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Wester
Hailes
Calders Edible Estates - Spring Bulletin
Hello and a very Happy New Year to
you! We have events, activities and
classes to get you out of the house,
keeping fit, cooking healthy meals on
a tight budget and making new friends
in 2014. And it’s all free - what’s not
to like?
New Community Gardens for
Calders in 2014
We’re really pleased to announce that
there will be three completely new
community gardens built in the Calders
in 2014.
Calders Residents Association have
asked us to help them build some
raised beds outside the Community
Flat at Dunsyre House to plant lovely
flowering climbers and herbs for
cooking. The Council will be building
the ‘Plinth Garden’ to the north of
Dunsyre House in March, creating
growing beds for ten residents. A
third community garden will be built
by Edible Estates in the grounds of
Sighthill Primary School, which will
provide growing beds for up to forty
residents.
Cooking Classes
Last year’s cooking classes were great
fun and we’ll be repeating them this
year.
At ‘We Are What We Eat’ an informal
gathering held on Wednesday evenings
(at Calder Gardens Sheltered Housing),
we learned; how to cook a delicious
Moroccan 7 vegetable stew and
couscous in a couscousiere; baked our
own rolls and loaves; and made chips
from kale harvested from the allotment!
The ‘Cookery Self Defence’ classes
were designed to help people eat well
on a basic budget. We went shopping
for food bargains and learned how to
prepare and cook nutritious meals
and to and store leftovers safely in the
freezer.
Cookery Self Defence Class baking bread
Calders Canal Community
Garden
There was lots of activity at the garden
during 2013. Fifteen raised beds were
built and strawberry runners, onion
sets and garlic cloves were planted. In
November, seventeen Calders young
people and adults planted nineteen
apple, pear and plum trees.
Our vision for the garden is to create a
beautiful place where households can
come in, relax, and help themselves to
fruit in season.
Going into the spring next year, a fence
will be built around the site, and the
new shipping container tool shed will be
painted and kitted out with a veranda
Let Us Know Now If You Want
Your Own Growing Space!
From March/April onwards, we will be
supporting folk to start growing at the
new community gardens. If you want
to have your own growing space, we
need to hear from you now. See over
for workshop days and times. If you
can’t come at these times, let us know
and we will do our best to get you
involved.
Edible Estates supports folk to establish food growing spaces.
We provide free courses in growing fruit and vegetables, and
how to cook healthy affordable food.
0131 453 9243 [email protected]
The Health Agency, trading as the Wester Hailes Health Agency, is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. 181430 and a registered charity in Scotland No. 27773
All classes are open to residents of
Calders and Wester Hailes and are
free. Please get in touch with Iyaah
Warren 0131 453 9243 iyaah@whee.
org.uk so we can suggest a class that
is suitable and book your place for
you.
Community Gardening
Workshops
Come along and learn how to grow
flowers, fruit, vegetables and herbs.
In partnership with Calders Residents
Association.
on Tuesdays throughout Jan to April 1-4pm
at the Calders Community Garden beside the
Canal at Calder Grove.
Cooking Workshops
If you want to have a healthier diet but
don’t have much money to spend on
food, we are confident that we can
help. Our tutors are all focused on
running classes to inspire you and give
you confidence to cook. They will help
you produce really tasty food that you
and the kids will like and that doesn’t
cost the earth.
on Saturdays throughout March, 1-4pm at
The Community Flat, Dunsyre House, Calders.
(other venues to be confirmed for April)
Fruit Bush Pruning and Soft
Fruit Planting
Mohammed at We Are What We Eat
Kitchen Club
Improve your cooking skills, share
your favourite budget recipes and
save time and money. A seven week
programme, in partnership with City of
Edinburgh Council South West CLD.
Learn how to grow fruit and maintain
and propagate fruit bushes and plants.
Thursdays throughout March 1 - 4pm at the
Calders Community Garden beside the Canal at
Calder Grove.
from Wednesday 22nd January 9.30 – 11.30am
at Gate 55, Sighthill Road.
Burns Supper
Heidi at Cookery Self-Defence
Cookery Self-Defence
It’s not easy having a healthy diet
on a tight budget but this 6 week
programme will give you tips and
tricks to shop clever, save money,
waste less food and make tasty,
healthy family meals.
from Tuesday 21st January 12.15 – 2.30pm at
Sighthill Primary School.
We Are What We Eat
Share recipes and chat with likeminded Edible Estates folk. Find out
about growing your own fruit and veg
in Scotland and cooking good food
that doesn’t cost the earth. A six week
programme.
from Wednesday 22nd January 7-9pm at Calder
Gardens Sheltered Housing community hall, 87
– 125 Calder Gardens.
Come along and celebrate the life
of Robert Burns with live traditional
music, song, poetry and haggis!
Open to Calders & Wester Hailes
residents but please book your place
by 22/1/14 on 0131 453 9243.
Wednesday 29th January 7pm at Calder
Gardens Sheltered Housing, community hall,
87 – 125 Calder Gardens.
Food for Free!
Soraya’s Biodiversity and Nature walks
were a big hit with Calders folk last
term. Foraging walks and talks start
in March when Mother Nature will
already be providing for us. Soraya
will help us identify nutritious and tasty
spring leaves to gather and show us
how to prepare and cook them.
David planting a fruit tree at the Calders
Veg Growing Plots Available!
If you would like to grow your own
fruit and veg, growing plots will be
available at community gardens in
the Calders from March/April 2014.
Please get in touch to put your name
down.
In the Calders in Spring 2014
If you are interested in getting involved in any of these activities please contact Iyaah on 0131 453 9243 or email [email protected]