Wester Hailes Growing Communities
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We’re the key community food growing & placemaking anchor organisation in Wester Hailes.
Clovie garden shared some of their beautiful chard with the Sunflower Food Pantry this morning. ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Clovie garden shared some of their beautiful chard with the Sunflower Food Pantry this morning. ❤️
Good progress on sorting the water harvesting system for the next growing season in the Calders Greenshoots garden this morning. . 👍
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good progress on sorting the water harvesting system for the next growing season in the Calders Greenshoots garden this morning. . 👍
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There is good coverage here of the support that is growing for my bid to invest £20 million in Wester Hailes:
www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/11/24/w...
www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/11/24/w...
Wester Hailes organisations unite behind £20m regeneration bid
A coalition of organisations in Wester Hailes has issued their “unequivocal support” for a £20m bid to the government’s Pride in Place Fund.
www.deadlinenews.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Fun afternoon at the Calders Greenshoots garden getting a presentation from Anissa on the outcomes and learnings from the New Scots research she conducted at the gardens this year. Some delicious homemade food too 😋😋😋🙏🏻
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fun afternoon at the Calders Greenshoots garden getting a presentation from Anissa on the outcomes and learnings from the New Scots research she conducted at the gardens this year. Some delicious homemade food too 😋😋😋🙏🏻
Giving one of the paths outside the Clovie garden some TLC this morning. Turning into a lovely sunny afternoon. ☀️🕶️
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Giving one of the paths outside the Clovie garden some TLC this morning. Turning into a lovely sunny afternoon. ☀️🕶️
Out with the troops early doors outside the Greenway Garden planting lots of daffodils 🌼for people to enjoy in Spring.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Out with the troops early doors outside the Greenway Garden planting lots of daffodils 🌼for people to enjoy in Spring.
It would be really good news for many if this bid is successful. It’s a compelling bid brought together at very short notice & shows the community is ready for investment. There is a lot that can be delivered, consultations already done, plans ready, & mechanisms for delivery ready. 🤞
My office has submitted a £20 million funding bid for Edinburgh South West. This time, the focus was Wester Hailes, but I hope this is just the start. The bid is at the foot of this blog: drscottarthur.scot/2025/11/15/p...
Pride in Place – We have talked enough about Wester Hailes, we need to start making plans reality.
Dr Scott Arthur canalside in Wester Hailes My office has submitting a £20 million funding bid for Edinburgh South West. This time, the focus was Wester Hailes, but I hope this is just the start. Th…
drscottarthur.scot
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It would be really good news for many if this bid is successful. It’s a compelling bid brought together at very short notice & shows the community is ready for investment. There is a lot that can be delivered, consultations already done, plans ready, & mechanisms for delivery ready. 🤞
Fun morning session with the ducks down in the Greenway Garden. 🦆🦆🦆
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fun morning session with the ducks down in the Greenway Garden. 🦆🦆🦆
Up at Canal View primary with the crew this morning fitting a polytunnel sliding door system to one after the last storm had damaged the old hinged doors. 👍
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Up at Canal View primary with the crew this morning fitting a polytunnel sliding door system to one after the last storm had damaged the old hinged doors. 👍
Good news we received today is that planning permission has been granted for the development of the community micro-hub next to the Greenway Garden on the Murrayburn side. Thanks to everyone who commented, both positively and those who raised concerns. 🙏 Work now continues on funding the project.
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Good news we received today is that planning permission has been granted for the development of the community micro-hub next to the Greenway Garden on the Murrayburn side. Thanks to everyone who commented, both positively and those who raised concerns. 🙏 Work now continues on funding the project.
Started the day requesting CEC empty full local bin/remove firework leftovers from greenspace, tidying up beds in the garden, finding potatoes & turnips, and finishing the badger seat
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Started the day requesting CEC empty full local bin/remove firework leftovers from greenspace, tidying up beds in the garden, finding potatoes & turnips, and finishing the badger seat
Still lots of flowers bring some late season joy as we start tidying up the Clovie garden for winter. Lots of healthy green veg and we sent some to the Sunflower Pantry this morning.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Still lots of flowers bring some late season joy as we start tidying up the Clovie garden for winter. Lots of healthy green veg and we sent some to the Sunflower Pantry this morning.
Starting with the lads today in the Calders Greenshoots garden bringing some improvements over the winter months on a Tuesday. Shed upgrades, water harvesting upgrades, solar harvesting system, storage upgrades and more. Lots to do!
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Starting with the lads today in the Calders Greenshoots garden bringing some improvements over the winter months on a Tuesday. Shed upgrades, water harvesting upgrades, solar harvesting system, storage upgrades and more. Lots to do!
Tom brought us the compost worms and bedding materials to make at home in our new Greenway Garden wormery that Tom and Ricky made reality. We’ll be feeding them regularly and looking forward to some top grade worm compost and tea as they work their magic. 🪱🪱🪱🪱
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tom brought us the compost worms and bedding materials to make at home in our new Greenway Garden wormery that Tom and Ricky made reality. We’ll be feeding them regularly and looking forward to some top grade worm compost and tea as they work their magic. 🪱🪱🪱🪱
Out with our trustees engaging directly with children, parents and residents on the greenway path about the new playground we are progressing super quickly now next to the Greenway Garden. Lots of enthusiasm. ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Out with our trustees engaging directly with children, parents and residents on the greenway path about the new playground we are progressing super quickly now next to the Greenway Garden. Lots of enthusiasm. ❤️
We’re pretty on it in the Greenway Garden going towards winter this year. Compost heaps all turned and sorted, ponds naturalising well, hazels coppiced by Wester Hailes High School students, plenty still growing and some crops coming on in the polytunnel before the sun disappears.
October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We’re pretty on it in the Greenway Garden going towards winter this year. Compost heaps all turned and sorted, ponds naturalising well, hazels coppiced by Wester Hailes High School students, plenty still growing and some crops coming on in the polytunnel before the sun disappears.
Making the most of the morning rigging up the compost sieve swing 👌 in the Greenway Garden.
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Making the most of the morning rigging up the compost sieve swing 👌 in the Greenway Garden.
Celebrating Ricky’s birthday this morning in the Greenway Garden with the crew. Lovely to get a surprise visit from The Health Agency walking group to round off our session. Also a visit from Fiona who is looking at planting trees in different parts of Wester Hailes. Lots going on. Positive vibes.
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Celebrating Ricky’s birthday this morning in the Greenway Garden with the crew. Lovely to get a surprise visit from The Health Agency walking group to round off our session. Also a visit from Fiona who is looking at planting trees in different parts of Wester Hailes. Lots going on. Positive vibes.
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A great event...
August 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A great event...
An amazing afternoon in the Greenway Garden. Stunning food, great vibes, and folks coming together helping each other. Can’t express enough gratitude to everyone who helped. 🙏🏻 @starcatchersuk.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An amazing afternoon in the Greenway Garden. Stunning food, great vibes, and folks coming together helping each other. Can’t express enough gratitude to everyone who helped. 🙏🏻 @starcatchersuk.bsky.social
Brilliant to see this launching in Hailes Quarry Park. Free event every week for children aged 4 - 14. Get involved.
BIG NEWS 😃 - In partnership with @sw20.info we are really pleased to be launching the inaugural weekly Hailes Quarry Park Junior Parkrun on 7th Sep 2025 at 9.30am.
Everything you need to know about the Junior Parkrun is on the event website. www.parkrun.org.uk/hailesquarry...
Everything you need to know about the Junior Parkrun is on the event website. www.parkrun.org.uk/hailesquarry...
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Brilliant to see this launching in Hailes Quarry Park. Free event every week for children aged 4 - 14. Get involved.
Thanks to everyone who came along, helped, participated, and enjoyed the Calders Greenshoots Gsrden open day. Perfect weather ☀️☀️☀️ and it’s looking perfect ☀️☀️☀️for the Greenway Garden Family fun day this coming Saturday followed by sweet, sweet rain as the remnants of Erin move over the uk on the tues
August 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Thanks to everyone who came along, helped, participated, and enjoyed the Calders Greenshoots Gsrden open day. Perfect weather ☀️☀️☀️ and it’s looking perfect ☀️☀️☀️for the Greenway Garden Family fun day this coming Saturday followed by sweet, sweet rain as the remnants of Erin move over the uk on the tues
Thanks so much for coming along. Hope you enjoyed the food and all our chat. 👍
It was uplifting to be at the Calders Green Shoots Community Garden today to meet some of the great people behind all that happens there - it is such a fantastic project!
August 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thanks so much for coming along. Hope you enjoyed the food and all our chat. 👍
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Awesome work! Cannie wait to see it. 💪
We’ve secured funds to build a large adventure playground next to the Greenway garden. Our goal is to involve folk , particularly young people in a community self-build of the playground. We have a lot to do to in a short space of time. project needs to be completed before March 2026.
Greenway Adventure Playground : Wester Hailes Growing Communities
westerhailesgrowing.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Awesome work! Cannie wait to see it. 💪