What's On
We have a varied programme of Exhibitions and Events throughout the year
Garden Room Café is open Thursdays & Fridays 10am-4pm; Saturdays & Sundays 1pm-4pm
Thu
2 Jul 2026
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Sun
5 Jul 2026
Exhibition: Tonic - The healing art of craft
11am to 5pm
The Glass Shelter, FREE ENTRY
The lloyed Collective comes to the Garden for the first time, bringing ‘Tonic’ - an exhibition exploring the healing art of craft and making. You’re invited to join jewellers Andrea McCarthy, Sasanqua Link and Lyndsay Fairley alongside friends for a restorative exhibition of applied arts.
Visitors are welcome to explore the objects on show, meet the makers and consider how crafted objects can ground us in the present, encouraging contemplation and connection. Come for the work; stay for the setting. Leave with a renewed sense of what careful attention can mend.
> Join us for a convivial Opening Night on Thursday 2 July (5pm to 8pm), offering a first glimpse into the long light of summer. Come early for refreshments and stay to explore the Garden.
Sat
11 Jul 2026
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Sun
12 Jul 2026
Workshop: Botanical Embroidery
1pm to 5pm
The Glass Shelter, £75pp (all materials included)
Join this botanical embroidery class in the Garden and discover the soothing power of sewing in the sunshine. While embroidery is already a wonderfully relaxing craft, taking your needles and thread outdoors in this tranquil garden setting brings a whole new level of bliss to your creative practice.
During the workshop, you will:
Master colour blending – Learn how to use long and short stitch to create depth and realism and how to use satin stitch.
Paint with thread – Bring botanical details to life with vibrant textures.
Explore the Garden – Soak up your surroundings.
Connect with others – Enjoy a small, intimate group setting.
Everything you need will be set up and waiting for you, so just show up and switch off. You'll finish the session feeling refreshed and inspired, taking with you a beautiful handmade keepsake and the skills to continue your next creative obsession at home.
> Spaces limited - book your place here:
https://www.edinburghsewingclasses.uk/copy-of-botanical-embroidery
Sat
11 Jul 2026
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Sat
18 Jul 2026
Exhibition: Summer Duo
11am to 4pm
Thomson's Tower, FREE ENTRY
Local artists Lorna Balmer and Evie Jamieson make a welcome return to the Garden with their new exhibition of inspirational and highly evocative paintings.
> Preview on Saturday 11th, 11am to 4pm, all welcome.
Sat
18 Jul 2026
Workshop: Forest Bathing & Tea Ceremony
10:30am to 12:30pm
Dr Neil's Garden, £24
Join Forest Bathing Guide and qualified psychotherapist Rosie McLoughlin for a slow Summer’s morning in the Garden. Rest, restore and recharge with two hours of guided forest bathing and immerse yourself in the beautiful landscape.
Forest Bathing is a nature connection practise that originates in Japan, a direct translation of ‘Shinrin-Yoku’. This is a quiet, gentle and mindful practice where you can escape the busy world and slow down to the pace of nature, appreciating the small moments of wonder that often pass us by. The walk is slow, gentle and will cover less than 1 mile and will finish with a short tea ceremony.
Please see Eventbrite for all details. A £5 donation for the Garden is part of the ticket price and 10% of ticket sales also go to re-wilding charity Trees for Life.
> To book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989254653217?aff=oddtdtcreator
Thu
23 Jul 2026
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Tue
28 Jul 2026
Exhibition: 'Echoes' - Ceramics and Paintings
10:30am to 4:30pm
Thomson's Tower, FREE ENTRY
In this exhibition, the work of three local artists - two painters and one ceramicist - engages the viewer with echoes of nature and the senses.
Pat Paige is an Edinburgh based artist. She finds inspiration when working outside in nature and is concerned with expressing a particular moment and place with its associated feelings and memories. Her current work explores the colour, rhythms and patterns of fallen blossom in Starbank Park at Newhaven. Quick colour sketches outdoors are developed into oil paintings in her studio to produce more abstract responses to the subject.
Fiona Morris’ work has emerged from her fascination with the intricate and flowing organic forms in found objects from the seashore and the Borders countryside around her: shells, seaweed, leaves and seed heads. Beginning with close observation drawings, she uses hand building techniques - pinching, coiling and slabbing - and a variety of clays to create decorative and/or functional pieces in 3D and relief. Colour is added with washes of underglaze, with transparent gloss to emphasise the forms and textures she’s particularly interested in.
Kate Gray’s current body of work is a visceral and immediate response to a variety of pieces of music. The ‘flow’ state, where the painting ‘takes over’, means that the use of colour and form are unplanned, leaving each piece open to individual interpretation.
> There will be an opportunity to meet all three artists on Saturday 25th July, from 2pm to 4pm. All welcome!
