Redhall Walled Garden

04/09/2025

We have been very lucky again with another bountiful harvest🍏🍅 Please come help yourself over the next few days during our opening hours.

01/09/2025

This wonderful transformation really helps to visualise the mental health journey. Some days can feel overwhelming and sometimes we just need a helping hand to find our path. Our Trainees never fail to impress us with their hard work🌳

28/08/2025

We are delighted to inform you that Redhall was able to secure the majority of its funding following the decision of the EIJB and can remain open🎉 We would like to say a huge thank you to each and every person who supported our cause by signing the Thrive petition and by contacting their local MPs/ MSPs and Councillors; we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received and are truly grateful.

We will continue our task to raise funds for our amazing garden to ensure we have the finances to sustain its future.

This summer, we campaigned to prevent the closure of Redhall Walled Garden following proposed funding cuts.

Today, we received confirmation from the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) that the decision to cut Redhall’s funding has been overturned. Redhall will remain open — a huge relief — but like many community mental health services across Edinburgh, it will still face a significant funding reduction.

Reacting to the news, our Chief Executive Billy Watson said:

"We are in a mental health crisis, and community and preventative mental health support is an essential part of how we tackle it. We welcome the IJB's decision not to go ahead with the original proposals which would have effectively ended that support in Edinburgh. However, we are disappointed that a number of impactful support and advocacy services have been cut.

"This process has shown that we need to come together - funders, providers and especially the people who need this support - to jointly design a mental health system that works for and meets the needs of the people of Edinburgh."

If you signed our petition, attended a bake sale, or contacted your local representative, thank you! Your support helped us put pressure on the EIJB and protect this vital service.

We’ll continue to take action to ensure services like Redhall Walled Garden can support everyone who needs them.

For our full statement, visit our website 👉 https://www.samh.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/samh-response-to-eijbs-decision-and-redhall-walled-garden

20/08/2025

We have a huge surplus of cucumbers, courgettes and apples. Please help us to avoid food wastage and help yourself to some goodies!🍎🥒

20/08/2025

We really enjoyed being part of Hivestock on Friday! Good vibes and good music, what more can you ask for?🤩

06/08/2025

Check out our amazing harvest (so far!) ,We'd like to pay tribute to our hard working Service Users and our beautiful garden for providing us with so much delicious produce.

Redhall is under threat of closure. The EIJB proposes to withdraw our funding. You can help us by signing this petition: https://www.change.org/p/stop-mental-health-cuts-across-edinburgh

05/08/2025

We were delighted to welcome Lyon & Turnbull corporate volunteers for two sessions in the garden.

Enormous thanks for all their hard work ; enthusiasm; energy and real interest in Redhall. We really appreciated the huge difference they made to the garden in the time they spent with us.

Thanks to this wonderful team for all their efforts to w**d the shrub border path and nursery area . With their help, these areas of the garden now look very smart! They were incredibly conscientious and refused to take shelter when the rain came on, true gardeners!

28/07/2025

We were excited to celebrate our 40th birthday earlier this year, a huge milestone for us. 40 years of supporting mental health through therapeutic horticulture and creating a wonderful garden, all thanks to our amazing Trainees and staff.🥳🌲

Unfortunately, our funding is under threat and if the decision goes against us, this may be the last birthday Redhall celebrates. The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) will make their decision on August 26th which will determine our future, as well as other mental health support charities across Edinburgh. We have been incredibly lucky and grateful to have received as much support as we have from the community, our local MP, councillors and MSPs.

You can help us out by signing this petition to protect third sector mental health support throughout Edinburgh: https://www.change.org/p/stop-mental-health-cuts-across-edinburgh

16/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our open day/plant sale on Saturday. We were so lucky with the weather☀️ It was amazing to see the community coming together to raise awareness to the wonderful work done at the garden and the potential funding cuts.

We are delighted with the overwhelming support that the petition is continuing to receive, if you haven't already signed it then please do! https://www.change.org/p/stop-mental-health-cuts-across-edinburgh

10/07/2025

Only 2 days to go until our next plant sale! Join us on a beautiful sunny day for a garden tour and an ice lolly🍦Help us to save this amazing space!

07/07/2025

Make the most of the sunshine this week and join us on Saturday for a wonderful tour of the garden🌞 A small amount of plants will be available for purchase.

30/06/2025

Come along and see the work we do and how we support our 'Trainees'. There will be garden tours to join on the day . We would love to be able to clear our sales tables (limited plants for sale). All proceeds help to sustain the support we offer.