Farm News  |   January 12, 2024

Community Allotments & Growing Your Own in 2023

Take a look back at a productive and fun 2023 growing season in the Community Allotments and Garden…

Five people stand by a raised bed in the allotment plot triumphantly showing their potato harvest, which is in boxes at their feet.

Take a look back at a productive and fun 2023 growing season in the Community Allotments and Garden…

Farm News  |   January 10, 2024

Pumpkin Quest 2023 – The Results

Among other incredible progress and noteworthy moments in the Market Garden, 2023 saw the team on a major quest to find the perfect pumpkin varieties to grow on the farm…

Three photos: pumpkins growing in the Market Garden; a farmer in yellow waterproofs sorting pumpkins in crates, a long table in the packing shed with many people on either side tasting plates of cooked pumpkin and rating them on sheets on paper

Among other incredible progress and noteworthy moments in the Market Garden, 2023 saw the team on a major quest to find the perfect pumpkin varieties to grow on the farm…

Farm News  |   January 2, 2024

Community Orchard – how to get involved

You can get involved in the Community Orchard at the start of 2024…

closeup of an apple on a young tree

You can get involved in the Community Orchard at the start of 2024…

Farm News  |   December 6, 2023

Biodiversity & Soil Health Update

Jamie Somerville gives an update on plans for biodiversity monitoring in 2024, and dives into detail on earthworms and soil microbiology…

Jamie Somerville gives an update on plans for biodiversity monitoring in 2024, and dives into detail on earthworms and soil microbiology…

Farm News  |  

Winter break for Community Allotment & Garden Drop-in Volunteering

Final drop-in session for the year Thursday 14th December…

A photo collage of the community allotments, in autumn/winter light - from top left: a group tending a raised bed; two folk ready to plant bareroot trees from a wheelbarrow; a hardy soul shovelling snow-dusted woodchip from a large pile into a barrow; a smiling volunteer moves a barrow in bright winter sunshine. Bottom image: an allotment plot with winter-growing veg. The text reads: Community Garden & Allotments Drop-in Volunteering winter break. Final session 14th December. Resume 18th January

Final drop-in session for the year Thursday 14th December…

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…

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