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Given the inclement weather forecast, we are postponing the planned, celebration event to mark the approval of our asset transfer request. This will now take place on Saturday 7th November, 2-4pm at the garden. We’ll hope for better weather then! It will still be an informal, drop-in event and an opportunity to raise a glass and…
At their meeting on Wednesday this week, the NHS Lothian Board unanimously approved our application to purchase Belhaven Community Garden at our valuation of £45,000. Craig Marriott, Finance Director at NHS Lothian, said: “The Board’s approval of the Community Asset Transfer is an important milestone for Belhaven Community Garden and the local community. We are pleased to…
Appeal for financial pledges NHS Lothian are currently evaluating our request to purchase Belhaven Community Garden so that it is protected in the long term for the benefit of everyone living in the local area. We expect to hear their decision in July. In the meantime, we are busy preparing an application to the Scottish Land…
Saturday, 23rd May, 10am-1pm, Belhaven Community Garden A free workshop on honey bees and natural beekeeping. Spend a morning with the honey-bees. We will gather around the garden’s top-bar hives, observe life at the hive entrance, open a hive and learn more about honey-bee ecology, behaviour and low intervention, natural beekeeping. For anyone curious about…
At Belhaven Community Garden, 2-4pm, Sunday 17th May Belhaven Community Garden is in the grounds of (the now disused) Belhaven Hospital (EH42 1TR) and can be accessed from Beveridge Row or from Pine Street.
Saturday 25th April, 10am-1pm, Belhaven Community Garden Meet the Bees -an introductory workshop for anyone interested to learn more about the life of a honey bee colony. Join us for a friendly morning gathering at Belhaven Community Garden. Meet the bees and learn how to “read” what’s happening in and around a hive. We’ll begin…
Saturday 10th January 2026, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Wassailing is an ancient winter tradition originating from the Anglo-Saxon toast “Waes Hael” (be well), involving singing, drinking spiced ale or cider, and making a noise in orchards on or around Twelfth Night to bless the apple trees for a good harvest in the coming year, to…
Sunday 18th May, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Bring you spare young seedlings to swap. Or just come and buy seedlings for your own garden. Guided tours of the community garden and orchard….
IMPORTANT!We need your viewsPlease respond to this survey What you would like to see happening at Belhaven Community Garden in future if we succeed in securing community ownership?This survey is a crucial part of the ‘market research’ necessary for developing a business plan to accompany our ‘community asset transfer’ application to NHS Lothian.Please share with your…
NHS Lothian have announced the closure of Belhaven Hospital and of their intention to dispose of the site, including Belhaven Community Garden, as ‘surplus’ to their requirements. Do you support taking the site of Belhaven Community Garden into community ownership so as to protect this asset for the benefit of our community in the long…