Hi all, didn't spot the email about Sunday's do till too late, I've moved in to 4/12 and hope to see what you've been doing soon :)
Caleys Community Backgreen Group
Creating a Beautiful Community Greenspace
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Welcome to the website of Caleys Community Backgreen Group.
Community Backgreen?
You can find out what a community backgreen is here. Our group is a member of Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association, you can contact ECBA on 0131 243 2696 or email us.
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Group Documents
Caleys Raised Bed Plan.xls
Resources
Doodle for organising dates for meetings.
Dig For Victory Edinburgh website
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ECBA has been asked to be the Edinburgh host of BLASTA Scotland's Local Food Feast - 10 September 2011
Posted by Greig Robertson on August 1, 2011 at 5:35pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association has been asked to be one of 12 national seed projects to host a Blasta food fete. The event will be held on the 10th of September. It would be great if we could take up this request by holding a local food feast at one or more of our community backgreen…
ECBA Annual General Meeting, Sunday 26th June
Posted by Sophie Preston on June 18, 2011 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
ECBA are holding our Annual General Meeting to discuss the future of the organisation. We're at an exciting crossroads and decisions made at this meeting will determine what direction we take the community backgreen approach. We want this process to be led by folk from across the sites and would very much appreciate…
Changes at ECBA
Posted by Sophie Preston on May 9, 2011 at 5:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hello Caleys Crew,
I just wanted to give you an update on the changes that will be taking place at ECBA.
Changes at ECBA
This week will be my last week as Community Officer, and Greig has already switched over to a voluntary role at the organisation, so there will no longer be an ECBA staff team, at least in the short to medium term future. This change is partly due to the fact that we did not receive a Climate…
Continue Community Backgreen Tour of Gorgie Dalry this Weds (11th May)
Posted by Sophie Preston on May 9, 2011 at 4:51pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This Wednesday (11th May) at 6pm, some folk will be meeting to walk around the neighbourhood and visit the Community Backgreen sites of Gorgie Dalry, and get a wee introduction from a resident at each of the
sites
We will be meeting at the Caleys site at 6pm (the meet point is 10 Caledonian Crescent)…
Continue Forest Gardening Workshop At Caleys
Posted by Greig Robertson on May 1, 2011 at 9:00am 1 Comment 1 Like
We had a lot a fun and learnt a lot at the Forest Gardening workshop at Caleys community backgreen last Saturday. Margaret and Andrew Lear, experts in forest gardening, came down from rural perthshire to lead the workshop. We learnt a great deal about the theory behind forest gardening and in particular…
Continue Upcoming Training and Meeting Soon?
Posted by Sophie Preston on April 26, 2011 at 2:31pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hello Caleys Folk,
Firstly, a quick update on the Community Backgreen Training we're organising for folk in Gorgie Dalry:
We have confirmed a date for the workshop: Wednesday 4th May, 6PM - 9PM. We haven't confirmed the venue just yet, but it will be somewhere easy to get to in the local area. The idea behind this training will
be to carry out a refresher on some of the key skills that are relevant
to Community Backgreen Groups. These will…
Community Backgreen Training to Kick-Start the Summer!
Posted by Sophie Preston on April 13, 2011 at 5:23pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hey folks,
To help you kick-start the community backgreen group for Summer, ECBA will be running some Community Backgreen training over the next few weeks.
We will be running two training sessions in Gorgie Dalry (exact
location TBC) on weekday evenings. This will help you get the most out
of your…
Backgreen Blitz at Cherrytree Community Backgreen Sunday 27th February
Posted by Sophie Preston on February 21, 2011 at 1:09pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hello Folks, we will be holding a Backgreen Blitz at the Cherrytree Community Backgreen site in Dalry on Sunday 27th February, and you are all invited!
Cherrytree is one of the original community backgreen sites, I first visited in 2005 (see image below). It has been a fantastic…
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Dean Willis left a comment for Andy Smart
Do come check it out. Would you be into taking on a veg bed?
Andy Smart left a comment for Dean Willis
Hi Dean
Yeah I just recently moved into 11/5 Caley Place and seen the garden from the…
Dean Willis left a comment for Andy Smart
Hello Andy,
you new? Let me know when you're around, can give you an intro one evening this…
Thanks Greig! I'm moving into a flat which backs onto the backgreen (although North of the established site) so will get in touch with Dean
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ECBA left a comment for Tim Mouncer
Hello Tim, Thanks for joining. I don't live at Caleys but was involved in setting it up.…
joanna darnley left a comment for Dean Willis
Hi Dean, Thanks, I'll keep checking the thereabouts site for the walkabout., …
Dean Willis left a comment for joanna darnley
Joanna,
we're having another get-together walkabout at the end of the month. Nothing…
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