Farm News  |   December 2, 2023

Rhyze Mushrooms Coop at Lauriston Farm

Rhyze Mushrooms will be setting up on the farm in 2024. Find out more and fill in their community consultation as they plan their move…

closeup of Oyster mushrooms growing on a hanging frame in a yellow container

Rhyze Mushrooms will be setting up on the farm in 2024. Find out more and fill in their community consultation as they plan their move…

Farm News  |   November 29, 2023

Appeal to dog walkers!

Please do not allow dogs to go into any of the ponds at the farm. We don’t mean to be killjoys, but dogs swimming in the ponds are killing all chance of bringing the ponds to life. We need your help to make the farm a biodiversity hotspot for all to enjoy…

Three photos, two of muddy ponds at Lauriston Farm with damaged, bare banks showing hundreds of dog pawprints, and one of a closeup of a European Common Frog on a log - frog photo credited to Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak , via Wikimedia Commons

Please do not allow dogs to go into any of the ponds at the farm. We don’t mean to be killjoys, but dogs swimming in the ponds are killing all chance of bringing the ponds to life. We need your help to make the farm a biodiversity hotspot for all to enjoy…

Farm News  |   November 24, 2023

Accessibility survey – your help needed

Please tell us how accessible you (or friends or family members) find the farm at the moment – your responses will help us improve farm accessibility for all…

A landscape photo of the grassy fields of Lauriston Farm in winter light, with the Firth of Forth and Fife in the background. The text reads: Accessibility Survey

Please tell us how accessible you (or friends or family members) find the farm at the moment – your responses will help us improve farm accessibility for all…

Farm News  |   November 10, 2023

Grass Roots Remedies Co-op at Lauriston Farm

Grass Roots Remedies are settling in to their plot on the farm. Here they introduce themselves and explain more about their plans…

Two farmers in woolly jumpers wearing ear defenders while working in a field

Grass Roots Remedies are settling in to their plot on the farm. Here they introduce themselves and explain more about their plans…

Farm News  |   November 8, 2023

Butterfly Count at Lauriston Farm

Huw Pennell, volunteer with The Butterfly Conservation Trust, gives an update on the 2023 Butterfly Survey…

A collage of six butterflies

Huw Pennell, volunteer with The Butterfly Conservation Trust, gives an update on the 2023 Butterfly Survey…

Farm News  |   November 3, 2023

Veg Stall Finished for 2023

Thank you to everyone who came along on Thursday evenings…

four photos of fresh colourful produce laid out on a long table, and a farmer in front of the sign saying 'Welcome to Lauriston Farm'

Thank you to everyone who came along on Thursday evenings…

Farm News  |   October 13, 2023

Reminder: Applications close 5pm on Monday 23rd

Calling all organised and finance-minded people (previous landwork experience not essential)…

A metal arch with a sign reading ‘Wonder, Wander, Wilder’ at the entrance to the Unexpected Garden at Lauriston Farm - a hillock packed with flowering plants, a wooden gazebo, and views to the Firth of Forth and Fife. The text reads: ‘We are seeking a new farm co-ordintor - is this your new workplace? Apply by 5pm 23 October’

Calling all organised and finance-minded people (previous landwork experience not essential)…

Farm News  |   October 6, 2023

Harvest Celebration 2023 thank yous

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Harvest Celebration – it was a great day…

A large brass band (Shunpike Social Club) walk towards the camera past a mix of people and gazebos with stalls

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Harvest Celebration – it was a great day…

Farm News  |   September 29, 2023

Drop-in Volunteering Changing to Winter Hours

TUESDAY sessions now finished for the year, THURSDAY drop-ins continue 1-3pm…

Five photos from the community allotments: a group of four people kneeling at a raised bed using hand tools; a closeup of a wheelbarrow with bare root trees, with two laughing volunteers behind it; a young, smiling volunteer shovels frost-covered bark into a wheelbarrow, a smiling volunteer moves an empty wheelbarrow on a crisp sunny winter day; beds of veg in autumn light. The text is repeated in the post.

TUESDAY sessions now finished for the year, THURSDAY drop-ins continue 1-3pm…

Farm News  |   September 28, 2023

How Are the Birds Doing at Lauriston Farm?

Professor John Frank provides an update after two years of running the bird census…

photo of a reed bunting, singing, on thin branches of a tree - photo credit is Veronica Sweeney, April 2023

Professor John Frank provides an update after two years of running the bird census…

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