General

We’ve had fantastic feedback about our project documentary, which charts what we’ve been getting up to in our first year and people’s thoughts on our coastline. Some folk have asked if there is a shorter version that they can show to their community group, friends or neighbours and we’re pleased to be able to share this shorter version with you!

A few weeks ago Dr Larissa Naylor from the University of Glasgow joined us for our 1st anniversary celebration, taking part in our discussion panel. As a token of our appreciation we gifted Larissa a packet of wildflower seeds – thrift, to be exact. Thrift, or armeria maritima, with its beautiful pink flowers loves to grow by the sea; sea cliffs, saltmarshes and dunes are some of it’s favourite places.

We recently joined forces with the City of Edinburgh Council to do some removal of an Invasive Non-Native Species plant at Cramond sand dunes.

Over the last 6 months filmmaker Sitar Rose has been travelling along our shoreline collecting memories of times gone-by. She has interviewed local residents about their memories of growing up in the area – on life, work and recreation on the coast.

The Edinburgh Shoreline team recently visited the Central Scotland Green Network Trust to view a map they had pulled together

How time flies when you’re having fun! On Saturday 2nd March we held a celebration event to mark the first anniversary of the project. At the event we launched our project documentary, community map and oral history interviews.

We hope you were all watching Countryfile last night and spotted Artecology’s vertipools!

Our Edinburgh Shoreline documentary is almost complete, and we’re delighted to share this sneak preview with you!

We’ll be taking displays from the Edinburgh Shoreline exhibition on the road during the months of November and December, and we hope you get to see them at a venue near you soon!

Watch this great new drone footage (by Dr Lubino do Rego) of Hawthorn Bank Community Garden, which has just reopened

Artist Fiona McAndrew has written a blog post on the research that went into making artworks exploring the wintering birds of the Firth of Forth and in particular a video she has produced for a piece of her original music ‘Waders’ Lullaby’.

Some Portobello parents and their wee ones are hoping to set up their own Wildlife Watch group and are looking for help.

Hi, I’m Rosslyn and I’ve been volunteering with the Edinburgh Shoreline project since February this year.

It has been great this last month for Granton Castle Walled Garden to share their first harvests from the garden

Newhaven Community Choir entertained visitors at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on Monday (20 August) with traditional fishwives songs.

Green Ferry Trust have been working hard to restore the historic vennel area of South Queensferry. They’ve provided us with a quick update on the progress.