Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

Poached eggs are easy to grow and great for attracting aphid scoffing hoverflies to the garden.

Thanks to Hayes Garden world for their support. Hayes Garden World are a huge garden centre in Ambleside – their website sells garden benches, Barbeques, chimineas, teak garden furniture and even some dining room furniture.

Please take the time to visit our sponsor as their kind support enables us to achieve a great deal as a group.

Tags: 2011, donations, fund raising, hayes garden world, help

Blogger James is a self-employed artist based in South West Scotland and is the latest donor to our plant fund. His blog Small Garden Zone not only documents his attempts to get the most out of a small space but is an interesting garden diary with a particular emphasis on growing fruit, veggies and herbs. Small Garden Zone has only been online for a few months but is already promising to be a valuable resource for anyone growing in a real, less than ideal garden with all the challenges that entails. You’ll also find links to garden supplies used and recommended by James. The blog really is worth a look for anyone interested in real gardening in an authentic setting.

Thanks again to James for his kind donation.

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The good people at Hayes Garden World have very kindly made a donation to our plant fund. Hayes Garden World is a huge garden centre in Ambleside selling everything you can think of related to gardening including garden furniture, garden benches, barbeques, chimineas, bird feeders, plants and lots more including all the gardening tools you’ll need in your guerrilla gardening kit.

Once again a massive thanks to Hayes for their kind donation.

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Spring is on the way.

Unknown to us, Seedbom & Glasgow Guerrialla Gardeners were entered into a Scotland wide competition:

The Scottish Sustainable Development Forum wanted to celebrate the people making Scotland more sustainable. They invited nominations for inspirational individuals from all parts of Scottish Society. People working in all areas from housing, health, and education to energy, transport and waste management have been nominated and the juding panel considered:

• What has changed as a result of the nominee’s actions?
• Is there a lasting legacy?
• How could others learn from the efforts?

Not only did we reach the top 5, it was decided buy the judging panel and The Scotsman to give us First place. Yes First Place. We were up against tough competition, projects that have been running for a number of years. I don’t think it has quite sunk in yet as to the impact of this but more than ever we are wanting to carry on our work in and around Glasgow.

A big Thank You to whomever entered our names into the competition and also a ‘shout out’ to the others who were in the Top 5:

Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening/Seedbom
Vegware
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Mull Slaughterhouse
Scottish White Fish Producers Association

More information available over at The Scotsman

Tags: dear green place, guerrilla gardening, kabloom, scotland, SEEDBOM, the scotsman, The Scottish Green List

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

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Why is it going to be a stunning spring?

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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