Backgreen History

These documents give the main details of how the shared Wheatfield Backgreen came to be:

• Edinburgh Community Backgreens Initiative: Project Description (download: ECBI-project-description-ver-B.pdf, ECBI-project-description-ver-A.pdf)
  

• Edinburgh Community Backgreens Initiative: Project Update 1 Sept. 2006 (download: ECGI-project-update-2006-09-01.pdf)
  

• Edinburgh Community Backgreens Initiative: Project Bulletin - February 2007 (download: ECGI-project-bulletin-2007-02.pdf)

(Warning to the reader: Some of the plans mentioned in the above documents have not been implemented.)

These links report on the initiative:

• http://www.foe-edinburgh.org.uk/infoe/files/INFOE%2020,%20Sep-Oct%202005.pdf
  

• http://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/upload/Archive/June%202007%20ebulletin.pdf
  

• http://www.saferedinburgh.org.uk/registerDownload.cfm?name=Good%20Practice%20Guide%20Local%20Action%20Fund.pdf
  

• http://news.scotsman.com/socialwork/Tenement-fruit-trees-to-grow.2825178.jp
  

• http://www.biggreenchallenge.org.uk/blog/2008/02/25/edinburgh-community-backgreens-association/
  

• http://www.foe-edinburgh.org.uk/infoe/files/INFOE%2031,%20Nov-Dec%202007.pdf
  

• http://www.figgatepark.org.uk/files/Home%20Farm%20Leaflet.pdf
  

• http://www.crns.org.uk/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=mapping/crns_map06_compost_final.pdf