Partnership With Inch Plant Nursery To Deliver Over 5500 Plants To Community Gardens Across Edinburgh
May 16, 2023

Edible Estates have partnered with The City of Edinburgh Council’s Inch Plant Nursery to provide the 35 gardens receiving support via our Edinburgh Growing Together Project with a variety of vegetable, herb, and fruit plug plants, grown by Janice and the team.
The offer saw vast uptake, with a total of 5500 plants ordered. We are delighted that the offer was particularly popular among first-time growers, who will hopefully experience an easier and fulfilling season by growing from plug plants, and subsequently want to grow year on year.
Fighting food poverty is one of the City of Edinburgh Council’s core policies. At CEC Inch Plant Nursery, by growing and supplying thousands of vegetable, herb, and fruit plants to community gardens across Edinburgh, we hope to contribute to the alleviation of this issue, while simultaneously providing an opportunity for nursery staff to develop their horticultural skills.
The project was funded through CEC Sustainable Food Growing Fund and has happily been very well received. We very much hope to be able to continue working with Edible Estates and community gardens across the city in the future.
Janice Peter, Inch Plant Nursery Team Leader
The following gardens and community growing projects have received plant orders: Redbraes Community Garden, Broomhouse Growers, Craigentinny Community Garden, Kirkliston Community Garden, Prestonfield Allotments, Hamilton Wynd Community Garden, Greendykes Community Backgreen, Lochend Secret Garden, Sunshine on Leith Community Garden, Fresh Start Garden, Hawkhill & Nisbett Allotments, Friends of Giles Street, Pilton Community Garden, Craigmillar Growers, and Wester Hailes Growing Communities.
For more information on Inch Plant Nursery’s work, contact inch.nursery@edinburgh.gov.uk