Show Garden in the making!
Great progress was made over the weekend on creating the show garden at within the Caley’s Demonstration Garden at Saughton Park. The garden has been designed by one of our […]
A windy day on the Caley Allotment
Thursday was a day of sun and showers, but the strong south westerlies were drying out the soil almost as soon as it was wetted! No Mow May is giving us […]
Time to keep on top of weeds on the allotment
Now that most of the planting has been done on the allotment, we need to keep on top with the weeding. Today the onion bed was gone over and the […]
A well deserved presentation in a beautiful garden
Last week David Knott SHM, Honorary President of The Caley, was delighted to be able to present Richard Baines, Curator of Logan Botanic Garden with his Scottish Horticultural Medal and […]
Caley Allotment update – 5 May 2022
A deal of weeding done on Thursday, mostly amongst the hazels, removing plants like alkanet and willow herb. The cordon red currant was planted in place of the cordon gooseberry […]
Auricula & Primula Show 2022
On Sunday 1st May, we hosted a brand-new event for the Caley, the Auricula & Primula Show, which was held in the Mchattie Room at Saughton Park. The origins of […]
Learning new skills on the Allotment
An interesting experience for us on Thursday with a demonstration of grafting. The bush apple, Adams Pearmain, has a bad attack of canker though you might not think it from […]
