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18/11/2024

🍂 Autumn Tip: Use Fallen Leaves as Free Mulch! 🍂

With paths full of autumn leaves, why not put them to good use? Simply gather up the leaves and spread them over your flower and vegetable beds. This natural mulch will break down over winter, protecting your soil while adding valuable nutrients.

✨ Benefits include: Clear, tidy paths. Enriched, healthier soil. Safe hibernation spots for pollinators 🐝, helping them return strong in spring

It’s a win-win for our gardens and our pollinator friends! 🥰 Image credits to Off Grid Community Garden, Clarkston

28/10/2024

Did you know that leaving pumpkins in woodlands can harm wildlife? While it might seem like a nice treat, rotting pumpkins actually make animals like hedgehogs, foxes, and badgers sick, disrupt woodland ecosystems, and cost conservation teams time and resources. 🦔🌱

Here’s how to dispose of your pumpkins responsibly:

- Compost it or add it to your food waste bin.
- Bury small pieces in your garden to feed worms and bugs safely.

Let’s keep our forests safe and healthy – plan ahead and help spread the word! 🌍💚

More ideas on how to help wildlife this autumn: https://bit.ly/3NoB6bs

28/10/2024

It might seem like a treat for wildlife, but leaving carved pumpkins out in woodlands and fields can actually make animals like hedgehogs, foxes, and badgers sick, disrupt woodland ecosystems, and cost conservation teams time and resources 🎃

The The Woodland Trust and RSPB talk about what makes it scarily bad for wildlife:

🦔 Hedgehogs can get seriously sick, suffering from diarrhoea and dehydration.
🌱 Rotting pumpkins spread bacteria, fungi, and viruses, haunting forest soils and disrupting the natural balance.
🐾 Removing dumped pumpkins uses up conservation resources, time, and money – all things that could be better spent treating our precious woodlands.

How to Avoid This Pumpkin Patch Problem:

♻️ Toss your pumpkin in the compost or food waste bin.
🌍 If you want to help animals, bury small pieces in your garden for worms and bugs – they’ll enjoy a feast without risking harm!

This Halloween, let’s make sure our forests are safe from pumpkin mischief. Visit our page for more eco-friendly tips, and share this post to help others avoid these “ghoulish” mistakes. 🎃💚

17/10/2024

♻️🌱 Upcycle old toys into unique garden containers! 🌿 Get creative with your kids by turning forgotten toys into fun planters—just add drainage holes and soil. It's a hands-on way to teach children about recycling and sustainability while brightening up your garden! 🧸🚜

This eco-friendly activity is perfect for teaching kids the value of repurposing everyday items, reducing waste, and caring for nature. Plus, it's a great way to spark their love for gardening and the environment! 🌎🌼

17/09/2024

Congrats Neighbourhood group on opening your new community space!

13/09/2024

Try a mushroom growing kit for a fun, low-maintenance gardening project with kids. Perfect for new gardeners! Windowsill kits: https://www.suttons.co.uk/vegetable-fruit-plants/grow-your-own-mushrooms Gourmet kits: https://www.meritmushrooms.co.uk/ Photo by Christine Siracusa 🍄🌱

28/08/2024

23/08/2024

Tomorrow I’ll deliver wildflower seedbomb workshops from 12-3pm at Easterhouse’s Festival of Flora 💐🐝🌳 There will be plenty of FREE nature and kids activities to keep folks entertained and adverse weather plans are in place incase it drizzles or pours! Dress appropriately, bring your crafty hands and we will see you at Blairtummock Park for a day of outdoor play and nature-based fun 😁 What’s on for Glasgow families

Come on down to Blairtummock Park on Saturday 24th August for this FREE celebration of Easterhouse, nature, and a wonderful summer! What's On Glasgow - your guide to events in Glasgow!

14/08/2024

Don't Toss That Pit: Save your avocado pit, suspend it in water with toothpicks and watch it sprout! A fun way to teach kids about plant growth. Photo by Stephanie Klepacki 🥑🌱