Growing Families
Community connection, wellbeing and family growing opportunities.
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Practical projects with local roots
Every project supports local wildlife while giving people a clear, friendly way to learn, volunteer and care for Midlothian's greenspaces.
Greenspace stewardship
Encouraging, adopting and transforming greenspaces with support from the local community.
Partnerships
Working with local organisations, land partners and communities to support biodiversity.
Permaculture
Putting earth care, people care and future care into practical local projects.
Wildflower meadows
Creating and managing meadow habitats for native plants, pollinators and wildlife.
Workshops, walks, talks and events
Offering accessible outdoor learning through seasonal sessions and community events.
Education
Helping people build confidence with native species, growing skills and habitat care.
Conservation volunteering
Creating regular opportunities for people to take practical climate and nature action.
Community scything
Sharing scything skills for meadow management, bracken removal, pathways and orchards.
Organic growing and plant sales
Growing plants, sharing horticultural skills and raising funds through seasonal plant sales.
Creative grassroots projects
Midlothian Wildflowers works with communities and partners to identify suitable spaces, care for sites over time and create opportunities that support local biodiversity.
Practical days outdoors
Sessions may include woodland care, meadow management, organic growing, seed saving, scything, plant sales and welcoming people at workshops and events.
Seasonal things to learn
MWF Grows
Plant sales
Seed saving
Orchard care
Bracken removal
Meadow management
Introducing yellow rattle
Community scything demos and beginner workshops
Current activities
Learning, growing and caring together
From monthly conservation sessions to organic growing and community scything, there are practical ways to get involved throughout the year.
Monthly Conservation Volunteering at Three Hares Community Woodland
Join practical conservation volunteering on the last Sunday of the month. Sessions support woodland care, habitat creation and community connection at Three Hares Community Woodland.
- Last Sunday of the month
- Conservation and habitat creation
- Open volunteer sessions
MWF Grows
Midlothian Wildflowers supports local food sovereignty, horticulture, organic vegetable growing and permaculture through its project in Polton, Midlothian.
- Organic growing skills
- Hugelkultur and land management
- Composting and no-dig gardening
- Cover crops, cuttings and yearly plant sales
Community Scything with MWF
Trained in Austrian scything, the group offers small demos and beginner workshops for local organisations and community groups at suitable sites.
- Demo scything sessions and beginner workshops
- Bracken removal and meadow management
- Introducing yellow rattle and seed saving
- Orchard care and low-impact site management
Partners
Working Together
Midlothian Wildflowers works alongside charities, schools, community groups, local businesses and environmental organisations to create healthier habitats, stronger communities and more opportunities for people to connect with nature.
Three Hares Community Woodland
Community woodland conservation and volunteer activity.
Woodland careConservation
Visit websiteHelpful Herbs
Health through herbalism and plant remedies.
HerbalismPlant remedies
Visit websiteFaldonside EcoForest School Partnership
Outdoor learning in the Scottish Borders.
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Visit websiteMidlothian Climate Action
Local climate action and community environmental work.
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Visit websiteMidlothian Council
Local authority support for community and greenspace work.
GreenspacesLocal support
Visit websitePauline & Colin Macpherson
Local land and community support for practical nature work.
Local supportPartnership
Website to followRosewell & District Community Council
Community council support for local place-based action.
RosewellCommunity
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Local community partnership and shared support.
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Volunteering
Get involved in local action
Whether you have experience or are completely new to conservation, there are friendly ways to help, learn and meet people outdoors.
- Monthly conservation volunteering at Three Hares Community Woodland
- Organic growing, composting and no-dig gardening at the Polton permaculture project
- Wildflower meadow care, seed saving and introducing yellow rattle
- Community scything demos, workshops and meadow management
- Event support, plant sales, walks, talks and community welcome