Come and join us for our Christmas Gathering on 30th November, 10am-12pm.
Events taking place include wreath making (fully booked), live music, coffee, hot chocolate, mince pies, a Christmas table, Starbank calendars and cards, honey and glass painting. Members from the Edinburgh Brass Band will be playing at 11am-12pm.
Look forward to welcoming you all then!
In spring earlier this year, new composting bins were added to the back of the park, and after eight months of hard work, the compost is proving a success!
The bins are grouped in threes. The first bin contains layers of chopped up green waste (grass cuttings are very good for this), which is followed by a layer of wood chip or cardboard and then watered. The layering continues in this way. This bin is ‘turned’ every few months. This speeds up the composting process, allowing air and moisture into the compost.
Turning bin one into bin two:
After a couple of months, bin two is turned into bin three, which is where the compost becomes usable.
Good quality compost from bin three that we can use in the park:
A thanks to all the gardeners who are sorting and chopping the green waste and turning the bins.
We also have an area just for our leaf waste, seen here with gardeners boldly stamping it down to make way for more autumnal leaves!
Our beautiful calendar is out now! Only £7.50 each. Available from the park on Wednesdays & Saturdays 10am-11.30am, and Sundays 10.30am-11.30am. Makes a super Christmas present!
Come and take part in the pumpkin trail at Starbank Park. All welcome, 26th-31st October.
We have not one but TWO events at the end of September! Please do join us for:
A Macmillon coffee morning on Saturday 27 September 10am-12pm
And our Doors Open Day on Sunday 28 September 12pm – 4pm
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old. Activities at Starbank will include:
No booking required. For further information please visit: https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/edinburgh/starbank-park-friends-of-starbank-park
Have you spotted the new planter in the Park yet? We’ve created a silver themed planter to recognise 25 years of Keep Scotland Beautiful!
The garden and flowers are looking lovely in the summer sunshine, so we thought we’d share some recent photographs with you all. Do pop along to see the summer blooms if you have a chance!
A big thank you to everyone who came and supported the Cherry Blossom Picnic last Sunday, and to Edinburgh Brass Band for providing wonderful music. The event was extremely successful, helped by the good weather! An incredible £2,020 was raised, which will go a long way towards enabling the Friends to continue their measures to enhance and develop the Park.
Friends of Starbank Park 