Race against Himilayan Balsam

25 June 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Himalayan Balsam KnockbackProjects

In the news Interesting little article in the Greenock Tele! Did you know you can be fined for having this in your garden! Good news is we’re working on removing it from Skelmorlie. Working on the patch We’ve been working hard to eradicate a Himalayan Balsam patch from the top of the football pitches next […]

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Himilayan Balsalm Pulling at Pitches

09 May 2025
8:45 am - 10:00 am
Himalayan Balsam KnockbackProjects

Read more about our project Himilayan Balsalm Knockback. Meet us at the rear of the football pitches for some satisfying weed pulling! We’ll so a short session (or as long as you like) and then we’ll organise some more once we see how far we get. The aim is to concentration this and get them […]

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Clearing Himilayan Balsalm

15 April 2025
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Himalayan Balsam KnockbackProjects

We’ve noticed significant growth of Himalayan balsam around the upper area of Kelly Glen, particularly near the rear of the mugga. While these plants might appear attractive, Himalayan balsam is highly invasive and can rapidly take over, hindering the growth of our native Scottish plants and reducing biodiversity. Kelly Glen is a uniquely special woodland […]

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Time to mulch our fruit trees!

10 January 2025
9:30 am - 11:30 pm
Community Fruit TreesProjects

We’ll meet 9.30 am at Meigle Beach with cars and bags to pick up seaweed. Bring a few gardening tools, such as gloves, secateurs for freeing any trapped branches/cutting away long grass, mallets for stake consolidation and some cable ties. Whatever you have kicking around at home, don’t go out buying anything as we can […]

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