Enjoy being outside in the fresh air, overcast sky with occassional view of the sun, and free excercise! Tea/coffee, crisps and biscuits will be provided.

14/07/2026

We had a cracking party on Saturday celebrating 15 amazing years of Lochend Secret Garden and all the members and guests who've been through our gate since 2011 (despite falling on the one overcast day sandwiched between glorious sunshine!) ☀️☀️😶‍🌫️☀️☀️
👢We had welly wanging and a quiz trail.
🖍 Eileen's crafty kids table and the photo props were really popular.
🎂There was plenty of food!
🍸A cocktail / mocktail bar!
🍛 And Kulwinder did a live curry and chappati making demonstration which everyone loved.

Thanks to everyone that visited on Saturday including all our members and their friends and families, local residents, Chris Murray MP , Ben Macpherson MSP for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith , Greig from Edible Estates and Ewan Aitken's lovely wife. Thank you all for helping to celebrate the day 💚

Thanks also to our wonderfully generous supporters:
The Corra Foundation who funded all the food.
And the following who donated tour prizes for our games:
Edinburgh Gin Distillery , Royal Yacht Britannia and Port of Leith Distillery

10/07/2026

A reminder that it's our 15th birthday garden party tomorrow 11am - 3pm. Everyone welcome - drop in (no need to book).

Please join us and take a wander round our Secret Garden, and help us to celebrate with free food and drinks including birthday cake of course!

A huge thanks to the Corra Foundation for funding the food and to the following wonderful companies that have donated prizes for our party games:
* The Edinburgh Gin Distillery (Classic Tour & Tasting for 2),
* The Royal Yacht Britannia (2 tour tickets), and
* The Port of Leith Distillery (Tour & Tasting for 2).

Address

6a Lochend Quadrant
Edinburgh
EH76DL

Website

https://lochendsecretgarden.wixsite.com/lcgp/about

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