Since the last post, just over a week ago, there have been many conversations in anticipation of the first Skelmorlie Wellbeing Festival taking place in August/September 2024. This will be dependent on funding, but it’s necessary to plan so that we can act quickly upon funding. Skelmorlie Nature & Wellbeing Festival Planning Meeting We had […]
Tonight is the night, 7pm at the Community centre! Join us for the plant sale and film night. Absolutely blown away by the generosity of camera-shy Reece at All Hands On Earth for our plant sale. He has kindly given us some beautiful – not quite fit for sale but still very much alive – […]
On Monday’s monthly Community Council meeting Nick Hobson of Skelmorlie Environment Trust tabled the proposal for the Trust to develop a Local Place Plan on behalf of the Community. We are delighted that the Community Council backed our proposal and have agreed that Skelmorlie Environment Trust can lead this initiative. “What’s a Local Place Plan?” […]
So who’s excited for green screen night with plant sale this time next week??? We cannot wait for an excuse to buy plants, have some chat and watch a film together. Pictured are just small selection of just some of the plants getting ready for their new homes – and there are a lot more […]
Please note we have changed the time to 9:30 – 11am. Simon and I went down for a recce at the litter pick location. It is doable but stand by my previous advice that you must be physically fit for this one! If you don’t feel up to scrambling up and down the embankment, you […]
Join us for a litter pick at Station Hill in Skelmorlie! The embankment towards the Kelly burn has a lot of litter and needs some cleaning. Although there will be some pavement areas which can be reached easily, much of the terrain is difficult. Use your discretion on whether you want to help with the trickier bits. […]
After a bit of a hiatus, we’re excited to be back with our green screen nights – and this time with the added benefit of a plant swap! The film – Kiss The Ground This time we are learning about the importance of the good old brown stuff it’s too easy to take for granted. […]
We have changed the time to 10 am on Sunday for our Mulching event, meet on Toward view by the park! The seaweed is ready :). Hopefully a few of you can come and help and we’ll have it done in no time! […]
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for your support, help, presence, baking, ideas, muscles & energy! The committee are tired, delighted and satisfied after a day of planting. We were so effective that we had to slow down to allow some trees to be left for the afternoon team to plant. Lunch was fantastic with […]
From getting the grant awarded to planting day has been quite a quick turnaround, but we’ve made it through, and are all ready for action tomorrow. Our volunteers have had a plan emailed out to them, we’re delighted that so many people are going to join us. In the lead-up, and with liaison from various […]
