Farm News  |   February 27, 2026

Seed at the Farm – A Big Update

We look back at all the work on seeds in 2025 at the farm, and forward to all the plans for 2026…

Hands working on seeds in a bowl, with a colander behind

We look back at all the work on seeds in 2025 at the farm, and forward to all the plans for 2026…

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Why We Save Seed

Lisa Houston takes a look at why we save seed, and some of the struggles between those who look after seeds for the benefit of their communities, and those who control them for power and the profits of their shareholders…

A delighted grower in a wooly jumper and hat holds a paper open to collect shiny black seeds being poured from a large pan

Lisa Houston takes a look at why we save seed, and some of the struggles between those who look after seeds for the benefit of their communities, and those who control them for power and the profits of their shareholders…

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Invitation to Get Involved With the Community Tattie, Beans & Peas Project

Are you part of an organisation or community group in North Edinburgh? Would your group like to participate in this year’s Community Tattie, Beans and Peas project? Read on…

Three photos - one of a large group of people smiling with barrowloads of freshly harvested tatties, one with a hand holding beans in pods, and one with a hand holding one open pod of peas, with many more in a bowl

Are you part of an organisation or community group in North Edinburgh? Would your group like to participate in this year’s Community Tattie, Beans and Peas project? Read on…

Farm News  |   February 25, 2026

Drop-in Gardening Spring-to-Summer 2026

It’s time to shift to longer hours in the community garden – from Tuesday 3 March, the drop-in times will be Tuesdays 1-4pm, and Thursdays 2-5pm…

Five photos in the farm's Community Garden. Clockwise from top left: a closeup of an abundance of wildflowers with bees visible, and veg beds in the background. Two smiling people holding sheaves of wheat. A laughing person working a raised veg bed. Three laughing people forking compost material into open wooden bays. Four laughing and triumphant-looking people with a large bucket of freshly-harvested tatties. The text is repeated in the post

It’s time to shift to longer hours in the community garden – from Tuesday 3 March, the drop-in times will be Tuesdays 1-4pm, and Thursdays 2-5pm…

Farm News  |   February 6, 2026

Bend, Don’t Break

Why we are now untying the trees from the stakes in the woodland area…

Leafy green trees growing above their tree guards at the farm

Why we are now untying the trees from the stakes in the woodland area…

Farm News  |   January 23, 2026

News from the Land Partners

A land partner update – volunteering opportunity in the willow beds with Anna Leibmann…

Closeup of some small willow plants growing through a mulch mat, with people working behind

A land partner update – volunteering opportunity in the willow beds with Anna Leibmann…

Farm News  |   December 3, 2025

Market Garden Field Notes from November

The growers take a look back at November in the Market Garden…

Closeup photo of kale plants with a coating of frost that picks out the all the detail of the curly edges of the leaves

The growers take a look back at November in the Market Garden…

Farm News  |   November 28, 2025

Foodbank for Pollinators

Artist Natalie Taylor’s Foodbank for Pollinators is coming to Lauriston Agroecology Farm – find out more about the project…

A giant letter R marked out in white powder on the side of a grassy bank at the farm

Artist Natalie Taylor’s Foodbank for Pollinators is coming to Lauriston Agroecology Farm – find out more about the project…

Farm News  |   November 27, 2025

Results of the Beewalk 2025

Volunteer Huw Pennell shares the 2025 bee survey results, and an update on some of the bee-friendly additions to the farm this year…

Volunteer Huw Pennell shares the 2025 bee survey results, and an update on some of the bee-friendly additions to the farm this year…

Farm News  |   November 6, 2025

Results of the Butterfly Survey 2025

Butterfly Conservation volunteer Huw Pennell shares the 2025 survey results…

A butterfly with bright orange-brown wings, on a pale grass stem

Butterfly Conservation volunteer Huw Pennell shares the 2025 survey results…

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