Not a morning for gardening.
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Wednesday Gardening: 27 January, 10-11.30
There’s a gardening session tomorrow from 10-11.30. There’s lots to do including work on the nature trail. The Met Office even says that the rain will have stopped by 10 tomorrow, so please come along if you can.
Please support the new nature trail at Starbank Park
The Friends of Starbank Park are raising funds for this children’s nature trail, and we are already more than halfway to our target of £5200.
We are working with Victoria Primary School to create a Hans Christian Andersen-inspired nature trail that will feature statues of some of his most well-loved characters, including the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina and the Snow Queen. Each story will have its own area beside the path, with log seats for children and insect friendly flowers and bushes. Hans Christian Anderson had a connection to Trinity. He lodged round the corner from Starbank Park at 73 East Trinity Road and visited James Young Simpson of chloroform fame, just across Laverockbank Road from the Park in 1847 so he might even have visited Starbank.
We are now asking for your support and help with donations via the MyParkScotland crowdfunding site http://www.mypark.scot/projects/childrens-nature-trail. As Ian Goodman, of MyParkScotland, said: “The Children’s Trail is an inspired project which will benefit children and visitors for Edinburgh and beyond. …Your donation, no matter how large or small will help bring this project to life.”
Saturday Gardening Session, 23 January, 10-11.30
The forecast is fine for tomorrow, and a bit warmer, and there is plenty to do with work started on the Nature Trail. Please come along if you can.
Nature trail started!
A good turn-out this morning, despite the dull, grey morning. We’ve made a good start to the nature trail and we’ve picked up even more leaves and weeds. The primulas are still providing a bit of colour, especially valuable on a dull day. And the council has started painting the railings, a huge improvement even with only the undercoat.
Gardening Session, Wednesday 20 January, 10-11.30
There’s a gardening session on Wednesday, usual time 10-11.30. We’re hoping to get started on the nature trail, as well as the usual maintenance work. The forecast is OK too, cold but fair.
Snow, almost enough for sledging
First snow of the winter last night. There was almost enough for sledging!
A robin, flowers, sunshine and ice
A fine winter’s morning in the park. The sun even shone and there are lots of flowers out, including primulas, a clematis and Puschkinia Russian Snowdrops! We did yet more tidying, organising the compost and started on bird box assembly, all supervised by very bossy robin.
Wednesday Gardening, 13 January, 10-11.30
The forecast says sunshine all morning, so please come along if you can.
Saturday Gardening: 9 January, 10-11.30
There’s a gardening session on Saturday, Usual time. Lots to do but a cold, damp forecast.
Friends of Starbank Park 