Environmental
News – Signs, Seeds and Woods
We currently involved in a really interesting project, well it’s two projects really. The first involves organising the completion of a Himalayan Garden in the Hermitage of Braid, Edinburgh. The second is a pilot project aimed at expanding the British Sign Language (BSL) glossary of signs for botanical subjects. Although it probably doesn’t appear immediately […]
News, Fresh theme for FCWNT web site
We originally designed “The Friends of Craiglockhart Woods and Nature Trails” web site around four years ago. It had stood the test of pretty well but was starting to show its age just a bit. Four years is a long time in the world of web site design and things have moved on a lot. […]
News, History Board “official” unveiling
Yesterday I was invited to the “official” unveiling of the History Board that we created for the Friends of Craiglockhart Woods and Nature Trail. Local councillor Gavin Corbett (Scottish Green Group) said a few words and then the veil (well, a tartan rug really) was drawn back. Two children from Craiglockhart Primary School who had […]
News, Spring Holi Day
It’s while since Lunaria have been directly involved in helping to create an event so when the opportunity arose to help create a “Spring Holi Day” for the Forestry Commission Scotland I jumped at the change. For those that don’t already know… “Holi is a spring festival also known as festival of colours, and sometimes […]
News. History Board.
We have just erected an information board next to Craiglockhart Pond in Edinburgh. The board gives a brief history of the area known locally as “Happy Valley”. It gained this name at the end of the 19th century when it was home to a dance hall, boating pond, and curling rink making it a popular […]
