We are delighted to open the garden doors to the public this Saturday and Sunday as part of the Scotland’s Garden Scheme. An annual event which we had to miss out on last year.
The garden will be open from 14:00 – 17:00 each day. Entry cost is £3 (children under 16 go free).
Plants will be for sale from the nursery and take away tea’s, coffee’s and snacks will be available from the café.
The garden is looking spectacular and we welcome all our friends back to enjoy it.
In response to Government restrictions being eased, the Garden will be open again on the following dates and times.
The toilet will be CLOSED to visitors for safety reasons and the Garden Cafe remains CLOSED.
Access will only be from Duddingston Kirk car park.
Back in September, it became very obvious that with all the Social Distancing regulations still in place (and looking like they were here to stay for the foreseeable future,) that the winter was going to be a problem.
How are we to shelter our wonderful Volunteer Teams throughout the cold, wet months of the winter and early spring? The workshop/toolstore is no longer a viable option. It was always cramped at best, but now with social distancing its an absolute impossibility!
So I got my thinking cap on and did a little searching.
The National Lottery Community Fund has a grant for up to £10000 to help community projects weather and recover from the Coronavirus epidemic. It seemed too good to be true!
So we did a bit more thinking about what we really needed, how much it would cost and applied for £7450 to convert the Toolshed into a Volunteer Hub where the volunteers can safely shelter from the rain as it passes over us and eat their lunch in the warm and the dry. We also asked for a bit to make a safe access route to and from the Greenhouse and the New Toolshed.
All our dreams have come true and we are now all so excited to see the ork progress
#NATIONAL LOTTERY
Unfortunately due to illness we have had to cancel the concert
Please contact us via email or phone for the refund of any tickets purchased, Barbara Anderson on 07854 754013 or banderson456@hotmail.co.uk
As you can imagine Claudia and her team of volunteers having been working hard
Amending paths …
Reseeding …
And improving drainage …
All in advance of opening again 5th March 2020.
