Edinburgh Outdoors
Edinburgh Outdoors is a podcast exploring the city’s green spaces and the people in them. From community gardens to secret spaces, learning about the city’s history or just finding a space to breathe, getting outside brings benefit to everyone, and being outdoors in Edinburgh is the best place to be!
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Welcome to Edinburgh Outdoors
My name's Angela Casey and I love discovering what's going on outdoors in my home city of Edinburgh. My podcast seeks out the green spaces and the people in them so you can discover more of what's out there. Whether it's a history walk, graveyard, community space or hidden woodland, join me as I walk and talk my way around the city and surrounding area.
Episodes you might enjoy include: learning about Edinburgh's city walls; the South Queensferry Mosaic Mural; St Cuthbert's Kirkyard with a death historian; a trip to Midhope Castle - Lallybroch from the Outlander TV series; sketching with Edinburgh Sketcher on Calton Hill; autumn foraging in the Hermitage; or heading out birdwatching on Corstorphine Hill.
You'll certainly find one that's right up your street.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Jock Tamson's Gairden on the shores of Duddingston Loch is the most extraordinary place. Home to community groups and charities, it uses the power of nature and gardening to help many people enjoy the outdoors and find healing and support in this beautiful space. I visited on a classic Edinburgh windy day and met the inspirational head gardener, Lizz Spence, who talked about the team's entry in the Kilt Walk later this month which will raise much needed funds for the brilliant work being done in the garden. We talked while Lizz collected flowers for the weekly produce sale and we had tea in the outdoor kitchen space. There's plenty to discover here and visitors are welcome to just come in and wander round. Find out more by listening in and then checking out their website and social media.
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Earlier this month I headed off to the outdoors Saturday market at Dalkeith Country Park to meet up with Nadine Pierce of Pentland Aromatics. She has created a range of natural scented products from her home in the heart of the Pentlands, inspired by the stunning location where she lives. Bringing nature inside through a range of scents, Nadine has taken her business from a lockdown soap-making hobby to becoming a successful retailer with a great brand.
We talked keeping warm at outdoor markets, earthy smells and of course, Christmas. You can find out more about Pentland Aromatics at www.pentlandaromatics.com and on Instagram.
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Welcome to this new podcast seeking out Edinburgh's green spaces. I started by diving into some gorgeous nature sights and sounds right in the heart of the city. Jim Heath, Chair of the Friends of Easter Craiglockhart Hill told Edinburgh Outdoors about the hill's unique nature, wildlife and history. From sparrowhawks to overgrown bowling greens, the Hill is a wonderful place to find views, tranquility and opportunities to volunteer.
About
Edinburgh Outdoors is a regular podcast exploring green spaces and the people in them, in and around Edinburgh. It features people and their stories who either volunteer or work outdoors, as well as those who promote social benefits, positive health and wellbeing through providing outside experiences and spaces. Ideally their agenda is focused on nature, health, social or green/climate mitigation and we also explore learning, history, secret spaces and just the beauty of our city.
Many of our green spaces are under threat from development or need greater funding and support to keep them available and accessible to everyone. There are some spaces which need to be preserved for their wildness, unique history, climate mitigation, or beauty. The campaigners who are protecting these places need our support. Many people work outside in a wide range of activities and for many of us it is the place where we find our own space for rejuvenation, leisure and wellbeing. And for many people I hope the podcast will alert them to outdoor opportunities they hadn’t thought of which are right on their doorstep, or only a short distance away.
Find out more or get in touch
If you want to find out more about Edinburgh Outdoors, you can find us on Instagram, Facebook and sometimes (rarely!) TikTok. I also have a Substack page where you can view photographs and hear my thoughts and background to a recording.
If you know of an outdoors space in and around Edinburgh that might like to be featured, please get in touch.