Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

Streetland will join in the National Guerilla Gardening Sunflower Day by planting sunflowers in the Westmoreland Street area of Govanhill including the Govanhill Baths Peace Garden and Westmorland Street Community Garden.

More info at : http://www.streetland.net/

Tags: international sunflower guerrilla day, streetland

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

Tags: GROW

Battlefield community garden – raised bed building, path making, planting and lots more. Bring tools if you have them, a flask of something hot to share, perennials if you can manage and lots of smiley energy

Materials will be getting delivered to the garden and so we can then begin the really exciting stuff, building raised beds and making a path.

There will be local people on site with experience.
So if you would like to get involved come down bring a flask, some tasty sandwiches and a smile. If you have tools spades, shovels, rakes bring them along.
Look forward to seeing there.

Location: Ledard Rd – Arundel Drive Community Garden
Time: 10am 08-05-2010

Please see facebook for more inofrmation: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116174341744368&ref=mf

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National Guerrilla Gardening Sunflower day

Guerrilla Gardening / Seedbombing

Sat 1st May – 6pm onward

Location: Clyde walkway – Clyde St (just south of city centre) View Map

WAR ON TERRA

A subversive act of reclaiming a small part of the city that needs attention with interaction and fun. Working with nature to beautify an abandoned urban area in a short term mission with a long term outlook.

Get involved in some guerrilla gardening, seedbombing or both to make a positive impact in your urban environment!

What to bring (optional): a bedding plant / gloves / a trowel / sunflower seeds

No experience nessesary, just drop by and join in the responsible rebellion!

This is a Radius event in association with Kabloom and Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

Facebook event page

Radius map

kabloom

Tags: 2010, dates for the diary, dear green place, glasgow, guerrilla gardening, international sunflower guerrilla day, scotland, SEEDBOM

We next meet on 10/04/2010 at 11:30am at Townhead to plant Crocosmia bulbs, continue removing leaves and sow nasturtium seeds.

Tags: 2010, dates for the diary, dear green place, glasgow, guerrilla gardening, help, townhead

I was tending the plot at Wilson Street today when I was surprised to discover two small bushes had been added to the garden. It would appear that I am not alone in tending this patch. I’m delighted to be receiving help and would love to know who’s responsible. Can anyone help?

Tags: 2010, glasgow, guerrilla gardening, help, mystery guerrilla, Wilson Street

A big thanks to everyone who came out to garden this morning. Despite the sporadic showers it wasn’t a bad day and we got lots done with a selection of perennials, crocosmia and seeds planted. The bulbs we planted over winter are still looking good. The crocuses are beginning to die down but are being rapidly replaced by Winter Aconites, Snowdrops and Daffodils.

Not much to report in the way of wildlife this week just one large Queen Bee, a Wood Pigeon and a gaggle of ordinary Pigeons.

We next meet on 10/04/2010 at 11:30am at Townhead to plant Crocosmia bulbs, continue removing leaves and sow nasturtium seeds.

Tags: 2010, bees, bulbs, dates for the diary, glasgow, nasturiums, pigeons, planting, townhead, wildlife, wildlife gardening

Please not this has now been cancelled. It is FREEZING out there, wet and windy as well. It would be no fun for anyone. Please keep an eye on the site for work in Dennistioun starting soon.

Thanks, Michael

Next Tuesday evening at 7pm, we will be starting a clear up of a site over in Dennistoun.

We will be meeting up just up at the corner of Glenpark Street and Millerston Street. For this first visit we will not be doing any planting, it will be a clear up of rubbish first. If you are coming to this, please bring bin bags, gloves and any tools you think would be helpful in clearing an area. We will be at the site for about half an hour.

A Google map link might help you locate the site: on this google map, the site is just up from the ‘A’.

Thanks and if you have any queries, please get on touch,

Tags: 2010, dates for the diary, dennistoun, glasgow, guerrilla gardening

I spent a very happy and productive morning up at Townhead planting Cardoon, Brook Thistle, Mexican Fleabane, English Mace and Wild Garlic. The site continues to look very colourful with yet more crocuses in bloom, the first daffodils flowering and a few snowdrops popping up here and there.

I also saw my first bees of 2010, always a welcome sight! There were three very large bumblebees rolling about the crocuses like drunks as I arrived at the site and a few of their friends flew in and out during the course of the morning.

We also had a visit from a Thrush collecting leaves and twigs for her nest as well as some wood pigeons, common pigeons and a less welcome visit from some vast seagulls.

Oh I must say a big thank-you to whoever has been up at the site and given our roses a much needed prune. I’m slightly embarrassed at not having got round to this task myself but very grateful at being able to score something else off my to do list.

We’ll be meeting up again at 11:30am on Saturday 27th March, to see what we’ll be doing and what to bring please refer to this post.

Tags: 2010, bulbs, gardening, glasgow, guerrilla gardening, townhead, wildlife, wildlife gardening

For those who came along to the BBC News Interview and filming:

BBC News Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8550101.stm

Monday 15th March BBC Reporting Scotland either the lunchtime bulletin (1.30pm) or the evening bulletin (6.30pm). Monday 15th March BBC Radio Scotland Newsdrive (between 4pm and 6pm). The online text should also be on the website.

Thanks again,

Tags: 2010, bbc, dates for the diary, guerrilla gardening, townhead