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2015 AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 31 March 2015 at the Meggetland Sports Complex. Refreshments will be available from 7.00pm. and the AGM will start at 7.30pm. We will tell you what has happened in Easter Craiglockhart Hill Local Nature Reserve over the last year and about our hopes and plans for […]

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Consultation Meeting on Craighouse Site Development Scheme 3

Craiglockhart Community Council are holding a Special Consultation Meeting on Craighouse Site Development Scheme 3. Tuesday, 8th July 2014 at 19.30 until 21.00 Napier Edinburgh University Craiglockhart Campus Room 2/10 Craiglockhart Residents are invited to come along to allow the Community Council to formulate their response to the Scheme 3 planning application submitted by The Craighouse […]

AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Craiglockhart Woods and Nature Trail will take place on: Tuesday 11 March 2014 7.00 for 7.30 at the Meggetland Sports Complex Refreshments will be available from 7.00pm. The AGM will start at 7.30. You are invited to come along and to hear about what has been happening […]

Free Environmental Workshops

Herbal First Aid Saturday 26 October, 10am – 1pm Hermitage of Braid, Edinburgh Fungi Foray Saturday 2 November, 10am – 1pm Colinton Dell, Edinburgh Bird Watching Saturday 30 November, 10am-12.30pm Craiglockhart, Edinburgh Woodland Christmas Crafts – Family Friendly Saturday 14 December, 10am – 1pm Water of Leith, Edinburgh Basic Survival Skills for Families Saturday 11 […]

Clean up event

Clean up event Easter Craiglockhart Hill Sunday 6th October 10.00am – 12.00pm Come along and give us a hand to collect litter. Even an hour of your time would be most welcome. We will provide bags, gloves and litter pickers. Meet at the gate to the pond at Lockharton Crescent at 10.00am OR at the […]

Trail clean up event

Sunday, 16th June 10.00am- 12.00pm Come along and give us a hand to collect litter. Even an hour of your time would be most welcome. We will provide bags, gloves and litter pickers. Meet at gate to pond at Lockharton Crescent at 10.00am  

Craiglockhart (Magic) Woods

Despite the threat of snow and ice, this years “Magic Woods” event took place as planned on Saturday, 23 April. Although it was very cold on top of the hill the weather wasn’t too bad and everyone enjoyed an exciting adventure in the woods helping in the search for the elusive “Crow”.

AGM

The Venue for this year’s AGM has been changed from Craiglockhart Tennis Centre to the Meggetland Sports Complex Sorry for any inconvenience. All others details remain unchanged. The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Craiglockhart Woods and Nature Trail will take place on Tuesday 5th March 2013 at 7.00 for 7.30. Refreshments will be […]

Wild Food and Medicine in the Woods

On a bleak Thursday morning in September, fifteen hardy souls braved the cold and wind to discover what was available out there in our woods for us to eat or to use as medicine for our ailments and aches and pains. And learn we did. The knowledge and passion of our guide, Anna of Floramedica, […]

Wild Food and Medicine in the Woods

Used for centuries as food and medicine, wild plants are a treasure trove on our own doorstep- for free! Please come along and join us with Anna of Floramedica on a sociable walk on the wild side in Craiglockhart Woods to identify and collect some nutritious seasonal plants and explore their history, lore and uses […]