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Latitude: 55.93\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Longitude: -3.21
\n110 metres above the Firth of Forth<\/p>\n

The gardens are organic – no pesticides or NPK are utilised.<\/p>\n

Courtyard garden<\/h2>\n

In this space, adjacent to the university library we’re developing the following: a living-geodesic-digital chamber, performance space, social space, an outdoor classroom, bespoke seating and tables, a three-bin composting system, a food forest, a pond, spaces for contemplation.<\/p>\n

The site includes two water taps, power and data feeds.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Allotment laboratory<\/h2>\n

The engine room and laboratory of the project.<\/p>\n

Here we’ve built raised beds and composters, assembled a poly-tunnel, seating, a table, a small pond, and a shed with water harvesting. The site has a water tap, power and data feeds. We’ve seeded and planted a small re-wilding area, with indigenous seed packs from Scotia Seeds<\/a> and trees from the Woodland Trust<\/a>. Over the past few years we’ve grown all manner of herbs, flowers, shrubs, trees, fruit and vegetables – kale, cabbage, potatoes, parsnip, garlic, onions, zucchini, squash, spinach, beans, tomatoes, beetroot, carrots, radish, salad leaves, leeks, turnip, apples, pears, peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrant, tayberry, blackberries, all in a built-up, often shaded, urban space. Most of our herbs and vegetables have been grown from seed originally purchased from Seedaholic<\/a>. The allotment is only 50 feet from the canteen.<\/p>\n

Our intention is to develop the polytunnel into a smart bio-dome.<\/p>\n

\"Rooftop<\/p>\n

We’ve also planted an orchard at our Craiglockhart campus, and in partnership with ENSA<\/a>, through a successful Community Climate Asset Fund<\/a> application, implemented raised beds at Craiglockhart and purchased herbaceous plants for our Sighthill campus.<\/p>\n

\"Orchard
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