Volunteering
Anyone can come along and offer their services as a volunteer, whether or not they wish to become members of the Trust. Plenty of tools are available, but volunteers are expected to bring along their own protective clothing, including gloves, and suitable footwear.
During Winter 2008/9 the areas previously covered with trees were cleared of stones and roots and cultivated. Jobs remaining to be done include further stone removal, moving soil to path edges, weeding, removing snowberry outside the walls, clearing rubbish, composting, and preparing areas for sowing, as well as planting new trees.
Some areas of the garden are used for vegetable and fruit growing. Produce is sold locally through retail outlets as well as being offered to volunteers.
Anyone willing to help is welcome. The garden is open every Wednesday from 10 to 12.30 and on most Saturday mornings.
Volunteer Groups
Forty members of the Finnish National Scout & Guide Movement worked in the garden
in July 2009. The Finns, who were aged 16-
The Trust is always ready to welcome groups of workers who may be looking for a ‘team
building’ away-
Some of the 37 volunteers from The Investment and Pensions Division of the Lothian
Pension Fund on an ‘away-
Photograph: David H. F. Mackenzie
