What should you bring to a dig?
Some people have asked what they should bring to a dig. Things that are handy to bring along to a dig are:
Yourself – You could bring a friend as well
Gardening tools – to do the digging and weeding
Gardening gloves – to protect your hands
Bin Bags – for rubbish collection
Plants from the list below
An interest in gardening
Water – for watering plants and yourself
Change of footwear and top – Do you really want to wear mucky shoes on the bus back home or in the pub?
Waterproof and/or a hat if it is raining. It is a bit hard to hold a brolly whilst in among the flowers. Of course it is Glasgow and it never rains… ahemmm…
What plants should I bring ?
We’ll accept virtually any unwanted plant unless it’s a mature tree, a weed or large and invasive. However there are a number of plants that form the agreed designs for our sites so we are particularly keen to receive the following. If you’re buying plants to bring to the site, please consult this list to ensure you’re not wasting money on something we don’t need/can’t use.
Soft Shield Ferns
Primroses
Hellebores
Toad Lily
Campanula
Hidcote Lavender
Primula Vialli
Native Bluebells
Daffodils
Dog Violet
Tulips
Sedum
Alluims
Grape Hyacinths
Winter Aconites
Snowdrops
Wild Garlic
Wood Anemone
Mint
Chives
Foxgloves
Periwinkle
Ivy
Oriental Poppy
Poppies
Heucheras
Japanese Anemone (Windflower)
Brook Thistle
Mexican Fleabane
Hydrangea
Crocosima
Miss Wilmotts Ghost
False Goatsbeard (Astible Fanal)
Yarrow
Chives
Spotted Laurel
Red Dogwood
Red Hot Pokers
Black Eyed Susan
Red Cordyline
Cottoneaster Horizontalis
Echinacea
Siberian Iris
Solomons Seal
Corsican Mint
