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Newtongrange Guerrilla Gardeners A voluntary community group brought together by a shared passion for brightening up our local environment.

The Newtongrange Community Garden is now flourishing in the heart of our village. Established in 2021, Newtongrange Guerrilla Gardeners is a voluntary community group brought together by a shared passion for brightening up our village, making it a greener and more welcoming place for all. In 2023 we opened the Newtongrange Community Garden - an accessible, sustainable space where villagers work together to grow and distribute organic produce and help nature flourish in the heart of the village. This page provides regular updates on our activities in the Community Garden and across the village.

🌳 PLEASE READ AND HAVE YOUR SAY! 🌳
21/09/2026

🌳 PLEASE READ AND HAVE YOUR SAY! 🌳

📣CALLING ALL WHO WANT A SAY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF MIDLOTHIAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT!!

➡️Please visit the MLDP2 Community Statement here: https://www.midlothianclimateaction.org.uk/mldp2-community-statement/

🗞️Midlothian Council is currently consulting on the Midlothian Local Development Plan 2 (MLDP2), which will guide how Midlothian grows and develops between 2027 and 2036. It will have a significant impact on nature, climate and our local communities, as it will shape how well Midlothian protects our natural landscape and green spaces, supports biodiversity and nature recovery, plans for renewable energy infrastructure, manages flood risk, and delivers sustainable and accessible transport, among other areas.

✍️Midlothian Climate Action Hub is COLLECTING SIGNATURES for our Community Statement which sets out our recommendations for strengthening environmental, biodiversity and climate response within the plan. These recommendations summarise our complete Consultation Response, which you can read on our website and also use, adapt, or reference if you are considering submitting your own response. This can be done in addition to signing our Community Statement!

🚨The deadline for this consultation and the window for signing is 25 SEPTEMBER!

Big thanks to volunteer Julie for giving the train station and miners’ wheel a good tidy up this week ahead of the cente...
16/09/2026

Big thanks to volunteer Julie for giving the train station and miners’ wheel a good tidy up this week ahead of the centenary celebrations at the weekend!

Come on Newtongrange, let’s see what you’ve been growing! 🪴
07/08/2026

Come on Newtongrange, let’s see what you’ve been growing! 🪴

📣 Today is your last chance to register to enter the Newtongrange Garden Competition! 📣

There are prizes for:

🪏 Best Garden
🪴 Best Pots and Baskets
🐝 Best Wild Garden
🍎 Best Fruit and Veg
🌼 Best Flowers
🧑‍🌾 Best Young Gardener

The competition is open to ALL residents of Newtongrange.

Simply email [email protected] by Friday 7th August to register your interest.

Judging will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August, with celebrations to follow at the centenary of Newtongrange Welfare Park on Saturday 19th September.

Best of luck!

01/08/2026

Did you catch news of the Newtongrange Garden Competition and Welfare Park Centenary celebrations on TV?

Watch the interview right here…

Have you entered yet? 🪴
31/07/2026

Have you entered yet? 🪴

Have you entered the Newtongrange Garden Competition yet?

Categories this year include:

🪏 Best Garden
🪴 Best Pots and Baskets
🐝 Best Wild Garden
🍎 Best Fruit and Veg
🌼 Best Flowers
🧑‍🌾 Best Young Gardener

The competition is open to ALL residents of Newtongrange.

Simply email [email protected] by Friday 7th August to register your interest.

Judging will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th August, with celebrations to follow at the centenary of Newtongrange Welfare Park on Saturday 19th September.

Best of luck!

We’re heading back to The Pavilion Cafe this evening at 6pm to carry on tackling the weeds.All are welcome to join us, s...
29/07/2026

We’re heading back to The Pavilion Cafe this evening at 6pm to carry on tackling the weeds.

All are welcome to join us, stay for as long or as little as you like, no gardening experience necessary.

See you there!

There is still time to enter the Newtongrange Garden Competition! You have until Friday 7th August to email secretary@ne...
26/07/2026

There is still time to enter the Newtongrange Garden Competition!

You have until Friday 7th August to email [email protected] to register your interest.

Just think, you could be collecting a coveted trophy on stage on at the Newtongrange Welfare Park centenary celebrations.

Until then, good luck with the weeding, watering, planting and pruning! 🪴

Newtongrange’s top gardeners to be crowned at centenary celebrations

It was great to see some new faces at our gardening session this evening! Massive thanks for all your efforts in helping...
22/07/2026

It was great to see some new faces at our gardening session this evening!

Massive thanks for all your efforts in helping to spruce up The Pavilion Cafe.

We made a good start, as you can see from these before and after photos.

We’ll be back at the same time next week to carry on. All welcome to join us! 💚

Join us this evening from 6pm at The Pavilion where we’ll be sprucing up the outside area. No gardening experience is ne...
22/07/2026

Join us this evening from 6pm at The Pavilion where we’ll be sprucing up the outside area.

No gardening experience is necessary, just come along and for a relaxed evening in the sunshine and get to know your neighbours as we all muck in together - that’s what we’re all about! 💚

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