Jock Tamson's Gairden

jock tamson’s gairden is an open green space, which is home to community gardens in a beautiful, small parkland setting. the roots of this gairden are in the diligent labours and enthusiasm of a team of volunteers and groups drawn from the community of edinburgh. the name comes from that well-loved scottish saying ‘we’re a’ jock tamson’s bairns’ or in english ‘we’re all john thomson’s children’ and celebrates the egalitarian nature of what we do here: it is a garden for the whole community welcoming everyone regardless of age, ability, sexuality or background.