Art for Granton Gas Tower

Art for Granton Gas Tower Page run by natalietaylorartist for all projects related to nature protection and rewilding habitat restoration.

Watch this space for community involvement, including wildflower seeding and Pollinator Picnics
Free art events and workshops available soon! This is a page covering a new project for the Granton Gas Tower art commission shortlisting run by North Edinburgh based artist Natalie Taylor.

26/06/2026

Community seeding along the Leonardo's fence on North Edinburgh. In memory of those who have lost their lives at war.

The new RATTLE artwork is up at Lauriston Farm in the Unexpected Garden. It's part of the series, Foodbanks for Pollinat...
19/06/2026

The new RATTLE artwork is up at Lauriston Farm in the Unexpected Garden.
It's part of the series, Foodbanks for Pollinators which addresses the insect emergency. In the UK we've seen insect populations declining steeply since 1970 with around 75% of our pollinating insects disappearing since then. This affects us directly as a third of our fresh foods are insect pollinated.

This artwork addressed the issue by planting nectar rich flowers and signalling passers-by to the plant Yellow Rattle also known as the Meadowmaker.
It feeds off grass sugars, weakening the grass and opening up space for other nectar rich wild species to move in.
This artwork is planted with:
Yellow Rattle, Cats ears, Birds Foot Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup and Corn Marigold. All flowers are yellow.
Watch this space for the letters filling in later in the season.
Many thanks to Lauriston Farm for all support and to Royal Society of Edinburgh for generous funding support enabling this project.

10/03/2026

Here is a transcript of the email in response to my email to Cllr Stuart Dobbin re the environmental clearing over the past few weeks.
Does this chime true for you especially the part about 'following considerable consultation'?

"Thank you for your email and I fully understand the concerns that you and others in the area have.

When I was alerted to the felling I visited to site to see for myself.
I will give you a fuller response in the next day or so, but in short:

The tree felling this week is part of the next phase of the overall regeneration plan – the clearing of the triangular area of land between Waterfront Avenue and the old shops at West Granton Road (to be demolished) is for the next phase of housing.

The Council & developers are required to ensure once the housing is complete, that there will be planting of native species.

The trees marked with white crosses are due to be removed as they were incorrectly planted too close together in the first instance - that species requires more room.

The plans for the redevelopment of Granton have, as I am sure you are aware, been published for some time now following considerable consultation. The plans require widespread planting.

I will give you a more detailed response shortly.
I have also told officers that their communication of events must improve significantly so that residents are not blindsided by events that we have seen this week.
I hope this gives you some reassurance and will follow up in the next day or two.

Best regards
Stuart Dobbin

SNP Councillor for FORTH"

Here is an annotated Google map of the habitat clearing going on in Granton at the moment. It shows the timeframe and pr...
01/03/2026

Here is an annotated Google map of the habitat clearing going on in Granton at the moment. It shows the timeframe and projected timeframe of other planned development sites.
It may not be comprehensive in which case please get in touch with me and I will update it.

I am going around these sites frequently and will also try and keep up with the speed and scale of the nature destruction happening in our local vicinity.
Obviously much of it is under planning permission, but some of it may not be and I am trying to work out what is and what isn't allowed.
Here is a link to an annotated My Google Maps version:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1Tp43DDegiV9NsM8z12p4wln2Cz1_2bM&ll=55.980251568259035%2C-3.247739293827765&z=16

The blue area which is a post-industrial Open Mosaic Habitat (OMH)to the North of the GasHolder is very rich in a variety of flora and fauna, includins the elisuve "Centuaria' flower, Coltsfoot, Common Spotted and Bee Orchids, Snowdrop, Silver Birch, Bramble, Goat Willow, ant hills and many more.

Open Mosaic Habitats are very significant for the biodiversity reasons explained here:
https://www.integratedlm.co.uk/articles/what-is-open-mosaic-habitats-omh-bng

They comprise some of the riches habitats we have left in Scotland.

1. Nesting sites for ground-nesting birds and insects

2. Foraging grounds for specialised species

3. Basking spots for reptiles and invertebrates

4. Refuge areas during different seasonal conditions

A day of destruction today along the cyclepath leading towards Waterfront Avenue. Not only were all the beech trees ripp...
27/02/2026

A day of destruction today along the cyclepath leading towards Waterfront Avenue. Not only were all the beech trees ripped out along the beech hedge, but now also the beech hedge itself.
It will all be gone by around 3pm today. RIP bird nesting sites, small mammal habitats and ground cover for countless species of earth dwelling creature. A sad day indeed.

The City of Edinburgh Council please let us know how this adheres to your One MIllion Tree City Programme, coupled with the destruction all over Granton (because this is just a tenth of the trees which have come down in the past few days here. )

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