The petals are falling off the cherry trees giving a lovely pink carpet.
Carpet of petals
Not a bad morning with lots of edging, weeding and general tidying. Stuart has done a sterling job scraping the weeds off the bottom path.
Many thanks, Julie for a really helpful demonstration of rose pruning. That will keep us busy!
Tidy Edges
A wonderful day in the park. Five volunteers from Martin Currie Investment Management Limited came for the day and, despite the damp morning, we had 13 Friends of Starbank Park too. The council delivered 600 plants at 10.00am and the result was huge progress. All 600 plants were planted, with rosemary, lavender and box hedging in four central beds in the top of the park and 100 geraniums in the new border at the north wall beside Starbank Road. The team from Martin Currie were terrific, working really hard all day, despite increasingly heavy rain in the afternoon. We took a huge step forward today. Many thanks to Ritchie and Jen from the Council and the whole Martin Currie team.
The Martin Currie team and an old guy
The herb borders
The herb borders from the west
Geraniums along the north wall
Another busy morning weeding and tidying in the park, amongst the fantastic cherry trees. Everything is growing well, including the weeds! We cleared a load chickweed in the SW corner this morning. Some of it was so thick it was like lifting turf, and its only a few weeks since we last weeded there.
It was a glorious Easter morning at Starbank Park today and there was a terrific turn-out of egg-rollers for this very traditional event. The views were wonderful, the park looked good and it was great to see it so busy.
The paths have been finished in time for rolling Easter eggs! And the grass on the bank has been cut!
Many thanks to the City of Edinburgh Council and their contractors. Starbank Park has been improved hugely by the new paths.
It was a busy day at the park with gardening restricted to the northern half of the park because of the resurfacing work on the paths.
Resurfacing
But we did get a lot done, particularly on the terrace border where the thistles took a serious beating!
Tidy again
The paths are progressing well and they’ll be finished in a week or so. That will make a huge difference.
We took out loads more annual weeds but there are still lots to remove! It’s been a good spring for weeds and, it would appear, for frogs!
The park is looking good. The fruit trees we planted earlier in the year have all taken, the primulas look terrific and the first flower is on our new magnolia tree.
Brilliant news! The Council is resurfacing the paths. New paths will make the park safer, more accessible and more attractive. Many thanks to all in the Council who made this happen.
Wednesday morning weather was pretty good in February and March so we got loads done:
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Wednesday was a dry, but grey and cool morning, sandwiched between two awful days and it saw a good deal of weeding, pruning and tidying. The paths are progressing too, with preparation nearly complete and work starting on the path edges. It looks as if there has been an invasion by moles!
New Paths
Primulas and daffodils still look great, fresh shoots are showing on the herbaceous plants and trees and shrubs are coming into bud.
Newhaven fishing boat off Starbank Park
Another glorious Wednesday morning in the park. The borders are looking good.
And there was loads happening. The work on the paths has started! Many thanks to all who have made this happen.
And there were 13 volunteers and we got through a load of tidying, mainly hoeing and weeding. Also, thanks to George, who took away a load of gardening rubbish, which seemed to please the robin.
A well-fed robin
Friends of Starbank Park 
