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Are you missing out on the monthly e-newsletter?  On May 25th 2018 new regulations (GDPR) governing the personal data that we are allowed to hold came into force.  At the time we sent you an [...]

A pleasantly cool day and back to watering everything. The strawberries had the old leaves cut out, were given a feed and were watered.  Dead plants were removed and replaced.  The apples and [...]

The team behind Preview is hard at work getting the next edition ready for you, but they need more content.   Do you have an interesting piece of news or a story you want to share with other [...]

A dull, warm and humid day but we didn’t need to do any watering today after all the rain there has been this past week. We didn’t manage to do the thinning of the apples and plums [...]

As August arrives I can’t believe that half of the year has already passed by. Here in Orkney the nights are beginning to draw in – mind you it is still light at 10pm and dawn breaks around [...]

Still scorching weather but the fruit and veg are all doing amazingly well with only a weekly watering. We spent most of today harvesting, watering and doing some weeding. The beds are pretty [...]

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission currently has a vacancy for a gardener. Salary: £20,564. Closing date for applications: 27/7/18. For full details of the job and requirements, click here

Dundee Flower and Food Festival 2018, in partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful and MVV Environment Baldovie, is promoting a competition to create the most exciting and unusual pocket garden [...]

A cooler day today meant that we could be more energetic on the plot and spent much time catching up on the weeding on the paths. Most of the veg are loving the heatwave and they get a good [...]

Check our Saughton Park page for the latest updates on the project. There is still work to do but we are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Keep checking back for all of the latest [...]