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Gardens

The Backlands Garden is open

The Backlands Garden is officially open for the summer. The garden is fully accessible to all. Members of the public are invited to pop in between the hours of 10-4 every Thursday and Friday to have a look and keep up to date with…

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Gardens

Composting Food Waste Locally

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Food

Plenty going on

It’s been a busy and exciting time at The Ridge recently – in February we started our fantastically successful Plenty Project. The Plenty Project is designed for people who want to learn how, what and why to cook on a limited budget. Five sessions…

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Food

Goodbye Food Waste – Hello Sunny Soups

Sunny Soups grew out of the Plenty Project as a way for course participants to stay in touch, continue to learn new cooking skills, and volunteer to reduce local food waste and generate free, nourishing food for the community. Unsold fruit, vegetables and herbs…

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The Ridge SCIO

Ridge Report Out Now

We  recently put together a small publication to outline some of our work and as a way of saying thank you to all our volunteers, partners and funders. You can view this here or if you would prefer a hard copy just get in…

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Black Bull Close Funding

Heritage Funding for the Black Bull Close

The Ridge is working with East Lothian Council to explore ways to save the historic Black Bull Close, where ruined buildings thought to date from the 17th Century have reached the point of being almost beyond salvage. Not much detail is known about the…