ECBI - Edinburgh Community Backgreens Initiative - Providing Greenspace for the Community

Dig For Victory

'Dig For Victory' is our campaign to get folk involved in their backgreens and in doing so, their local community.  We also believe that an effort to grow food locally will have a positive impact upon the challenges of climate change.  

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WhiteWe hope to encourage and support folk in Edinburgh blitz their backgreen, grow their own fruit and vegetables, and in doing so build a sense of community in their local area. The ways you can get involved include:-

- Join the Dig For Victory Edinburgh campaign >
- Go on a Grow Your Own course >
- Install a raised bed >
- Establish a  community backgreen >
- Put up a Dig For Victory Poster >
- follow us on Twitter >
- Become a fan on Facebook >

WW2 Dig For Victory Campaign
Our campaign is inspired by the original WW2 Dig For Victory.  One month on from the outbreak of the second world war, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the 'Dig for Victory' campaign.  From this point on, folk on the 'home front' were encouraged to transform their private gardens into mini-allotments.  It was hoped that this would not only provide essential food for families, but help the war effort by freeing up valuable space for war materials on the merchant shipping convoys. 

Over just a few months, gardens, flowerbeds and parkland were dug up to grow food.  By 1943, over a million tons of vegetables were being grown in gardens and allotments.  Here's an information film from the original Dig For Victory campaign.



Photo's from our Dig For Victory Campaign
Here's some photo's from the Grow Your Own courses which are part of the DFV campaign

 

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28 Jul 2010 at 12:55

View Activity Sophie Preston added a blog post

Dig for Victory Bulletin No.4 July 28th 2010 Hello, Here’s another Dig for Victory weekly bulletin for your perusal, bringing you updates on courses, workshops, and events in backgreens and gardens around Edinburgh. Upcoming Courses and Workshops…


27 Jul 2010 at 10:04

View Activity Wendy Spencer is now a member of Dig For Victory Edinburgh



26 Jul 2010 at 11:45

View Activity Diane eden joined Greig Robertson's group

A group to share info about creating better storage for bicycles in and around tenements


21 Jul 2010 at 16:11

View Activity Isabel Murray joined Greig Robertson's group

Growing mushrooms in backgreens


16 Jul 2010 at 17:36

View Activity Thea added an event

Thea at Rosegreen Backgreen , Marchmont,access via 5 Roseneath St.
July 20, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm
Party with bonfire, weather permitting, with Grieg Robertson, for him to see the result of ECBA's input one year on. Please bring food and drink; we may have a barbeque too.

Contact Us

0131 243 2698
info@ecba.org.uk