Meadow-in-a-box: A Different Approach to Urban Greening

Meadow-in-a-Box was created to fill a gap in Aberdeen City Councils approach to managing the city’s green spaces. How could the City Council create beautiful, pollinator and people-friendly habitat that would also help combat the global climate emergency?

Meadow-in-a-Box was created to fill a gap in Aberdeen City Councils approach to managing the city’s green spaces. How could the City Council create beautiful, pollinator and people-friendly habitat that would also help combat the global climate emergency?

Braehead Primary with their Meadow-in-a-box - Aberdeen City Council Countryside Rangers

Braehead Primary with their Meadow-in-a-box - Aberdeen City Council Countryside Rangers

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Simon Whitworth

Aberdeen City Council Countryside Officer

What We’re Reading

NESBiP Wildflower & Scything Workshops

More than a third of City’s meadow boxes to bloom on NHS grounds

Boxing clever in Aberdeen

NESBiP Wildflower & Scything Workshops 2025

Join us this summer and autumn for a Wildflower & Scything workshop. Together with Curam Fyvie and Outdoor & Woodlands Learning Scotland, we will host several workshops around North East Scotland.

Join us this summer and autumn for a Wildflower & Scything workshop. Together with Curam Fyvie and Outdoor & Woodlands Learning Scotland, we will host several workshops around North East Scotland.

Image showing a Meadow Cranesbill, which is a native wildflower that could be collected during our workshops.

Meadows Cranebill - Ian Talboys

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Abbie Ferrar

NESBiP Coordinator

Management of St Machar’s Cathedral Graveyard for Biodiversity

By changing the management of St Machar’s Cathedral graveyard, this community group hopes to increase and safeguard urban biodiversity.

By changing the management of St Machar’s Cathedral graveyard, this community group hopes to increase and safeguard urban biodiversity.

Snowdrops in foreground and St Machars Cathedral Graveyard which is managed for biodiversity

Ian Talboys

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Ian Talboys

St Machar’s Cathedral Volunteer & Former Aberdeen City Council Countryside Officer