Once Upon Today

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Ro Ly-Co and Woodlands Garden

91 – 111 West Princes Stree, G4

Sunday, June 16, 2013 – 11:00am until 4:00pm

Free

As part of The Glasgow Science Festival and West End Festival, this free family event will share the story of the garden, some green-fingered crafting tricks and ideas for living more sustainably.

The nature walks will be led by eco-storyteller, Allison Galbraith –

The morning walk leaving from the rear entrance to Kelvingrove museum at 11am along the path by the Kelvin and up West Princes street up to Woodlands Community Garden.

Please book by emailing – [email protected]

The afternoon walk will be a dropin, leaving from the garden at 3pm back to the museum where there are plenty of other Science Festival activities!

In the garden there will be different tricks throughout the day:

* A visit from Forest Nymph Ariel Killick sharing Nature and Gaelic Tales*

* Performance Poetry from the Woodlands Poetry Class *

* Planting seeds – a little nature for you to take home *

* Upcycling crafts with Carol *

* Recycled sculpturing with Katie *

And information stalls from local environmental organisations and campaigns such as

    Friends of the River Kelvin
    Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team
    and
    News from the Amazon Awareness Network

Oh and tea, coffee and home baking too!

AND we would like to invite you to share your story – what’s growing in your garden, memories of bygone eras, catastrophe and beauty – we are our own heros and villans.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Woodlands Community Gardens