The annual Allotment Open Day will be on Sunday August 25th. The Open Day will feature a Summer Fruit Pruning Workshop, lead by George Anderson, which will begin at around 3pm. George’s [...]
We have a visit planned to Craigie’s Farm tomorrow. Please meet in the foyer area of the farm shop when it opens at 9am. Venue address: West Craigie Farm South Queensferry Edinburgh EH30 [...]
Last week the strawberries were given a cutback and a feed to allow the new leaves to develop. The plants are four years old and are losing vigour, so this autumn we shall buy in new plants [...]
Don’t forget, Rona’s Open Garden is this weekend. Rona would love to get your advice on how to develop her mid-terrace garden to welcome wildlife, grow more vegetables and follow [...]
Annual mixes are a way to brighten up public spaces or private gardens at relatively low cost. They are often referred to as wildflowers which is misleading as they often include non-native [...]
There have been many reports of Painted Lady butterflies being seen in quite large numbers around Edinburgh and elsewhere. This photo was taken at Dirleton Castle on 30th July and shows the [...]
Did you know that The Caley presents a wide range of awards annually? We have awards for professional horticulturists, amateur growers, students and apprentices to name but a few. So, if you [...]
Visiting Neil Woodcock’s Edinburgh garden, open recently for Caley members, has made me realise that we are a bit short of colour at this time of year. He had a beautiful display of Dahlias, [...]
A pleasant day and we had the pleasure of seeing the peacock butterflies on the teasel flowers. What wasn’t so good were the wasps determined to reach the white currants we had picked. A lot of [...]
The Caley will once again have a stand at the Dundee Flower & Food Festival this year. We need your help to man the stand. If you have some spare time over the weekend of 6th September, [...]
We are now in the peak time for roses with a great variety are now available. For formal beds or for showing, the classic hybrid teas such as ‘Peace’ are still unsurpassed, while floribundas such [...]
Caley Treasurer, Neil Woodcock is opening his lovely Edinburgh garden to Caley members to help raise funds for the Caley Glasshouse Fund. Neil’s address is: 3 Lennox Row, Edinburgh, EH5 [...]
