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Edinburgh Outdoors

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Edinburgh Outdoors is a podcast exploring the city’s green spaces and the people in them. From community gardens to secret spaces, learning about the city’s history or just finding a space to breathe, getting outside brings benefit to everyone, and being outdoors in Edinburgh is the best place to be!

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Growing in Granton

Saison 6 · Épisode 9

mardi 8 septembre 2026 • Durée 33:18

Granton Community Growers is a wonderful example of a neighbourhood initiative that started small and then grew beautifully in ambition. From a one-off meet-up, when a group got together to dig up a street corner, to a sourdough bakery producing pay-what-you-can bread, many street corners now in production, and a garden where people come together to cook and eat, this is real community in action.

To the backdrop of the most delicious food smells, I met with Tom Kirby who told me how he started the project and how it's grown and developed over the years.

Work is also funded through an initiative called Sowing our Horizons which was created by Marie Amelie Viatte, so she also came along to sit with us in the garden to talk about how community growing is more than just an initiative, but is a way to create new communities and address overreliance on food systems.

Granton Community Garden is HERE

You can view the corner plots created by locals all over this area, including THIS ONE

You can find out more here: https://www.grantoncommunitygardeners.org/

This is where you can buy bread on a Saturday at 73 Boswell Parkway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XzarEpGDTAJiJmCx8

Sowing our Horizons is here, where you can find out more: https://www.sowingourhorizons.org/

You can see pictures from my visit on

Instagram - @edinburghoutdoors_

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edinburghoutdoors/

and on my Substack: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/

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Greyfriars Kirkyard: History, Harry and Hutton

Saison 6 · Épisode 8

mardi 25 août 2026 • Durée 32:30

Greyfriars Kirkyard is a tourist hotspot with millions visiting each year to seek out Harry Potter graves, poltergeists and the much-loved Greyfriar's Bobby. I met with the brilliant Mark Hatton of the Friends of the Kirkyard to find out much more about the space, its history and heritage.

Dating back to an original group of farming friars, for centuries the Kirkyard was Edinburgh's only green space and it's packed full of interesting history which is well worth discovering.

The Kirkyard is HERE

Find Friends of Greyfriars here: https://fogk.org/

And they are on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/188879245722935

For old images, Capital Collections is a good place to start: https://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/

You can see my photographs and images on Instagram: @edinburghoutdoors_

and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edinburghoutdoors/

Check out my Substack where I write up some visits and post photographs: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/p/edinburgh-outdoors-podcast

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Scotland's Stones monument and the Song of the Ice

Saison 6 · Épisode 7

jeudi 13 août 2026 • Durée 29:36

Steve Garrett, musician, artist, writer and geo scientist is performing in this year's Fringe: The Song of the Ice at St Mark's Church on 13-15; 18-20; and 26-28 August. We met at the Scotland's Stones monument in Regent Road Garden to talk about Deep Time, creating music from carbon data, how creativity can communicate science and his time in the Antarctic.

In a first for Edinburgh Outdoors, Steve brought his guitar and so we listened to his haunting and beautiful music while contemplating Arthur's Seat and the city's extraordinary geology beside the monument. Listen to the music, find out more about how it was created and learn about the monument too, which features stones from each district of the country and was created to mark the opening of our Parliament.

Regent Road Park and the monument are HERE

To find out more about Steve's Fringe show: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-song-of-the-ice

Steve Garrett's website: https://www.stevegarrettguitar.com/

Our Living Rivers and Glens here: https://deedonceilidhcollective.com/our-living-rivers-and-glens

You can read more about the Stones of Scotland here: https://edinburghgeolsoc.org/geological-site/stones-of-scotland/

Steve's book "A Suitable Stone": https://stevegarrettguitar.com/a-suitable-stone-book

And we referenced the excellent Hamish Napier (I'm his biggest fan!) and his new album: https://hamishnapier.bandcamp.com/album/the-hill

Growing Matters walled garden in East Lothian

Saison 6 · Épisode 6

mardi 4 août 2026 • Durée 31:00

Growing Matters is a community charity transforming the walled garden at Gilmerton House in East Lothian. Ten years into a 25 year plan, they are bringing biodiversity, wildlife and lots of flowers and produce to a previously unloved four acre space.

With volunteers including a beekeeper, a hydrologist, a willow specialist and skilled gardeners, the garden is a wonderful community project that's transforming lives through the outdoors and creating an oasis within swathes of largescale farmland.

The garden has an open day 12-4pm on Sunday 23 August 2026 when you can go along and visit, enjoy tea by the pond and then buy some produce to take home.

You can find more details about Growing Matters here: https://www.growingmatters.org.uk/

And on their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/growingatgilmerton/

The location is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVo7XcmxBbZcCgHa9

You can see pictures on my Substack: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/p/edinburgh-outdoors-podcast

And on Instagram: @edinburgh.outdoors_

And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edinburghoutdoors/

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Drakkar's Drift with Luke Coleman

Saison 6 · Épisode 5

lundi 27 juillet 2026 • Durée 33:24

Drakkar's Drift is a new garden set in Victoria Park on Newhaven Road and was designed by Royal Horticultural Society Young Designer of the Year, Luke Coleman. The garden is ideal for enjoying the outdoors, running around, sitting in, or just admiring its design. It was originally in an RHS garden show last year and with the support of its sponsor, Edinburgh Council, it has been moved, stored and then relocated to Victoria Park in early 2026.

I met Luke to find out how you design a garden and then move it across the country to create something completely new. We also talked about gardening for climate change, the benefits of community and his love of the outdoors.

Drakkar's Drift is HERE

Luke Coleman Gardens are here: https://www.lukecoleman.co.uk/

You can see pictures of the garden on my Substack: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/

and also on Instagram: @edinburghoutdoors_

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Walking the Water of Leith Basins

Saison 6 · Épisode 4

mardi 14 juillet 2026 • Durée 32:45

Join me on a walk around the Water of Leith Basins to discover how the Friends group (aka FOWLB) manages the area with volunteer, swan expert, wildlife enthusiast and belly dancer, Hilary Thacker.

Hilary taught me so much about swans and their conservation and I went along with her to spot swans on the water, help feed them and to hear about the history of the area.

We met at Basin 3 HERE

We crossed bridges: Great Junction Street, Sandport and Victoria Swing Bridge

You can view the barrages that collect waste HERE

The beautiful wee garden is HERE

FOWLB has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTheWaterOfLeithBasin/

Hilary's Wildlife page is here: https://www.facebook.com/people/Hilarys-wildlife/61580799722901/

You can also volunteer on some other projects via the Water of Leith Conservation Trust: https://www.waterofleith.org.uk/

You can find my previous episode with the Water of Leith Conservation Trust: https://edinburghoutdoors.podbean.com/e/hugging-trees-on-the-water-of-leith/

Behind the Scenes: Scotland's Home (and garden) of the Year

Saison 6 · Épisode 3

mardi 30 juin 2026 • Durée 29:07

Horticulturalist, Emily Hairstans, was the recent winner of Scotland's Home of the Year TV programme. Her garden featured heavily in the judges' praise for the 'Homegrown Hoose'. I met with Emily in her garden and with chickens clucking around us, we talked about her horticultural career and of course, some behind the scenes insights from being part of the programme.

So if you are a SHOTY fan, this is the episode for you! If you aren't, you may still enjoy the gardening, chicken and Edinburgh chat ...

Emily gardens at the Collective on Calton Hill and you can see the garden HERE

For photographs check out my Substack: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/p/edinburgh-outdoors-podcast

Edinburgh Outdoors is also on Instagram: @edinburghoutdoors_

and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edinburghoutdoors/

And even sometimes on TikTok! @edinburgh.outdoor

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South Queensferry Mosaic and Garden

Saison 5 · Épisode 2

mercredi 17 juin 2026 • Durée 25:11

Hawthorn Bank Walled Garden in South Queensferry is home to a huge mosaic created by local people, set within a tranquil and beautiful garden.

I met up with GreenFerry, the team behind local gardening and floral displays who also maintain the garden and then met Gary and Mike, the locals behind the creation of a stunning and fascinating mosaic depicting life in South Queensferry.

You can visit the garden and see the mosaic: HERE

Follow GreenFerry on Facebook and find about volunteering too: https://www.facebook.com/GreenFerrySQ/

Learn more about Scotland's Garden Scheme: https://scotlandsgardens.org/

View pictures of the site and work behind its restoration on the Edinburgh Outdoors Substack page: https://edinburghoutdoors.substack.com/p/edinburgh-outdoors-podcast

You can also follow Edinburgh Outdoors on Instagram: @edinburghoutdoors_

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In the footsteps of 'Trainspotting' with Tim Bell

Saison 6 · Épisode 1

mardi 2 juin 2026 • Durée 30:02

Warning: this podcast contains adult themes and language some people might find offensive.

Set in Edinburgh and Leith Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh was a book set in the 80s drug scene and was later made into a popular film. I met up with Tim Bell, author of Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location to follow a chapter of the original Irvine Welsh novel which starts at the back of Waverley Station and heads down Leith Walk to Leith Central Station. On our way Tim read extracts from Trainspotting and gave insights into how the locations have changed since the 80s and we talked drug dealing, why the book has its name, interviewing dealers in prison and a range of hair-raising anecdotes.

If you want to follow in our footsteps:

Calton Road entrance to the station is HERE

The Playhouse is HERE

Albert Street is HERE

The Boundary Bar is HERE

The former Tommy Younger's pub is now the Harp & Castle: HERE

Leith Central Station facade is HERE

Leith Dockers' Club is HERE

You can find photographs of Leith Central Station on Capital Collections or on former guest, Kenneth Williamson's site: https://www.trainbuff.net/

Abbeyhill and Colonies with Hetty Lancaster

Saison 5 · Épisode 10

mardi 12 mai 2026 • Durée 31:17

Join me as I head out with historian Hetty Lancaster of Hetty's History Walks to discover the history of Abbeyhill and its Colonies. We toured old industrial sites, spotted ghost signs and repurposed buildings and Hetty told me all about Edinburgh's unique housing developments: the Colonies.

To follow our tour yourself:

We started at Meadowbank Shopping Centre and walked to the former Dunbar water factory ghost sign HERE

We viewed the former Redpath Brown factory on Albion Road HERE

The former shop at Sunnyside is viewed from Bothwell St HERE

The printwork and houses on Edina Place HERE

The Abbeyhill Colonies are HERE

You can view a copy of the railway map on Edinphoto

To read Hetty's article on the Colonies and see old photographs: https://www.colonyofartists.co.uk/history

You can find Hetty's History Walks on her website: https://www.hettyshistorywalks.co.uk/

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