Glasgow Guerrilla Gardening

We’ll be meeting at Townhead on the following dates in August:

SATURDAY 6th August 11:30am

SUNDAY 14th August 1pm

SATURDAY 20th August 11:30am

SUNDAY 28th August 1pm.

We’ll be weeding, planting bulbs and picking litter and would appreciate any help you can offer. As ever we meet at our usual Townhead site outside St Mungos Primary on the lane that connects Strirling Rd and Parson St.

If you’ve a distance to travel and haven’t been before you can get any of the following buses to Stirling Rd which will drop you right at the site.  We’re just behind the bus stop.  If you’re not sure where you’re going just ask the driver to let you off at the last stop on Stirling Rd at the motorway.

First Bus- 12, 56, 56A, 15A, X1, X2, X3, X4, FX4, X5, FX5, X11, X15,  X37, X39, x85, x87

McKindless- X1, X2

Stagecoach- X19, x20, X25, x24

There are also a few buses that stop on Castle Rd at the Royal Infirmary. We’re just opposite the Royal Infirmary next to the motorway on the lane that connects Stirling Rd to Parson St in Townhead.

First – 38A, 38C, 42, 42A, 213, 11, 31, 36 89, 90

We next meet up on Saturday 25th June at our Townhead site. There’s lots to do -weeding, sowing, litter removal and general tidying up so we’d love to have you along if you fancy helping out. We have lots in flower just now with plenty of bees and insects coming to see us, so the site is well worth a look.

We meet at 11:30am on the lane that connects Stirling Rd and Parson Street just outside St Mungos Primary School in Townhead.

You don’t need to bring anything though I’d recommend gloves as a minimum. If you have a trowel or fork these come in handy for planting and are worth bringing along. If you have any plants or seeds to spare feel free to bring them along but it isn’t essential.

A big thanks to everyone who helped out today and I hope to see you all next week.

We meet for the last dig of February at 11:30am on Saturday 26th Feb at the side entrance of St Mungos Primary, Townhead on the lane that connects Stirling Rd to Parson St. As well as admiring all the early bulbs which are just coming into bloom, we’ll be continuing work on the site in preparation for the arrival of spring. If you haven’t been up in a while it’s well worth a look as there are over thirteen thousand spring and summer bulbs of various kinds set to bloom over the coming months.

As ever bring yourself, a small fork or trowel, a pair of gardening gloves and any plants you’d like to add to what will hopefully be a colourful display. If you haven’t been along to the site before or you have any questions, please get in touch via email.

The next dig will be on February 12th at 11:30am at Townhead. We’ll be concentrating on tidying up the site by removing litter and leaves. We’ll also be doing a spot of planting, if you’d like to plant something, please bring primroses or hellebores. Other than that, bring yourselves a pair of gardening gloves and a small trowel or fork.

Thanks to all who made it along today, your help and support is very much appreciated. Hope to see you all again soon.

Hello, I’ve taken the desicion to cancel this due to the prevailing climatic conditions. I’venot been able to get in touch with the others but I think they would agree. We will rearrange for later.

Apologies for the late notice.

regards,

Michael

Our next dig will be the last of 2010 and there is still masses of work to be done. We really need a good turnout to get the site ready for the new year. If you’ve never been before you’d be very welcome to come along and help out. Our Townhead site is opposite the Royal Infirmary, just outside St Mungos Primary on the lane that connects Stirling Rd to Parson Street more details here. We’ll be meeting at the Townhead site at 11:30am on Saturday 4th December and hope to see you all before the New Year.

All you need to bring are gloves, a trowel or bulb planter and bulbs if you have any you’d like to plant.

Hello All,

We shall be at our Townhead site this Saturday 11:30 am; for a general tidy up and weed. There is loads to do so any help you can offer will be appreciated. Depending on numbers we may also be planting some more spring bulbs. If you’d like to contribute some bulbs we are looking for native bluebells, winter aconites, snakeshead fritillaries, anemone blanda white splendour, wood anemone, daffodils, tulips, ramsons, crocuses, snowdrops and grape hyacinths. You can also donate cash on the day or via paypal – link on the side of the page.

Map Link

Cheers,

Hi All,

Townhead site: 11:00 – Sunday 11th July

Yes, Sunday, not Saturday!

Map link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=parson+street+glasgow&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.621706,79.804688&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Parson+St,+Glasgow,+Lanarkshire+G4,+United+Kingdom&ll=55.864764,-4.237633&spn=0.002255,0.004871&t=h&z=18

What to bring along, best go here to see what to bring: ‘What to Bring’. I’ve noticed in my local B+Q/Lidl/ALDI that they may not have all these plants but please bring along what you can.

I’d defiantly suggest bring gardening gloves, a bin bag (for any rubbish) and maybe a bottle of water as the site is a bit dry despite the rain of the last few days.

I hope to see some of you along on Sunday morning.

Thanks,

Michael

ey up all

for those of you on the southside the battlefield community garden is now well underway. 40 people turned out to help build raised beds and loads of folk brought along plants and seeds to get the space started.

we’ll be pottering about in the space (gap site on the corner of ledard rd and arundel drive in battlefield) this sunday afternoon from 2pm. some veg to sow and some compost to turn if you fancy it.

have a lookt at the Battlefield Community Project facebook group for pics of past events etc…

cheers!

Late last year we had our 10,000 bulb challenge. Earlier in spring we had hundreds of daffodils, snowdrops and crocus flowering away. Right now, it is the turn of the Tulips to flower. It is a wonderful splash of colour. A big thank you again if you were involved in any way with the bulb planting.