Garden Buddy Volunteer

Location: Midlothian Community Hospital Gardens, 70 Eskbank Rd, Bonnyrigg, EH22 3ND. See on a map here.

Time:  About 1-3 hours every week. Garden is open 10am to 3:30pm. Let us know your availability and preferences. 

What is the Midlothian Community Hospital Garden?

Our community garden at the Midlothian Hospital is an NHS Lothian initiative. We want to create opportunities for good food and healthy lifestyles available to local communities.

We do gardening using climate friendly techniques to grow local food and support wildlife, while building community and developing skills. We run practical sessions, workshops, events and shared meals to build skills in gardening, while encouraging healthy eating and promoting social inclusion. We provide advice and support for improving lifestyle through good food and good health.

What will you do as a volunteer?

As a buddy volunteer in our community garden, you will be supporting and encouraging your ‘buddy’ to come to the garden and do activities. This might mean supporting them to:

• attend a gardening session
• meeting them in the garden for a walk and a chat
• encouraging them to do some gardening or craft activities with you.

You can find more details about this volunteering opportunity in the decription below. 

If you have any questions about the opportunity, please get in touch with Michala via email on: MichalaBradshaw@Cyrenians.scot