{"id":369771,"date":"2025-08-24T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369771\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T13:04:11","slug":"charity-announces-open-day-event-at-gilmerton-walled-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/369771\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity announces open day event at Gilmerton Walled Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Following the success of last year&#8217;s event, Growing Matters, a charity committed to fostering community spirit and environmental stewardship, has announced the date for this year&#8217;s event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The open day will take place on\u00a0Sunday, September 7, from noon to 4pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visitors can expect a range of activities including home baking and beverages, talks on beekeeping by resident beekeeper John, and willow weaving sticks available for sale, along with a number of basket exhibits.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The day will also feature a plant and cut flower stall, vegetable stall, jam and preserves, fruit liqueurs, tombola, teas and coffees, bees and honey, and tours of the garden.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Some vegetables on display at last year's event\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Some vegetables on display at last year&#8217;s event (Image: Growing Matters) A new addition to this year&#8217;s event will be Reiki sessions in the willow dome with Jan Ferguson.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dogs are welcome to attend on leads.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the charity said: &#8220;With the support of our dedicated volunteers, sponsors and the local community, once again Growing Matters is poised to make this year&#8217;s open day an unforgettable experience for all.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Growing Matters is a registered charity focused on promoting environmental health and community wellbeing through sustainable gardening and horticultural activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the success of last year&#8217;s event, Growing Matters, a charity committed to fostering community spirit and environmental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-369771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115083887508452711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}