granton:hub herbals
granton:hub
We are running a series of events about native wildflowers with the emphasis on their medicinal value. Wednesday morning garden sessions will be complemented by monthly evening walks and herbal remedy workshops.
Visitor Information
Maldelvic House
Granton Park Avenue
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH5 1HS
The community garden is always open, but we have regular drop-in sessions for volunteers on Wednesdays 10-12. We will advertise the specific times and dates of led activities, walks and workshops on our website. The walks will take place in the Granton area and its shoreline.
Get involved
Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
granton:hub is managed by volunteers so we are always looking for people to get involved. We will be looking for people to come along to the Grassroots Remedies led events, but there are regular garden drop-ins and a variety of local history, art and craft events to take part in as well. Please get in touch if you are interested in helping with communications or the set up and organisation of events.
Get in touch
Contact information
Find out more from our website or get in touch directly by emailing [email protected]
Photos of the site
Early stage of community garden
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Wildflower Nursery up and running
Friday, August 3, 2018
Monday nettle picking
Monday, March 25, 2019
Spring wild flower remedies
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Monday nettle picking
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Spring Workshops
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
weeding the wild herb beds
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Broadcast sowing Red Clover
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Spring herb walk at River Almond
Monday, April 1, 2019
Potting up Wild Chamomile
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Meadowsweet & Nettles flourishing
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Summer workshops
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
community garden entrance
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Mullein
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Valerian & Meadowsweet
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
St John's Wort
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
2nd herb walk with ESP
Monday, June 10, 2019
Harvesting Nettles & Meadowsweet
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Meadowsweet in flower
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Valerian & Mullein bed
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Mullein coming into flower
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Tending to the herbs
Monday, July 15, 2019
Soothing plantain bites balm
Monday, July 15, 2019
FITR cooking food in the garden
Monday, July 15, 2019
A garden stew cooked by FITR
Monday, July 15, 2019
Couscous & herb garden salad
Monday, July 15, 2019
FITR food served up!
Monday, July 15, 2019
FITR food served up!
Monday, July 15, 2019
Harvesting Plantain & Mugwort
Monday, July 15, 2019
Harvesting herbs for ointments
Monday, July 15, 2019
Red Clover coming into flower
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Marsh Mallow in flower
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Planting Self Heal
Monday, August 12, 2019
Wee ones in the garden
Monday, August 12, 2019
Making herbal creams
Monday, August 12, 2019
Making herbal creams
Monday, August 12, 2019
Story time
Monday, August 12, 2019
Self Heal going to seed
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
St John's Wort in flower and seed
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Making signs for the garden herbs
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Slate wild herb signs
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Our Autumn herb walk
Monday, September 16, 2019
Our first remedy made
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Starting young
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Teas dried from the garden
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Valerian & Marshmallow lino cuts
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Wild flower printing
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Local community bakery at event
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Folks starting to arrive
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Clay wildflower tiles
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Clay wildflower tiles drying
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Storytelling in the sunshine
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Making wildflower lino cuts
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Wild flowers for sale
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Carragean leaf printing
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Fungi Walk poster
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Fungi Walk with Ali Murfitt
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Granton hub Herbals celebration
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Turkey Tail fungus
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Making Infused Herbal Vinegars
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Fungi walk
Saturday, September 28, 2019What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Murfitt of Our Living Land led a Fungi walk up Corstorphine Hill. | 28/09/2019 - 15:00 | 16 | Mixed ages |
| We held a Granton:hub herbals celebration with wildflower inspired storytelling & crafts for the family long with a plant sale & food. | 28/09/2019 - 11:00 | 60 | Mixed ages |
| Our Autumnal herb walk with the Edinburgh Shoreline Project along the North Shore of the city for berry season! | 16/09/2019 - 18:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| In our last gardening session in the series we tended to the herbs and then created more permanent signs for them to last through the winter | 04/09/2019 - 10:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |
| In this session, after tending to the plants we turned our infused oils, made in previous workshops into herbal creams for the family. | 12/08/2019 - 18:00 | 14 | Mixed ages |
| In our monthly garden session this month we tended to the plants - lots of weeding and watering and harvested some Mallow leaves for tea. | 07/08/2019 - 10:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |
| 'Fork in the Road' bike trailer kitchen joined us cooking food from the garden while we harvested herbs & made Plantain & Mugwort ointments. | 15/07/2019 - 18:00 | 11 | Mixed ages |
| We had a sunny day for our 5th herb gardening session - we harvested lots of herbs to dry for herbal teas and gave everything a good water. | 03/07/2019 - 10:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| We held a community garden open day showcasing wildflowers grown with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Edinburgh Shoreline Project. | 19/05/2019 - 13:15 | 100 | Mixed ages |
| Our second herb walk along the coast with the Edinburgh Shoreline Project, identifying wild flowers & their ecology & conservation. | 10/06/2019 - 18:00 | 9 | Mixed ages |
| Our 4th herb gardening session weeding and watering our wild medicinal herbs, and creating signs for them. | 05/06/2019 - 10:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Our second remedy making session together creating infused oils and balms in the granton:hub after a tour of the wildflowers in the garden. | 13/05/2019 - 18:00 | 7 | Mixed ages |
| Our 3rd herb gardening session, thinning our wild flowers and much weeding! | 01/05/2019 - 10:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |
| We teamed up with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & discovered the ecology and conservation concerns of the River Almond. | 01/04/2019 - 18:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| We continued our monthly herb gardening sessions, sowing Red Clover and harvesting Nettles together. | 27/03/2019 - 10:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |
| We looked at some of our medicinal Spring wild flowers, discussing their ecology, conservation, and made medicinal herbal vinegars and pesto | 26/03/2019 - 18:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Spring clear up of our herb beds and looked at which medicinal wild flowers we would like to grow this season. | 06/03/2019 - 10:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |