VICTORIAN GARDEN HUT

Work has now started (30th June 2026) on the repairs to the Victorian Garden Hut. Rotten timbers will be removed and replaced with sound wood, and once the joinery work is complete the entire hut will be repainted. On removing a panel at the rear, we found the original paint colour, a racing green a little darker than the existing colour. We have decided to go back to the original and repaint in racing green.

The work is being partially funded by a grant of 50% of the cost from Edinburgh World Heritage, to whom we are very grateful

ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY

Date for your diary! The annual Garden Party will take place on Sunday June 14th. Don’t miss the premier event of the social season. More details to follow.

SCOTLAND’S GARDENS

Eglinton & Glencairn Gardens will be open to the public on the afternoon of Sunday April 26th between 2.00 and 5.00 p.m. under the auspices of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme. Entry will cost £5 (free for children) with all money raised split between the Trussell Trust and the Scotland’s Gardens Scheme Charities (Maggie’s, the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland and Perennial).

Entry for the public will be through the main gate on Eglinton Crescent (residents may use their keys as normal at the other gates). Tea and cakes will be available. Dogs on leads are permitted. (We ask that all resident dogs are kept on the lead between 12.00 and 5.00 p.m. on the open afternoon.)

Please encourage your friends to visit the gardens.

BIRDLIFE IN THE GARDENS

The birds are very active right now, pairing up, feeding off the tree buds as well as on the feeders. Hopefully we will have a few pairs nesting that are less susceptible to predation than other years. Although the squirrels and magpies do seem to be a little more prominent at the moment so the wood pigeons and other non nest box species will have a tough time of it I suspect. It is worth noting that it is best not to look for nests as Magpies especially observe human behaviour and if they see unusual activity they will investigate. That should not matter so much with nest boxes as they will not be able to access them. With no leaves yet on the trees and as the sun warms the garden, if you sit quietly or move slowly, remembering to look upwards, you could very likely see as many as 12 different species in one day. 
Watch for: 
-Chaffinch
-Bullfinch ( male and female are quite different)
-Goldfinch 
-Dunnock
-Blackbird ( singing a lot right now they sound great)
-Robin
-Wren (maybe)
-Greenfinch
-Blue tit ( nest boxes hopefully) some of the entrances of the boxes are small enough to exclude -Great tits
-Great tit ( they are bullies of BT and LTT)
-Long tailed tit
-Coal tit (hopefully)
-Wood Pigeon
And of course,- Magpies -Gulls -Crows- Jackdaws

They are all there!