FESTOON Festoon is a walk inspired by historical fairground illuminations and explores our experience of urban darkness. It will take place after dark in and around Portobello. Walking slowly in a line, 12 participants will carry portable, lighted frames around the darker spaces in Portobello - spaces that can be ‘lost’ after dark - creating a walking illumination. As the walk progresses, we will stop to create our own illuminations in some of these dark spaces. Festoon is a

The plots were looking fantastic, the sun shone and people excelled themselves with some amazing creations for the yarn bombing. We had 233 paying visitors and around 40 children who all had a great time trying to find the knitted animals and vegetables on the Yarn Bomb Trail. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a fantastic day. (Video by Rosie Purnell. Photos by Philip Gillespie of Edinburgh Photography Meetup Group and one or two by plot holders) #News #Event

One more sleep till the highlight of the east Edinburgh calendar. Let the Big Toon keep their festival, we have the amazing Craigentinny Telferton Allotments Open Day, this year with some fantastic yarn bombing. Come along on Sunday 5th August from 2pm - 5pm and see one of Edinburgh's best-kept wee secrets; beautiful allotments tucked away behind a row of houses on a busy road. Enjoy some lovely home baking and tea on our new Community Plot. #News #Event