Royal Ed Community Gardens

You are cordially invited to the Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens' Big Lunch 2018 on Sunday 3rd June. As part of the event, we are hosting a relaxed, informal get-together for staff, service users and volunteers of various charities to promote community, and of course the public!

The event will be bring and buy, and we aim to lay on a good spread. If you are able to bring along some homemade cooking or cakes that is brilliant, though you should not feel like it is a requirement. If you want to be more deeply involved in the event - for instance, setting up a stall for the whole afternoon to promote your organisation - please contact us as soon as possible and we'll see what we can do. Email Rachel Helms <RachelHelms@cyrenians.scot> or Facebook  Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens www.facebook.com/rehcg

If you would like to come along, please keep a few things in mind: - The RECG is a working garden, and the event will take place outside. Dress practically and keep an eye on the weather forecast; shelters will be provided in the event of poor weather. - This is a public event in a busy psychiatric hospital. There will be a lot of other people coming and going. - If you are bringing food, please bring a list of ingredients so we can accommodate guests with dietary requirements. - The event will be alcohol free. We hope to be very busy and have a number of sittings or the meal. We'll be open from 12 - 5pm and have space on the 2 - 3pm sitting, though we would love for people to come early and stay late to enjoy the activities on offer. How to get there If arriving by car, please park on Morningside Road/surrounding roads and allow 10 minutes to walk to the Gardens. Coming from Morningside Road, walk through the hospital campus. On your way you will pass the glasshouses on your right, and the Young Persons Unit on your right. Just before the Orchard Clinic there is a roundabout; turn left at this and come down to the Gardens which are just past the ‘Hive’ (an old tin church) and opposite the Jardine Clinic. Keep an eye out for our signs directing you to the Gardens. See you soon!