It was a bit of a blustery day as the plaque for the Gurdwara shared garden was unveiled on Saturday 7th of March. The crocuses and daffodils were just beginning to peek through the soil. The blue and gold of the flowers echoed the flags that fly above the Gurdwara. We look forward to seeing […]
It was a bit of a blustery day as the plaque for the Gurdwara shared garden was unveiled on Saturday 7th of March.
The crocuses and daffodils were just beginning to peek through the soil. The blue and gold of the flowers echoed the flags that fly above the Gurdwara.
We look forward to seeing the different flowers that’ll appear throughout the year!
It was a busy night last night as Amanda and Andrea represented the Gardens at two events. Amanda was at BEMIS Multicultural Homecoming 2014 Celebration Dinner. BEMIS helped fund our film screening in October. Amanda writes “A big thank you to BEMIS for a very enjoyable evening celebrating Multicultural Homecoming on St Andrews Day. Thanks […]
It was a busy night last night as Amanda and Andrea represented the Gardens at two events.
Amanda was at BEMIS Multicultural Homecoming 2014 Celebration Dinner. BEMIS helped fund our film screening in October.
Amanda writes “A big thank you to BEMIS for a very enjoyable evening celebrating Multicultural Homecoming on St Andrews Day. Thanks to all the musicians and performers, especially the Scottish traditional musicians, the Hong Loc Lion dancers and Indepen-dance performers, and Glasgow Dholis drummers.
I learned a new recipe too – Edinburgh Fog, very tasty!”
Andrea represented the Gardens at the National Sikh Banquet Celebration Event. The Gardens have worked closely with the neighbouring Gurdwara, most recently in the Gurdwara Gardening project. It was a fantastic night highlighting the works of the Glasgow Gurdwara since it opened last year.
Andrea says “It was a great evening, and really successful fundraising event for the Glasgow Gurdwara. There was a great variety of food, and it was fun to chat about which foods we liked best. I loved seeing the Guru Granth Sahib choir again after their wonderful performance at our Mandela Celebration in July.”
It looks like both events were a lot of fun. Now back to work, ladies!
Volunteers from Glasgow Gurdwara and The Hidden Gardens have worked together to plant up the border at the entrance to the Gurdwara. Over a number of weeks, volunteers chose flowers whose colours were significant to the Sikh faith, as well as flowers that promote biodiversity. We want bees and butterflies to enjoy this border, too! […]
Volunteers from Glasgow Gurdwara and The Hidden Gardens have worked together to plant up the border at the entrance to the Gurdwara. Over a number of weeks, volunteers chose flowers whose colours were significant to the Sikh faith, as well as flowers that promote biodiversity. We want bees and butterflies to enjoy this border, too!
The group spent some time thinking about plants that would be significantly blue and yellow, and also thought about plants that would work year-round, with a variety of textures, to make this a visually stimulating border. We went for a mix of annuals and perennials, such as rudbeckia, as well as planting blue crocus and yellow narcissi bulbs which will blossom in the spring.
At the beginning of the project, volunteers from Glasgow Gurdwara and The Hidden Gardens grew blue cornflowers and yellow Californian poppies from seeds in the Glasshouses, and these have now found their home in the border. We snuck a bit of the Gardens in there too! We planted some witch hazel, which features in the Ballet border and the Avenue of Trees.
The border was planted up by volunteers in time for Diwali, the Festival of Lights.