Christmas Party Bookings 2026
Book The Croft for your group's Christmas Party!
Service Description
Looking for a Christmas party venue with a difference? Host your festive gathering at our cozy community cafe, tucked away in a beautiful, nature-based setting where your celebrations directly support the local community! This package offers the following options as add-ons for your booking: A wreath making workshop for your group to welcome in the Christmas spirit - all natural foraged materials to take home, and to re-use each year! Christmas table settings to create a cosy festive atmosphere. Freshly prepared organic sharing platters for up to 35, (veg/gf options available). Mini quiches, wraps, tzatziki and humus dips with veg/fruit sticks for dipping, juice jugs, cheese board/cake/cookie, or, mince pies! Fire pit and wood bundle with marshmallows for toasting outside the Garden Room to keep cosy whilst taking in the winter's fresh air. Wi-fi Accessible loos and baby changing Sonos Era BlueTooth speaker Projector hire (Panasonic LCD Commercial projector PTZM series) Venue hire details below: Indoor capacity - we do not hire whole building during the day, only The Garden Room - 35 people standing, 30 in seated cinema style rows, or 25 comfortably for sit down eating. We can place 1-2 folding tables in the outdoor space immediately outside Garden Room glass doors if required. Please note, cafe customers use the area to the right. Our cafe runs until 3pm each day, however, we have a catering menu for venue bookings mentioned above. Please note we do not allow BYOB, however, we are happy to pre-order any alcohol for you in advance including bottles of fizz! Please email venue@earth-in-common.org for any alcohol and catering questions that you might have. We are an aspiring zero-waste organisation and can dispose of certain items via ChangeWaste (local recycling centre). Recycling options offered - all £2.20 per collection bag available at the cafe till on the day of your event. All items should be rinsed and squashed at the outdoor sink: Cans Cardboard Tetra packs Plastic water bottles/juice bottles and lids |(no other plastics) Glass (rinsed) General waste Vegetarian food waste tub £1 Decor/displaying items: reusable, biodegradable wherever possible. Nothing attached to walls with sellotape, instead use blue-tack on the windows, or, the designated hanging hooks on the walls. This package offers a comfortable setting and relaxing experience, while you enjoy a smooth event!
Cancellation Policy
Upon booking, you will be prompted to pay in full online. Please email venue@earth-in-common.org if you have any issues at all. If you need to change the date of your booking, please also email venue@earth-in-common.org, and we will do our best to accommodate you if we have availability for your new date. . Please also email here for any events with over 35 attendees, or, events which perhaps do not fit any of our packages on offer. E.g. a wedding, or, ceilidh. In the case of cancellations – - If cancelling more than 3 weeks prior to your session date, a cancellation fee will not apply. - If cancelling between 2 weeks and 1 week before your session date, a 50% cancellation fee will apply. - If cancelling less than 1 week prior to your session date, we will not refund your booking. All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing via email to venue@earth-in-common.org. Cancellation fees are calculated based on the total value of your booking and are necessary to cover costs incurred in preparing for your event. Lastly to ensure that if you must cancel - we have enough notice to re-offer the date to another.
Contact Details
John's Place- Cafe, farm shop and venue space
Populus Cafe (Leith Community Croft), 4a John's Place, Leith, Edinburgh, UK
venue@earth-in-common.org