The latest update from the volunteers at the project:

The next informal gardening session in the Battlefield Community Garden will on Monday 2nd May from 4pm. We’ll then have another session @ 5pm on Sunday 15th May. All welcome.
We’ll be at the Southside Festival on the 28th May in Queens Park and we’ve set the date for our own Battlefield Street Party for the 9th July in the Community Garden.

The Battlefield Community Project is working in partnership with Southside based community and environmental organisation on a range of projects this year – including support for the community garden project, transport and energy work. More to follow on that soon, but for now please see the attached for the Urban Roots Blossom Festival, to take place in Toryglen, 11am – 4pm on Saturday 30th April. The day will be a vibrant celebration of environmental arts, gardening, sustainable transport and diy energy fun. There’ll be music, food and other entertainments. All welcome.

Blossom Festival Poster

There will be a ‘Question Time’ Hustings event on Sunday 1st May, 7pm at Langside Parish Church.

Members of the public are invited to ask the Glasgow Cathcart candidates their questions.

A message from the Battlefield Community Project:

On behalf of everyone at Battlefield Community Project I am delighted to send you a link to our first Achievements Report, which we have made available online (http://bit.ly/eCLo6A)

We have also created a Google Map for the area http://bit.ly/h9XHpk and we will be holding a garden planning day and litter pick on Saturday 2 April from midday onwards.

We hope that you will be able to attend one of our events or visit the garden at some point during 2011 and if you have any questions then please get in touch. battlefieldcommunity@yahoo.co.uk

The improvement of the old Bluebell Woods land at Camphill Avenue  is now almost complete. After public discussions, the grant from  Glasgow City Council Langside Area Committee was spent on improving paths, installing 4 new lights to increase safety  and planting of 30 semi-mature native trees to begin the restoration  of the woodland. The planting was carried out by Michael Lee of  Aspen  Trees, a Battlefield based firm, on 10^th February . He reported  that “the feedback we got from people passing today was very positive regarding the trees”. Later in 2011 some more bluebell bulbs will be planted to add to the existing and slowly spreading display.  Photos of the new planting are below.