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Charity donation from Duddingston Direct

Our local magazine “Duddingston Direct” is generously offering a donation of up to £2,500 to a local charity. 13 charities have been nominated for this and we are delighted that Dr Neil’s Garden is on of them. Its no up to the general public to vote for who they want to win.

Its been a very hard time for all charities this past year, no less for ours. Without any of our fund raising events since 2019 its been a seriously worrying time for the garden which relies completely on the generosity of donations to pay our part time gardener and keep the garden open.

If you would like to help, you can by voting for Dr Neil’s Garden in this competition. Simply email to address below, placing your vole for Dr Neil’s Garden, and asking your friends to do the same.

christopher@ehdirect.co.uk

Or post to: Christopher Cowdy, 49 Warrender Park Road, EH9 1EU”

Many thanks.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) – New opening hours for the Winter (from 1/11/2020)

In response to Government restrictions being eased, the Garden will be open again on the following dates and times.

Tuesday 10:00 – 14:00

Thursday 10:00 – 14:00

Friday 10:00 – 14:00

A maximum of 20 people at any one time will be allowed in the Garden.

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.

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Fantastic news from Claudia

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