FoMBL
Helping protect Edinburgh's green space

FOMBL is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC045955.


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Join Us!

If you would like to join FoMBL, all the details are given here. The subscription is currently £8 per year for individual members (£5 for srudents and under 25s), £15 for organisations.

Membership Renewal and Donations

(Standing Order and renewal forms also available here)

Projects

FoMBL works with other agencies on a variety of projects in the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links. Read the latest report (November 2024) here

Christmas social evening

You are invited to join us on Monday 9th December from 6pm till 8pm Read more...

Volunteers needed

Can you spare a couple of hours on Saturday morning once a month? If so we'd love you to join us. There are always plenty of jobs to be done, and not enough volunteers to do them.

Next session - 28th December

See our Volunteering page for dates and other information

Tree Group Activity

Volunteers are also welcomed by the Tree Group who meet every Friday at 1:30 pm at the Cricket Pavilion. (Contact projects@fombl.org.uk)

See what they have done and plan to do.

See the latest TreeGroup newsletter, 14th August, here.

New toilets

New permanent toilets are proposed for the Meadows, at the south end of Middle Meadow Walk. Hopefully they will be installed by the end of 2024.

Read more...

Wild flower Meadows

Thanks to relaxed mowing the Links Wildflower meadow has done quite well this summer with a good range of pollinators growing amongst tall grasses which in themselves are also valuable pollinators.Read more here

Playgrounds


Have you seen the new toddlers' playground on Bruntsfield Links?

See the big picture

Jawbones?

We won't see the original Jawbones on the Meadows again, but we might see a replica. Read more...

Storm Tank


Scottish Water have started construction of a storm tank on Bruntsfield Links between Warrender Park Terrace and Leamington Walk. Read more....

Our Leaflet

See our introductory leaflet

Area character appraisal

The Marchmont, Meadows & Bruntsfield Conservation Area Character Appraisal is now available here (8.4MB, opens new window)

Marchmont, Meadows & Bruntsfield Conservation Area Character Appraisal
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Payment by Text

It is now possible to make donations to FoMBL by text message.

See the details

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