This weekend is the annual national Big Garden Birdwatch - one of the biggest citizen science events in the UK. Join in by looking out of your own window, sometime between Friday 23rd and Sunday 25th, or join us for a group survey in the community garden. You'll need an hour and a bird ID sheet (see RSPB link) and you'll find all the details on the RSPB website. Or join us in the garden with no knowledge and we'll survey as a group. Bring binoculars if you have them.

If you do your own survey, please also let us know what you see so that we can add your sightings to our local database of species. This will be great preparation for next month's bird box making!

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Join us to prepare for spring by adding yellow rattle and other wildflower seeds to some of the grassy areas in our patch. Yellow rattle is a special plant which helps wildflowers get established by sucking some of the life out of the grass - a vampire! We're hoping that this will add a splash of colour to some grassy corners to improve life for our local bugs and the birds that eat them, as well as for all us humans enjoying the view.

There will be lots of raking, some wheelbarrowing and some seeding - plus jumping up and down on the seeds at the end. Suitable for all ages, kids with an adult.

We'll meet at the community garden and then move between a few different patches in the area - details will be broadcast in whatsapp group for people joining late or get in touch if you need alternate arrangements - katie@grantoncommunitygardeners.org

Romance is everywhere in nature by Valentines Day so it's the perfect time to get nest boxes up ready for our garden birds. The wonderful Emily Martinelli - carpenter at the Pianodrome and creator of the new shelter at the Granton Community Garden - will be leading a workshop to create beautiful nest boxes using waste wood which you can take away for your garden or donate to one of our local community projects or public spaces.

We'll be working at Granton Community Garden and the session will be 10am-1pm, with a tea break! The activity will be suitable for people age 8+ with adult supervision. There are limited spaces so please book in by dropping an email to katie@grantoncommunitygardeners.org.

Keep up to date on Saturday nature activities on our broadcast only whatsapp group. Join here.

Join us for some late winter tree planting and imagining ahead to autumn apple crumbles.

More details to follow. Keep up to date on Saturday nature activities on our broadcast only whatsapp group. Join here.

Help our friends at Edinburgh Shoreline Project by filling in this short online survey about water quality in the Firth of Forth