Lauriston Farm

Veg stall
2023-07-27 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
The veg stall will run weekly to the end of the harvest. You can drop-in, meet the growers, and pick up farm produce picked fresh that day. We can take cash and card payments.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
If you haven’t been before…
Come in via the Toby Carvery on Lauriston Farm Road (EH4 5EX) through the entrance at the back of the car park – the stall will be outside the containers at that farm entrance.
Lothian Buses 16, 27, 29, 37 & 41 all stop within 5 minutes of the farm.
Access notes: it is level access, with a tarmac surface in the Toby Carvery car park and a rougher compacted stone path once onto the farm.

Drop-in Volunteering: Thursday session
2023-08-03 13:00 - 15:00
Hope you can join us on Thursdays in the Community Garden and Allotments as we grow good food for the neighbourhood for the second year. No previous experience needed and no need to book – just come along when you can. There is a mix of jobs – you can choose the ones that suit you, have a blether with neighbours, get some sea air, and a share of the produce when things are ready to pick.
Come in via the Toby Carvery car park to the farm gate and look for the gate to the Community Allotments, just past the portacabins on the right hand side.
See you there!

Willow Care
2023-08-02 16:30 - 18:30
(fully booked)
Join Anna Leibmann, a local willow weaver/basket maker, in helping to care for the willow patch and pollards at the farm.
We’ll be mulching, weeding and pruning.
In exchange those attending will be invited to attend a willow weaving workshop later in the month for free! This workshop will be at the farm making your own garlic basket to take home.
Please sign up here: volunteersignup.org/8QA88

Drop-in Volunteering: Tuesday session
2023-08-01 16:00 - 18:00
Hope you can join us on Tuesdays in the Community Garden and Allotments as we grow good food for the neighbourhood for the second year. No previous experience needed and no need to book – just come along when you can. There is a mix of jobs – you can choose the ones that suit you, have a blether with neighbours, get some sea air, and a share of the produce when things are ready to pick.
Come in via the Toby Carvery car park to the farm gate and look for the gate to the Community Allotments, just past the portacabins on the right hand side.
See you there!

Market Garden Volunteering
2023-07-29 10:00 - 12:30
You will be able to choose from a list of activities including plant care, watering and feeding plants, dreeling up the tatties, mulching crops and trees, making new veg beds and much more. There will be jobs and skills to learn for all ages and abilities.
Please register on Volunteer Signup to let us know you’re coming: https://volunteersignup.org/LL93X/

Community Drop-in Volunteering: Thursday session
2023-07-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-13 13:00 - 15:00

Community Drop-in Volunteering: Tuesday session
2023-07-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-07-18 16:00 - 18:00

Market Garden: Broadcast Sowing
2023-07-22 13:30 - 16:00
We need your help with broadcast sowing cover crops…
Cover crops are a vital part of regenerative agriculture. They are plants that help improve soil health, crowd out weeds, control pests and diseases, increase biodiversity, and more.
We’ll be ‘broadcast sowing’ cover crops to prepare new areas of the market garden for growing vegetables next year.
‘Broadcast sowing’ is a traditional method of sowing seeds. The seeds are spread by hand across a fairly large area – the more hands the better, so please come along.
We’ll be working as a synchronised team to sow – if you know any good songs to keep rhythm and time as a group, bring them too!
Please register on Volunteer Signup to let us know you’re coming: https://volunteersignup.org/LL93X/6294234

Tree Care
2023-07-19 13:30 - 15:30
Help out with looking after the young trees and hedgerow across the farm. Jobs include weeding, watering, mulching and singing to them if you wish!
Sign Up here:
volunteersignup.org/3TEQP

Our Seeds: Walk in the Wheat
2023-07-08 14:00 - 15:30
Did you know we’re growing wheat in north Edinburgh? – and oats, spelt, barley, emmer, einkorn, rye and more. Maybe you helped sow the seeds, or maybe you’re just hearing about it now – either way, join us on Saturday 8th July to find out how it’s going…
Come and spend time with our grains
Last winter and spring, the community planted over 30 varieties of grains as trial crops. Come along on Saturday 8th July for a fun Walk in the Wheat – taste, feel, see and even hear the different varieties, and find out how they’re growing in our fields.
Click here to book your free space on Eventbrite
Children welcome – under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult. Dress for the weather on the day.
Access: no steps, but we will be going off paths onto rough ground in the Community Garden.

Tree care volunteering session
2023-06-28 13:30 - 15:30, 2023-06-25 11:00 - 13:00
Help the trees across the farm thrive!
We’d love your help help with weeding, watering and mulching the small (1 year old) trees to ensure they have the best chance of survival. Please register on Volunteer Signup to let us know you’re coming:
https://volunteersignup.org/CCDDW

Market Garden Volunteering (afternoon)
2023-06-17 13:30 - 15:30
We’d love your help with the early summer food growing in the Market Garden. There are two sessions on this date, you can sign up for one (or both if you want to make a day of it) using Volunteer Signup:
https://volunteersignup.org/DRXC8

Market Garden Volunteering (morning)
2023-06-17 10:00 - 12:30
We’d love your help with the early summer food growing in the Market Garden. There are two sessions, you can sign up for one (or both if you want to make a day of it) using Volunteer Signup:
https://volunteersignup.org/DRXC8

Community Garden & Allotments Drop-in Volunteering
2023-06-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-01 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-25 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-18 13:00 - 15:00
Hope you can join us on Thursdays in the Community Garden and Allotments as we grow good food for the neighbourhood for the second year. No previous experience needed and no need to book – just come along when you can. There a mix of jobs – you can choose the ones that suit you, have a blether with neighbours, get some sea air, and a share of the produce when things are ready to pick.
Come in via the Toby Carvery car park to the farm gate and look for the gate to the Community Allotments, just past the portacabins on the right hand side.
See you there!
(NO TUESDAY DROP-IN sessions at the moment as Lisa is teaching grow your own courses)

Tree & hedgerow care
2023-05-30 10:00 - 12:00
We’d love your help to maintain and care for the trees and hedgerow across the farm.

Please register on Volunteer Signup to let us know you’re coming: https://volunteersignup.org/B8QLF

Open Day
2023-05-20 14:00 - 18:00
A day to come and explore the farm and speak to people involved.
There will be chances to chat with the farm team, community growers, community orchard group and do a tour of the market garden and walk/talk about the agroforestry.
The day is part of the UK wide agroforestry open weekend
https://agroforestryopenweekend.org/
Agroforestry walk/talk at 1pm and 3pm – meet at the green portacabin (near the Toby carvery farm gate)
Market garden tour at 2pm
Free refreshments will be available for visitors
