Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

Hello All,

Just to say Thank You to both those who cam along last night and to the DIY Glasgow festival for including us in their listings. If you gave your email address to me last night, you have now been added to the email list. If not, keep an eye on this site for events.

Cheers,

Michael

Continuing our 10,000 Bulb project.

Time:   11:30 am

Location:   http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=parson+street+Glasgow&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=18.388688,30.717773&ie=UTF8&ll=55.864915,-4.237901&spn=0.00425,0.007499&t=h&z=17

Just south of the A on this map, on the path that links parson Street to Stirling Road.

As part of the DIY Glasgow festival, we will be holding a short Guerrilla Gardening event.

http://www.diyglasgow.co.uk/

We will once again, add to the work started at the corner of Pollokshaws Road & Calder Street

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&geocode=FcD_UwMdkQ-__w&split=0&ll=55.838121,-4.267974&spn=0.004615,0.010107&t=h&z=17

Time for meet up is at 7pm, we will be at the site for no more than an hour.

Due to various donations, fund-raising and help from various members of the Gardening group.

We are now on the lookout for the following:

600 Mixed Daffodils

930 Mixed Tulips

950 Snakeshead Fritillaries

800 Mixed Crocuses

1000 English Bluebells (native only please)

1000 Native Wood Anenone OR 1000 Anemone White Splendour

Just 5280 bulbs to go!

This is an amazing result as most of the fund-raising has been done by our core members. If you can help out with this second half of fund raising or even the bulb planting over the coming months, please get in touch.

Thanks

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

You may have noticed that we are raising funds for a mass bulb planting project at Townhead.

29th – 11:30
30th – 1 pm
31st –  7 pm

Our aim is 10,000 bulbs: http://www.glasgowguerillagardening.org.uk/10000/

21st August: 7pm: Townhead

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=G4%200PX&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

It was almost year ago that we all got together and started doing some work as a group. To mark that, we are going to meet up at Townhead at 7.  A quick bit of tidying up then we will head to Mono on King Street for a celebratory drink of tea/coffee/ginger beer or just beer, we will be there around 8pm.  We will be the ones with the muddy boots.

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

Hello All,

Thanks to all those who came along on Sunday Evening. Hopefully we can get some more digs planned for the south side.

Thanks,
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We have been contacted by some folk down in Erskine who are wanting to do some guerrilla gardening ‘under the bridge’. Not many details as yet, if you want to know more, please get in touch and I’ll forward your name and contact information on.

Thanks
Michael