Parks given cash to grow

VOLUNTEERS will be giving gardens and parks a spring makeover thanks to £45,000 grant.

The Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace has received the funding from WREN, a not-for-profit business which distributes money from the Landfill Communities Fund.

Fernieside Park, a former walled garden in Moredun, will be turned into a community park, Hailes Quarry Park in Wester Hailes will be improved and paths will be created at Blinkbonny Park, by the Water of Leith.