Glasgow Doors Open Days 2025: Eco-Hub & GUEST Gardens Tour (Late Afternoon)
Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team
Boyd Orr Building, University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QW
Come along and explore and learn about sustainable practices in the heart of Glasgow’s West End.
Enjoy an in-person tour of the Eco-Hub and GUEST gardens on the University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill campus. Meet your tour guide at the Eco-Hub in the Boyd Orr Building and then take a ten minute stroll to the Viewfield Lane gardens, all while observing the surroundings and discussing the value of sustainability.
What is the Eco-Hub?
The Eco-Hub is a space dedicated to sustainability. The project is coordinated by GUEST (Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team) and the UofG’s Sustainability Team. The aim of the Eco-Hub is to offer services that benefit both people and the planet. Primarily a social café space, the Hub offers free and low-cost second-hand items to the community. Homeware and stationery are also free for students all year round. Clothing is free to swap or just £1-£2.50 per item, coffee and tea are just 50p a cup, houseplants can be swapped at any time, and these services are available to everyone. The Eco-Hub is also a space for connection and works as a meeting point for staff, students and the wider community to come together to discuss and build a more sustainable world.
What is GUEST?
Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team (GUEST) is a team of highly motivated student interns employed by the university to improve sustainability on campus. Aiming to promote environmentalism, climate action and social justice through their actions. The team consists of 12 students working on a part-time basis across biodiversity, food and waste, transport, staff and student engagement, community engagement and sustainable labortories. GUEST manage the Viewfield Lane gardens which will be visited during this tour.
Event Information:
Free – Get tickets at Eventbrite
The tour will begin in Room 206 on Level 2 of the Boyd Orr Building. There is an accesible entrance to the Eco-Hub via University Gardens and the James McCune Smith Learning Hub for those who need it. (See map) This event will require walking for approximately 10 mins to Viewfield Lane Gardens. Upon entrance to the gardens, there are also steps. If you have any additional accessibility issues, please contact Lauren and she will be happy to support if possible. If you can’t make the event, please cancel your ticket in advance or contact Lauren.
This section: Community event, Eco friendly, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Doors Open Days, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Filed under: Community event, Eco friendly, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Doors Open Days, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Prevous page or post | Next page or post
Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
Related Pages
- All Day Horror Madness at GFT
- Shallow Grave, Galoshans Film Festival Greenock
- Frankenstein at GFT
- Pinocchio – Community Panto
- Aye Write: Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal
- Hip Replacement Hallowe’en Party
- Autumn Voices – An Online Reading with Moria Forsyth
- Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival – A Kick Up The Arts
- Aye Write: Who Will Be Remembered Here – Queer Spaces in Scotland: Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, Lewis Hetherington with Carrie Marshall
- Aye Write 2025: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Francine Toon with Alistair Braidwood
- Maybe I’m Amazed – John Harris with Nicola Meighan
- One Battle After Another
- CinemaAttic Colombia Presente! – Short Films
- Graham Morgan at Daydreams Bookshop
- The Mastermind at GFT
- Rental Family at GFT
- Souleymane’s Story at GFT
- The Smashing Machine at GFT
- A House of Dynamite at GFT
- Mika & Me Optical Studios Glasgow
