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Help Make the New Flourish Garden signup sheet

Join us to help develop a new therapeutic garden... We are bringing people together to develop the Flourish Garden around a pond which was dug out last year, but is yet to be filled or planted. The space will also include seating, raised beds, medicinal herbs, arts and crafts plants rich in fibre and pigment, and sensory planting. The Flourish Garden will be for ongoing wellbeing support, especially for people facing barriers to accessing green space, including those experiencing poor mental health, and social isolation.

Please sign up below to help this garden come to life.

*About These Volunteering Sessions*
This is a two-hour session, starting at 1pm. We’ll share tea and biscuits after.
Activities could include pond development, planting and propagating, path building, willow weaving, deadhedging, and raised bed building.

Newcomers and beginners are welcome. You don’t need any specific knowledge or skills to volunteer at Flourish. We’ve got outdoor work kit you can borrow, plus gloves, and we supply all the tools. Just bring yourself.

*Accessibility Notes*
The garden is within the Community Garden & Allotments. It is uneven, grassy ground, which can get muddy. There are no stairs. People have accessed it in robust wheelchairs and mobility scooters. If you use a stick or frame, and you feel okay on rough ground, the whole area should be accessible. The tasks are physical tasks, but no heavy lifting. Please share what you are comfortable doing - we don't want anyone to go beyond their limits, and we can find a task that works for you.

*Travel and Directions*
The address is Lauriston Farm Road, Edinburgh EH4 5EX. The main community entrance is at the back of the Toby Carvery car park, which has a gate into the farmyard.

The entrance to the Community Allotments & Garden is in the farmyard, just past the 'Welcome' portacabin.

Please use public transport, walk, wheel or cycle to get to the farm whenever possible.

Lothian Buses 16, 27, 29, 37 & 47 all stop within 5 minutes of the farm and there is a bike rack at the community entrance.

To sign up, select a row below

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