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Victoria Park Community Trust (of which Friends is a Member) held this event in celebration of the Commonwealth Games returning to Glasgow. The Games funded this event, which was held in conjunction with Halo Arts, with a strong focus on sports and local culture. There was even a 'Pop-Up' performance by Scottish Opera. The event was well attended with we believe some 4000 local people enjoying the event. Please see the photos below which gives a good reflection of the event.
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On Sunday 26th July, we had our July Wildlife Watch session in Victoria Park! We warmed up with a game and a story round the animal totems. We then headed out on a safari hunt round the park! We spotted lots of different creatures from bees to birds to fish 🐝 🦢🐟 We then finished up by making some postcards to remember our safari trip - some favourite animals spotted included a wasp, ladybird, bumblebee and a duck! Thanks to all our Wildlife Watchers that came along. Our next session (pond dipping 🐸) is on Sunday 23rd Aug. You can book on via the Eventbrite link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../victoria-park-wildlife...) As part of the gardening tasks undertaken by Friends, we are attempting to create a range of flowering plants for flying insects (bees and pollinating insects) using a mixture of natural plants. Like all the beds, these need regular weeding and this summer, with its warm, sunny June and July, the weeds have been very active. Friends had received funds to purchase more flowering plants and these have now been added to the beds. We discovered there were two buddleia plants growing that must have self-seeded. There were left in situ as they are particularly attractive to butterflies. Today, we had 8 volunteers join us and worked hard improving these beds. The roses in the park are fantastic this year and bring a bold splash of colour and scent. This year’s great display is largely down to the fantastic volunteers from FoVP known as the 'Rose Ladies'. They have pruned all the roses, fed them, weeded the beds and sorted out the bark mulch. A big thanks to Janet, Sheila, Evelyn and Sandra for their brilliant work. Friends must thank all our lovely volunteers who came out this morning and helped tidy the Fosdil Grove and litterpicked along the park fence at Westland. The weather was actually quite nice and not hot before noon. Coffee and ice creams all deserved afterwards at the cafe. A good turnout on Saturday with 10 volunteers working hard on attacking the weeds in the formal beds. The team also planted 100 wild primroses on the embankment to the north of the basketball courts. These plants were provided by GCC and will add a burst of colour into this edge of the park. Many thanks to all who turned out today.  Hello to all local residents. Next Monday, 9th March at 6.30pm, Friends is holding its next Bat Walk. This is the 4th year we've held this really popular event and everyone is delighted to see the bats flying around our heads and feeding on the insects.Please come dressed for a cold, probably damp evening. FoVP will provide the bat detectors which you use to hear the ultrasonic sounds the bats make. With these detectors you will easily see the bats, assuming they don't stay home.We will meet at the pond / toilets in the centre of the park and then split into groups to walk around the park. The bats normally fly around the trees and pond feeding on insects so this is a good location.The bats only come out of their roosts just at dusk, as the daylight is fading; this can be earlier or later depending on the cloud cover and a cloudy evening will bring dusk earlier.Please be aware the park will become darker as the evening progresses and you and any children should be prepared for the darkening conditions.As the event is popular, with possibly 30 people, everyone should be safe and we expect groups of say 6 people/group. We would ask everyone to remain in their chosen group. Everyone is of course free to leave at any time.
If anyone has their own bat detectors, please can you bring them along. On a rather damp dreich but very mild February afternoon Friends had a great turn out of 7 volunteers to clean up the paths in the Fossil Grove. Wouldn’t recommend eating my dinner off the finished path though. On Saturday 24th January, Friends started the new year with a litter pick around the park and local streets. The weather on the day was dry but cold and cloudy so expectations were not great. We were amazed to have a wonderful turn out of 14 volunteers. As well as our regular bunch, we had 3x young lads from Hydeland secondary school doing their DofE, a father and son from Newton Mearns, and a new volunteer from Broomhill; we hope this new volunteer will continue to come along.
We split into 4 groups, 2x of whom went to the Victorian Gate and then split west and east, clearing litter both inside and outside the fence line where much litter tends to gather and not be collected by the council. Another group headed south to the fence line and underpass and then west to Westland Drive. The last group headed to the Fossil Grove. We didn't count the number of bags of rubbish but there must have been at least 14, one for each volunteer. We all retired proud of a job well done and hoping our example will have rubbed off on passers by. It's also great to meet others who reguklarly do the same; somehow, as a society, we have to keep on top of the litter. Thanks to all, both on Saturday and every other day.  Are you up for a challenge in 2026? Then take part in the Glasgow Kiltwalk, on 25 and 26 April and make Victoria Park Community Trust your chosen charity. Not only will this be an incredible personal achievement, but you’ll also be helping us to revitalise one of Glasgow’s best loved parks.
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