General Meeting
It’s been a while and a lot has been happening! We hope lots of you can join us to discuss where we are just now and our plans for the future! Meet in the “Eggie” Eglinton Bar at 7 pm on Wednesday the 15th of November! […]
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Lovely to meet you!
Skelmorlie Environment Trust attended the community centre open day on Saturday. We were delighted to meet many people from the area, many of whom hadn’t heard of us before. It was great to see what other groups there are in the community too. Suggestions from the community There were some excellent suggestions of the types […]
Wee October Update
We’ve all been a bit busy over the summer and have happily been letting nature do its thing. But, like the little mushrooms coming out in the crescent, Skelmorlie environment trust is back with fresh energy and is looking forward to planning what’s next! We’ve been delighted to see new members trickling in on the […]
Meet Us At Skelmorlie Community Centre Open Day!
Skelmorlie Environment Trust are delighted to be attending the Skelmorlie Community Centre Open Day! It’s a gathering of all the local groups in the village, where you are invited to come along and find out a bit more about what is happening in Skelmorlie. We would be delighted to meet our newest members in person […]
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Community Fruit Trees – Project Idea?
SET were tagged in a post recently for tree grants and were thinking of ways we could take this idea forward. We’ve discovered that lots of communities in Ayrshire and Inverclyde have already planted fruit trees and were thinking it could be an idea to do the same in Skelmorlie. We want to get your […]
Spooky Halloween Forest Walk
We would like to invite you down to Skelmorlie Crescent North for some Halloween fun! Join us during your guising! Meet us at the North side and follow the lights to the clearing. There you will find some traditional Halloween games and perhaps even a spooky story or two (age appropriate). Hope to see you […]
Chipper Day(s) at the Crescent!
The time has finally come to actually chip away the big piles of wood collected! Watching out for our feathery friends One of our members rightly pointed out that nesting birds could be a concern at this time of year and so contacted the RSPB. The RSPB advised that as long as we do a […]
Grant Secured for Skelmorlie Crescent North
We’re delighted to announce that we have won a small grant to help with our Skelmorlie Crescent North project! Just a small pot of £200 which will help us move things forward and keep our coffers full. Next stop – chipper hire! […]
Angus joins us for a walk in Kelly Woods
Angus Hannah, plant recorder for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland will join us for a walk in our Kelly Woods. Angus is an expert in woodlands and will be able to tell us much about our rare and beautiful ancient woodland. Building upon his previous visit in the wintertime, Angus was keen to […]
A review of our talk from Eadha Enterprises
We were delighted to welcome Peter Livingstone of Eadha Enterprises for our first talk. Aspen – a forgotten Scottish native He gave us an overview of the importance and rarity of Aspen trees around Scotland. These previously would have been very common around Scotland but due to our unique (and unfortunately destructive) land management and […]
