Greener Fringe: Can You Dig It?

At Greener Leith we think growing your own is great! We plant community orchards, Ally is fond of allotment sheds and I even managed to volunteer at a vegetable patch . But we've been missing something, ladies and gentleman, I may have unearthed it in the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival....

Look no further than Inverleith for a marriage of melody, comedy and cucumber trumpets, accordions, evil pigeons and Alan Titchmarsh hymns. Can You Dig It is a fringe show full of comedy gardening caper and it takes place in the best garden in Edinburgh (The Botanics).

What did the audience think of the show? I caught up with Leith Gardener Ben straight after a performance to find out: (listen here)

 

Next (even more exciting) I bagged an exclusive Greener Leith interview with the creators of the show, Dan Woods and Jo Stephenson. Find out where they get inspiration for their songs, is Jo's love for Alan Titchmarsh only turf deep and do they have green thinking as well as green fingers? I also asked the most important question, how do you make carrot pan pipes:  (listen here) 

If you're as excited about making vegetable intruments as I am, here's a handy 'how to make a cucumber trumpet' video from Dan:

Lastly, while we're on the subject of making exciting things from vegetables, I made a giraffe out of carrots. This is a great way to encourage children to eat vegetables. I didn't have any children to encourage but instead, I entered Ginger into a unusual vegetable competition at the Guilty Lilly and she won! Although they thought she was a lama (she's clearly a giraffe, she's orange!).

Have you made anything exciting out of vegetables lately? Or seen any Green Fringe shows? Please let us know (:

You can see Can You Dig It at 4pm every day in August (except Tuesdays) at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Get tickets on the Can You Dig It website

Comments

[Ros]

That'll be my challenge for this weekend, then!

[Emily Dodd]

We await your vegetable sculptures with anticipation Ros...