Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

On Wednesday the 5th of May we are holding a design workshop for the gap site on West Princes Street where we have been working to clear the site in preperation of turning it into a communtiy garden. The workshop is at 6pm, Lansdowne Church, 416 Great Western Road, by Kelvinbridge subway station.

We will be discussing and planning the design of the garden so that we can take all of the great ideas that we have heard so far – and more that we haven’t yet – and turn it into a solid plan of action for the site.

We would love to see as many of you there as possible with your ideas, enthusiasm and lovely lovely faces.

Hope to see you there!!!

Grow

Location: Landsdown Church, 426 Great Western Road
Time: 5th May, 6pm – 8pm

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Thought this may be of of interest.
Copy of email from Hannah @ GROW:

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Taken from North Kelvin Meadow:

“Hi all

Your all invited to a bulb planting event at North Kelvin Meadow on
Sunday 11th October at 2pm. That’s a week this Sunday so mark it in
your dairies.

We’ve got 400 bulbs all ready to plant. If all goes well the Meadow
should be a wash with colour next spring / summer.

Things to bring?
Yourself! Bulbs should be handled with gloves so bring an old pair.
Bring a trowel or spade if you have one (we have a few spare). That
it.

How long will the event last?
Don’t worry about coming down for a long time  - 30 minutes to an 1
hour is all that’s required.

How to plant a bulb?
Each bulb needs to be planted to a depth of 3 times its size. So dig a
small hole and place the bulb with its top facing upwards. If not sure
what is the top then plant it on its side. Cover with soil making sure
there are no obvious air pockets. If you need some decent soil to
surround the bulb then take some from the big white bags in the far
corner. Its as easy as that! What’s more, many of them should flower
year after year.

Can’t make that time?
Feel free to plant bulbs at other times if you have them. The more the merrier!

What’s the latest with the Land?
Not really that much! The Council still want to sell it, but haven’t
found a buyer. The local community increasingly see it as a place that
shouldn’t be built on. As the land is used more as a green space by
the local community the case strengthens to keep it as such.

Hope to see you then”.

For more information, please visit http://northkelvinmeadow.com/

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our Fourth Guerrilla Garden Event in Drumchapel on Kinfauns Drive,  on Wednesday 16th September at 7pm. We will be working on the same site as previously, tending to the existing flower beds and creating some new ones.

Hopefully there will be an opportunity to plant some trees and bulbs from various sponsored sources, but we would this time like to ask everyone to bring a couple of plants or a bag of bulbs with them this time to contribute to the dig. As always the CCA will be providing all the gardening tools and water needed for the event.

We hope to see you all there and details and directions to the site will be sent out for any new comers at a later date.

Again if people could get back to me as to whether they can make it along, then it would be much appreciated.

UPDATE: location is at the road junction beside the B on this map:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?daddr=Drumchapel,+Blackcraig+Avenue+(NW-bound)+%4055.913240,-4.361080&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=&f=d&sll=55.913355,-4.35999&sspn=0.002246,0.004672&cid=0&ie=UTF8&ll=55.91324,-4.36108&spn=0.006295,0.011233&t=h&source=embed

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UPDATE: http://northkelvinmeadow.com/2009/08/21/court-case-21st-aug-09/

Karen Chung and Douglas Peacock, along with the ‘North Kelvinside Green Space Initiative’  have been summoned to appear at the Sheriff Court in Glasgow on 21/08/09 at 12 noon to defend an action that has been brought against them by Glasgow City Council. GCC wants to stop the raised beds, the bat boxes, the use of the renovated brick building and people working on the land at the Meadow.

http://northkelvinmeadow.com/2009/08/18/growing-vegetables-on-25-year-vacant-council-land-ends-up-in-court/

Also: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2526360.0.Guerrilla_gardeners_in_court_to_defend_allotment.php

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/121592/Council-s-court-bid-to-kick-out-eco-volunteers/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2597497/Glasgow-City-Council-takes-local-gardeners-to-court-over-land.html

http://www.twodoctors.org/2009/08/glasgow-city-council-loses-the.html

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North Kelvin Meadow still need your help,  please visit their website for more information:

http://northkelvinmeadow.com

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The Sunday Times.

19-07-2009, Ecosse section, page 19. Another article on our work in Drumchapel with the CCA and local residents.

If an online version appears, link will be added.

scan of article: http://www.twistyfoldy.net/camera/sunday_times/sunday_times_forweb.jpg

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This new site is situated on the main road of Kinfauns Drive, this road is a very long one so to make it clear to everyone exactly where the site is, you will find it situated opposite the side street Kinclaven Place, and is roughly a 5mins walk from the Drumchapel Community Centre (walking straight along the main road in an Easterly direction).

Click here for google map, site is opposite bus stop

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Some of you may have heard of The North Kelvin Meadow, some of you may even have helped out over at the site. Within the last week, North Kelvin Meadow have been informed that the land they are using may be about to be sold.

For more information, please visit: northkelvinmeadow.com. If you can help them, please lend your support.

Thank you,

Michael

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As part of the CCA‘s out reach programme a number of one-night guerrilla gardening styled activities will be taking place across Drumchapel over the next few months.

The second is taking place on Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 at 7pm. Either meet at Drumchapel Community Centre (Kinfauns drive) at 7 or go direct:

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