Post Category: Volunteers

Volunteers

Spring volunteering its rubbish, oh and railings, path edges, drains, willow fences …..

All the rakes, brushes & cutting tools have been given a huge work out over the last few months to ...

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Willow Spiling – A Traditional, Natural Solution to riverbank Erosion in the heart of Edinburgh

Read how we worked to develop a project at Roseburn to create a 'nature based solution' to erosion

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Volunteers get to know their Bryophytes !

While wading in the river the conservation team often notice masses of different mosses and liverworts that are blanketing the ...

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Plants of the Dells by Juliet Wilson

Volunteer Juliet shares her experiences of wild plants along the river in the Dells

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January Volunteering Round up

Every month is busy for our volunteer team but this January we have been capitalising on low water levels and ...

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Charlotte looks back at 2021 with gratitude

When I think back on a year of conservation along the Water of Leith river, none of this would be ...

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Working in a Walkway Wonderland

The Water of Leith Walkway which runs from Balerno to Leith is an interesting beast to say the least, the ...

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Who are the Community Path Group of the Year – we are!

Our Volunteers work has been recognised by a Paths for All Award - and we have £250 to spend on ...

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It Is All About the Journey! Wading the river on the hunt for Litter and INNS

Olympic level wading from our volunteer team on the hunt for Knotweed, Balsam and Litter!

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Native wildflower planting along the river boosts biodiversity and supports pollinators

For the last 15 years we have been creating ‘biodiversity boost’ sites along the river. These are sites which were ...

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Scything September

There is something evocative and beautiful about scything. Last month we upskilled our volunteer team and brought some more scythes ...

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Marvelous Meadows

Our marvelous Meadows along the Water of Leith are full of life. This week volunteers removed invasive Himalayan Balsam & ...

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