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Lot's Growing on!
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NEWS
What's growing on in 2025?

2025 Calendar

🍎 Jan - Willow Workshops

🍎 Feb - Willow Workshops

🍎 Mar - Volunteers back - Orchard workshop

🍎 Apr - Easter Egg-stravaganza

🍎 May - Planting / Harvesting

🍎 June - Birthdays! WCGG 7 years / Wombles 5 years

🍎 July - Summer Harvest

🍎 Aug - KSB Visit for It's Your Neighbourhood recognition

🍎 Sep - Kings Foundation project

🍎 Oct - Closed

🍎 Nov - Remembrance wreath laying

🍎 Dec - Closed


Fast forward to September 2023 and the growing group win another silver medal from Keep Scotland Beautiful!


🍎February 2023

  • Councillor Diane Calder donates funding to kit out polytunnel
  • 2 new members join in Saturday group activity as part of Duke of Edinburgh Award
  • Lot's of seed planting, building planters and more!


🍎January 2023

  • New year - Brand new Polytunnel installed!


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    Councillor Diane Calder visits after a dontation to kit out polytunnel.

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    Ava starting Duke of Edinburgh award with mentor Sarah 

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    Winchburgh sawmill deliver bark, wooden boards, tree logs and sleepers

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What have we achieved in the past?

December 2022
Grab a carrot for Rudolf the reindeer 
Santa is coming to the Growing Group Grotto - 17th December 2022
WCGG Lookback video 2022

November 2022
1,000 new trees to plant in Auldcathie - Thanks to iDigTrees
Wreath laid on 11th November at the war memorial 

October 2022
Bulb planting
New WCGG food store planter donated
Keep Scotland Beautiful award Silver for the 2nd year running!

September 2022
Results of KSB judges end of October due to Queens Death
Lots of work in Auldcathie

August 2022
Keep Scotland Beautiful Judges visit

July 2022
Bennet Wood Terrace
WCGG Community Growing
Community Cabin Delivered with power

June 2022
Planting in Auldcathie

May 2022
Pop along and help in Auldcathie Growing Area
Community Planters get a refresh!

April 2022
Taylor Wimpey - Donate £1,000
Winchburgh Growing Area - Join in every Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Water, water, water - Grab a watering can and help water Auldcathie Growing Area

March 2022
Auldcathie Growing area has Ukraine flag!

February 2022
Keep Scotland Beautiful mascots visit Winchburgh!

January 2022
15 New Wombles recruited - with almost 800 bags collected!

December 2021

November 2021
Poppy wreath laying

October 2021
The WCGG Virtual Halloween Hunt! - 10 winners won prizes for Zac & Co Coffee!

September 2021
Auldcathie Park opens!
WCGG launch new book for sale

August 2021
WCGG prepare 2 new beds at Bennets Wood Terrace
KSB Judges visit Winchburgh for our 1st year of judging in competition
100 Lavender plants added to Bennets Wood Terrace

July 2021
Cala homes dontate £1,000 to Winchburgh Community Growing Group
Planters get a lick of paint
River Trust train Wombles on how to clean up rivers

June 2021
Wombles Celebrate 1st Birthday
WCGG turned 3 years old!

May 2021
The Winchburgh Wombles get back to group picks!

April 2021
- Scotmind visit to see the bulbs

March 2021
- Adopt a TREE planting! - Got an adopted tree? email admin@winchburghcgg.co.uk
- FREE potato seeds!
- FREE seeds

February 2021
- Sainsbury's support with a donation of bulbs!
- Get involved in writing a NEW community BOOK

November / December 2020...
- Watch the 2020 Lookback Video
- Scotmid COOP £250.00 Bulb planting funding
- Womble THANK YOU

October 2020...
- New sponsored planters from SMART & Barratt - COMING SOON!

2020 so far...
- Womble Mania - Join the Winchburgh Wombles
- I & H Brown sponsor New Flower Planters
- Watch the Wombles cleaning up the canal - Winchburgh style featuring John Hamilton, CEO of Winchburgh Developments LTD!
- Ross & Liddell Funding!
- Get the upper crust - Make bread without yeast from potato - Recipe
- Sunflower Seed Competition! #SunFunWin
- Checkout our new YouTube channel where local people share hints and tips!
- Covid-19 Support on OneWinchburgh.org supported by WDT
- Adopt a tree and grab some seeds to garden grow!
- View the #PlentyFor2020 campaign video (sound required)
- 420 Trees Planted from Woodland Trust - Adopt one until you can plant it out!
- Sow 'n Grow kits supplied for seed growing 2020
- Plans, ideas and funding options for Auldcathie Park
- More Sponsored Planters!
- Stock Ordered for growing
- Results of 2019 Annual Survey released...
2020 - NEWs coming soon!

Read some of the highlights from 2019...
🍎 Litter Picking for 2020 - Daisy Park
🍎 Vivian lays a wreath - Lest we forget
🍎 Community Catch up - November 2019 - AGM
🍎 Autumn / Winter BULB PLANTING 2019
🍎 Sponsored Planters - NEW PAGE COMING SOON! The best of Winchburgh businesses growing together.
🍎 Read about the Autumn Plant out
🍎 November feature -greenspace Scotland ebulletin .
🍎 Brodie's Bistro - Caffeine hit for some plants and new sponsorship!
🍎 Pick Summer Produce today - Find a Planter near you!
🍎 Watch the 2019 - One Year on Video
🍎 Summer Planting - Read the latest newletter
🍎 New Tally Ho = New look planters!
🍎 Auldcathie Park - What's the plan? - YOU decide....Checkout thePlans
🍎 Gala Day - Summer begins!
🍎 50th Planter Celebration- One Giant Leap!
🍎 We had some extra help to water planters in the village from Broxburn Fire Station
🍎 Dobbies Support with a £500 donation of growing stuff!
🍎 Compost Delivery from Morrison Construction and Leavenseat
🍎 Good Food Nation Team - Cheque Presentation!
🍎 Cheque out a big donation - Winchburgh Developments News
🍎 Seated Planters everywhere (now 3) - First Seated Planters Installed
🍎 Every Little Helps - We received £1,000! Tesco NEWS
🍎 Call on 2nd aid - Emergency Response 
🍎 See the new fruit trees come into blossom - Orchard Update
🍎 SRUC - Community and College Education
🍎 Food & Sport that's right up your street! - Sport associations

BIG Growing News... 
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Other news...
Spring planter preparation work! 
Winchburgh schools all planted up and some of the village planters taking shape!
Volunteers began on Saturday 30th March with lots of the community all helping get their hand dirty...

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    Cleaning up

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    Learning about the environment through litter picking

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    New Planters installed at Nursery

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    Bulb Planting with SRUC

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    Tree Planting with SRUC

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    Nursery Bulb planting at Glendevon Park

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Back to this months NEWS - Live facebook feed...

FREE TREES!

Pop along and plant one of over 400 new trees that are being supplied from the Woodland Trust

These Trees will be ready to plant early 2020 and will provide a natural environment for local wildlife

The event will be supported by SRUC (Oatridge) to assist with planting and WDL for land to plant on.
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Milestone...

July 2019 saw the launch of Winchburgh Community Growing Groups 50th planter which had a cause for celebration!


Supporting community growing and planters across the village summer 2019 is continuing to be a BIG successes with feedback from local residents and businesses!


What's Next?

We've loads of exciting things to come so please keep coming back, check out our app, follow us on facebook, instagram, twitter or just sign up and get involved!

Our website has had a major refresh so it's now even easier to find the latest news or find updates to exciting news!

Don't forget if you want to get involved in any part of the growing group get in touch, all welcome!