Giving Nature a Home in Glasgow

For our final webinar in the Glasgow to Globe series, we heard from Strathclyde University’s Cameron Mackay and Gemma Jennings from Malls Mire Community Woodland on how we can use nature to build climate-ready cities. https://vimeo.com/61902567...

Over the last month, the Glasgow team have been running a series of webinars looking at how nature can help us cope with ecological and environmental crises from Glasgow to Globe. We focused on one topic per week: overheating, food security, flooding...

Earlier this week, we hosted Graham Bell (permaculturist and author) and Patrick Holden (CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust) to discuss food in the second of our four webinars on nature solutions for climate change issues. Our food relies on being gro...

The Glasgow to Globe Nature Solutions webinars started on Wednesday, with talks about how nature can help us limit overheating. With man-made climate change driving record temperatures, heat will become a new threat in much of the world as we are for...

The Glasgow to Globe Nature Solutions webinars started on Wednesday, with talks about how nature can help us limit overheating. With man-made climate change driving record temperatures, heat will become a new threat in much of the world as we are for...

Glasgow will be saying farewell to Dippy the Dinosaur on May 6. He's had a HUGE impact on everyone who's seen him, and it'll be very sad to say goodbye. But before he's off, there's another weekend of wild fun planned, and Dippy will be joined by a g...

From January 22, The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow will be saying a massive hello to Dippy. Sarah-Jayne Forster tells us more: A short history of Dippy In 1898, a near-complete skeleton of a Diplodocus was uncovered in Wyoming. Belon...

RSPB Scotland volunteer Michaela Barton, reports.  On December 11, high school environmentalists gathered at the Glasgow Science Centre to discuss a 30-year plan for Glasgow’s green future. The conference was the culmination of the Glasgo...

This year’s Youth Conference will bring together the best young minds at Glasgow Science Centre, as they plan for Glasgow’s environmental future in a series of presentations and hands-on seminars. Volunteer Michaela Barton reports. People...

Volunteer Michaela Barton, fills us in on the latest events with the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival 2018 The Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival is continuing this August as part of GO LIVE! at the Green. This innovative live experience brings together...

As the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival approaches its third weekend, guest blogger Deirdre Heddon explains a bit more about her participation in the festival, through the Walking Library. The Walking Library is a creative research project initiated...

Swifts are returning to our skies after spending a lovely, warm winter in Africa. We’re even running an event all about them at the Kelvingrove Museum this weekend as part of the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival! But how well do you know these sickle...

Over the next four weekends, there will be dozens of events running at sites all over the city as part of the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival 2018. This is a celebration, not only of our city's wildlife and green spaces, but we're also marking...

From Springburn Park to Victoria Park, Garnethill to Lambhill: there are dozens of events running across Glasgow this spring to celebrate the city's amazing wildlife and greenspaces! The main events for the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival start...

We dug out our leg warmers, and double denimed to the max today at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, to help launch the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival 2018 in style! Jenny Tweedie explains: Photo by Louise Greenhorn In 1988, the Glasgow...

2018 is going to be a big year for wildlife in Glasgow! Fiona Weir, Giving Nature a Home Project Manager, tells us more. This year, RSPB Scotland and Glasgow City Council are teaming up with partners, organisations and community gardens right across...

Winter is beginning to make its presence felt and the Hedgehogs and Habitats event that took place at Kelvingrove Art Gallery on Sunday 22 October, gave everyone a little reminder about looking after nature at this time of the year. Volunteer, Kyle Reid...

Glasgow Wildfest continues this weekend, and it's taking on a rather musical slant in celebration of National Chamber Music Day! The Hidden Gardens, in Glasgow's South Side, will be open from 12pm-6pm on Saturday as part of Doors Open Day, and...

Our leaflet for Glasgow Wildfest this year was illustrated by the artist Stuart Hatt. He tells us a bit about how he came up with the design. Hi! My Name is Stuart Hatt and I run ‘The Squid & Nib’ – an independent art and illustration...

We’re proud to announce the full line up of events for Glasgow Wildfest 2017! The leaflet is on its way to the printers right now, but you can download an electronic version at the end of this blog, so you don’t have to wait to find out what’s...

By Joe Crossland Spring has well and truly sprung, and the keen eyed among you will have noticed many birds with beak-fuls of nesting material in recent weeks. Those of us who put out nest boxes earlier in the year are keeping our fingers crossed that...

The results are in for the Glasgow Wildlife Photography Competition. Paul Gunn tells us more... Throughout the spring, RSPB Scotland’s Giving Nature a Home in Glasgow team have been looking for your top photographs of our fair city’s...

Enter our Glasgow wildlife photography competition for your chance to be part of an exhibition at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Picture by Louise Conn It’s possible to have a wildlife encounter, even in the heart of Glasgow. Our...

Joe Crossland is one of our dedicated house sparrow volunteers in Glasgow. In this blog, he tells us about the project to help these birds, and what you can do to support sparrows in your own garden at home. House sparrows are in decline all over the...

As our exciting HLF-funded project ‘Dear Green Futures’ continues into the winter months, Community Greenspace Officer Paul Gunn welcomes some new faces into the fold. With all student interest groups, there comes a time where a changing...