Milton Road Community Garden

An unused space in Edinburgh College has been transformed into a community garden and orchards.

This project started as a student initiative. After a year in planning, work started on the ground in September 2012 with the help of the new community garden coordinator appointed by the college.

The Milton Road Community Garden is the first of Edinburgh College’s two community gardens (the other is at Sighthill Campus), set up in 2012 as a student-led project and now an important college and community resource. The gardens are used in curriculum delivery for a wide range of student groups, and are a space to learn about healthy living and sustainability, gain new skills, build self-confidence and self-esteem and make new friends.

As well as supporting students, the gardens also work with their local communities, allowing individuals and groups to benefit. These include local people, former students, agencies supporting young people with additional support needs or ethnic minorities, schools and other college partners.

More than 200 people volunteered at Milton Road Community Garden this year. The gardens are also affiliated to a range of networks supporting growing projects across Scotland.

Garden users can either share space (in groups of 3 or 4) to grow their own fruit and vegetables or come along as volunteers and work on the communal growing spaces. As well as providing fresh produce, the aim is to encourage healthier life styles through discovering and developing new tastes, exercising outside and socialising with new people.

All are welcome to come and get involved and have fun!! :-)