Green Infrastructure Project Updates

29 September 2021 - Garnock Connections is a multi-layered project part-funded by the Green Infrastructure Community Engagement Fund. Looking after people’s well-being is just one strand in a suite of wonderful projects which bring biodiversity, cultural and physical activities together. Kate Cuthbert helps people explore the region on foot, and trains the next generation of walk leaders.

2 March 2022 - February in Glasgow. The skies were slate grey, it was decidedly chilly, and rain swept in regularly, yet nothing could take away from the sheer delight that is Claypits Local Nature Reserve. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, this is an incredible transformation. Join Robert Alston on a tour of this site and you come away enthused with how people can really make a difference.

28 October 2021 - Adaica Rodriguez has certainly packed variety into her working life. From studying breeding seabirds on the Farne Isles, to dealing with consultations over protected areas and designated sites, she has enjoyed an interesting career. However, a stint working in Aberdeen on a Green Infrastructure site remains amongst her fondest memories.

12 October 2021 - Since the end of the Second World War it is reckoned that we have lost 97% of our wildflower meadows. As a result we are losing the joy of seeing an explosion of colour during the summer months, and leaving some of our most precious bees, and other pollinators short on food and habitat. Through the Garnock’s Buzzing project we aim to do our bit to change this and make the Garnock Connections landscape a haven for pollinators.

21 September 2021 - To spend time talking with Peter Livingstone is an uplifting experience. His enthusiasm for trees, planting and habitat creation is infectious. A passionate and highly-knowledgeable member of the team at the Eadha Enterprises, this specialist tree nursery has been a key component in the Garnock Connections project.

14 September 2021 - It is widely accepted that children who experience outdoor learning are likely to be healthier, happier and better motivated than those who are confined to indoor classrooms. But for outdoor learning to succeed you need good outdoor spaces and that’s where Scotland’s Green Infrastructure Fund comes in.

17 September 2021 - On the first Saturday of October Glasgow’s Southside Housing Association will officially celebrate the completion of the ambitious works to transform greenspaces adjacent to Moss Heights high rise flats.

14 September 2021 - Michael McGuinness, Economic Development Manager for West Dunbartonshire Council, wears a broad smile these days. And so he should. The redevelopment of the former site of St Eunan’s Primary School into a thriving Community Park at a time when biodiversity loss and climate change concerns are high on the agenda is a significant success.

9 July 2021 - You have to journey back to around 1791 to trace the roots of the Forth and Clyde canal extension that links Hamiltonhill and Port Dundas. Then the existence of a thriving Clay Pit proved crucial in sourcing a local lining material for the expanding canal network. Today, however, the hustle and bustle of the industrial Clay Pit has been replaced by the altogether more soothing properties of the Claypits Local Nature Reserve.

15 June 2021 - Six years on from acquiring nature reserve status it is fair to say that outside space has never been better appreciated. The Covid crisis has meant that an escape from being confined to home has had to be a local option, so having good urban greenspace nearby has been increasingly valued.