April 5 2009

GOW garden clean up ; a great effort by all those involved !

Get ready to G R O W

G R O W Glagow is a newly founded group which hopes to get West Enders gardening. We chatted with Nina Wesolowski of G R O W via IM to find out more about their group.

Plant Rustler

In November, Kelvingrove parks department delivered a planter to GOW, to be placed outside 97 Otago Street.
They supplied the planter with soil, but it was up to us at GOW to plant it up. We added a laurel tree, an azelea, two minature cypress trees and for colour, primroses and pansies. The laurel and azelea [...]

Community Gardener Job Opportunity

Edinburgh Backgreens Initiative is looking for a full time Community Gardener to work with them. See the details in brief below :

Full-time Community Gardener post to start in February 2009. To deliver ECBA’s tenemental greenspace regeneration and maintenance operation.
Salary £21-23,000
Closing date 21st January 2009
For an in depth job spec, please see www.ecba.org.uk/recruitment.aspx

GOW Backcourt Transformation

How the residents came together to make our communal backcourt a place for us all to enjoy

19 November 2008

Planter delivered by Kelvingrove Parks Dept. for outside of 97 Otago St. Resident from No 7 Westbank Quadrant transplants a laurel, azelea etc. from backcourt. Weeds and debris cleared outside of 97.Residents will be asked to volunteer to monitor planter for rubbish or vandalism. If this is a successful pilot, we may be able to [...]

Garden Workshop Notes

Eric Kay took some notes from the gardening event on the 1st of November. Jane Molloy gave us some handy tips specific to our backcourt greenery.
VEGETABLES
Veg Plot: dig-in compost at this time of year to enrich soil. In spring plant leaf vegetables brassicas and salad crops
After a crop of potatoes there is a wide choice [...]

1 November 2008

Gardening Workshop led by Jane Molloy covering Autumn tasks, mapping of plan for GOW garden and handy hints. Notes of the event are available. Follow up event will be held next Spring.

Remember, Remember the 1st of November

Let’s do it !

Gardening Workshop

Note November the 1st in your diaries, if you’re interested in attending our gardening workshop. Jane Molloy has agreed to attend and advise us on composting, tidying up for winter and what should be moved, divided or pruned.
The event will take place in the backcourt from 1-3pm
View the notes from the event here.