It was a damp morning but that didn’t stop us planting out four new herbaceous borders. Many thanks to Edinburgh Council for the plants and Jen Johnstone for all the organisation, planning and help.
And a ladybird braved the rain!
It’s bucketing here and this morning’s extra session was washed out. Hope it’s better for tomorrow’s Wednesday session at 10.00. Please come along if you can.
A productive extra morning at the park with path edges, gutters and quite a lot of weeds cleared. I could show some lovely photos of paths and gutters but these are even prettier!
Weather was a bit miserable this morning but we’re a hardy bunch. The Green Flag inspection is looming and the weeds are thriving but we’re getting there.
Terrific morning, it was warm with wall to wall sunshine. We weeded and weeded and planted a few more ferns (thank you Bridget). The park is looking good, with the tulips and primulas, in particular, fantastic.
With lots of effort and loads of ferns, we pretty well finished our Fernery yesterday. Not too much to see yet but we have high hopes for the summer. Many thanks to Keep Scotland Beautiful and Tesco for the Community Grant, all who helped and to Heather McHaffie, Kevock Garden and Bowdens who all donated ferns.
A glorious morning, with the Forth like a millpond, again!!
We’ve made more progress with the fernery; special thanks to David and Stella of Kevock Garden (http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk) for donating ferns and logs.
The garden is looking good, despite the weeds enjoying the weather. The primulas are amazing all over the park, the star and crescents are improving now we’ve blocked the gaps in the hedge and the daffodils on the bank at the east wall are pretty good too.
It was a glorious Easter Sunday today and hundreds of families came along for the traditional Easter Egg rolling at Starbank Park, with picnics lasting well into the afternoon. 
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The rain stopped at 9.30 this morning and started again at 11.45 but, in between, we had a perfect morning for our Easter Egg Hunt. We had a wonderful turn-out with over 200 parents and children. We thought we had far too many Easter eggs and bunnies but almost all were claimed in an hour. Lots of cups of tea and coffee were served and the children planted loads of sunflower seeds in take-away pots. Many thanks to all our helpers and to Asda, Tesco and Waitrose (in alphabetical order) for donations. And a huge special thanks to Janet (with the pink ears) for organising the event so brilliantly.
Friends of Starbank Park 