Autumn projects

So far this term we've been over to Pollock country park to help the park rangers with some digging and replanting, and for a weekend away at Gowanbank sustainable community, where we potted trees, got suitably muddy, and had a midnight bonfire!
Both projects were a big success (we even managed to avoid the rain!) and I hope everyone had a great time, keep your eye on the mailing list & project page for upcoming events :)

End of the day at pollock country park

Gowanbank - potting plants by the gingerbread house :)

Relaxing round the bonfire :)

More photos up on the flickr page and facebook group. As ever if you're new to the dirts and want to get involved drop us an email or come along to one of our projects/socials, hope to see you all soon!

Squiggles :)

Project on Sunday

Hey everyone,

With everyone hopefully recovered from Fresher's week, it's time for our first dirty weekend of the year :) We'll be heading to Pollok Country Park (in Glasgow) this Sunday (30th) to help the park rangers with whatever work they need doing - find out when we get there!

Meet us at the University's main gates at 9am Sunday morning (bright and early!), getting back into Glasgow for around 5pm. Bring a packed lunch, and as I'm sure you all know it's getting cold in Glasgow, so warm clothing, waterproofs and sensible footwear (wellies/walking boots ideally) are definitely recommended!

If you haven't joined the Dirts yet, or need to renew your membership, the cost is £3 for the year. You'll also need around £3 bus fayre. If you're new to the society this is a good chance to meet people and find out more about us, as well as having a day outdoors.

Finally, if you want to come along please email us (preferably with a contact number) so that we know how many to expect :)

Hope to see lots of you on Sunday!

Squiggles :)

Summer 07

This summer, the wildlife garden has been especially wild.








Hope to see plenty of folks at our freshers week stall, in the marquee in the quad from tues 18th - thurs 20th sept, and also at the freshers week BBQ/mini project from 4pm on Wed 19th Sept, there will be food, digging and bats :)

Claire :X

Springwatch in Kelvingrove Park

For Dirty Weekenders who are still in Glasgow there is a BBC springwatch event in Kelvingrove Park on Saturday 9th June, 10.30am - 4pm.

"Come along and enjoy close-up encounters with wildlife, meet a BBC personality, enjoy a guided walk or have a go at a range of activities - help naturalize the park pond, create a butterfly garden or build a nest box. Learn what you can do for wildlife in your backyard and volunteer to help."

The Dirts went to a Springwatch event in Hamilton last year and it was ace - lots of interesting stalls and some great freebies!

Check out the website.

There's also an event called 'Aren't Birds Brilliant!' being launched at the Kelvingrove Art gallery on the same day - for more details see here.

Enjoy!

Get in touch!

If you'd like to know more, or want to join our mailing list to be kept up-to-date with projects and socials, drop us an email at:
gu_dirty_weekenders [at] yahoo . co . uk

Wildlife Garden pictures

Here are some pictures from our last wildlife garden project...

Claire & Rhiannon enjoying a beaker of tea.

Here we have Squiggles diligently weeding the path.

Jordon digging away.

Rhiannon taking some weeds to the compost heap.

If you go down to the wildlife garden today...

You'll find some really cool mushrooms...


Some tasty blackberries...

And a burnt compost heap :(