Upcoming Events


SEPTEMBER


Dragons in your Garden (EVENING WORKSHOP) Tue 8 Sept


7 - 9 pm Pavilion


Evening workshop by Froglife’s Scottish Dragon Finder. Encourage children to learn about frogs, toads, newts, lizards and slow worms and try out ways to invite these creatures into your garden. Workshop is suitable for adults and older children.


Walled Garden Tour Fri 18 Sept


1 - 2 pm No Booking required.


Research Workshop Thurs 22 Oct


10 am - 4 pm Pavilion 0141 638 4121


This workshop will teach you how to find and analyse mapping and archival information to research sites and places that have always intrigued you.


Final Walled Garden Tour Fri 23 Oct


1 - 2 pm Pavilion 0141 638 4121


Find out how the Walled Garden re-development is progressing. Works include rebuilding shrub and flower beds, laying new accessible paths, fixing the walls, creating interpretation areas and planting thousands of new plants and trees. Booking Required.


Fungi in the Park (EVENING TALK) Tues 29 Sept


7 - 9 pm Pavilion Pavilion


Creepy Crafts Fri 30 Oct Pavilion


0141 638 4121


Let Graeme Walker of Clyde and Argyll Fungus Group put the ‘fun’ in ‘fungi’ with a fascinating talk about local mushrooms and toadstools. Colourful slides and interesting anecdotes; increase your understanding of this neglected but absorbing kingdom. Booking required.


OCTOBER


Fungi Discovery Sat 17 Oct


2 - 4 pm Pavilion 0141 638 4121


Join Fungus expert Graeme Walker on a park foray to learn about the endemic mushrooms and other fungi.


Bryophytes (EVENING TALK) Tues 20 Oct


6.30 - 8.30 pm Booking Required. Booking Required.


All children must be accompanied by an adult. Always wear suitable clothing and footwear. Booking is essential unless otherwise stated. All events are FREE unless otherwise stated.


Key Date Meeting Point Time Contact


0141 638 4121


Have a final look at the progress of the Walled Garden re-development.


Booking Required.


6 - 7.30 pm 0141 638 4121


Double Double, Toil and Trouble... join us for some spooky Halloween arts and crafts


Booking required.


NOVEMBER


Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre Tue 3 Nov


7 - 9 pm Pavilion


Rouken Glen uses Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre for any wildlife emergencies in the park. Learn more about the work of the local wildlife rescue service.


Pavilion 0141 638 4121


Botanist Ben Averis will talk about the world of bryophytes (mosses, hornworts and liverworts). These are the simplest and most ancient form of terrestrial plants. They colonise rocks, trees, soil and water. Ben will be discussing his recent bryophytes survey of Rouken Glen Park.


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Feed the Birds Sat 14 Nov


Booking Required. No Booking Required.


1 - 3 pm


Pavilion


0141 638 4121


During winter some birds struggle to find food. Give them a helping hand by making a bird feeder. Join us for a short walk afterwards to see what different species we can find.


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Rouken Glen Park, East Renfrewshire Council, Environment Department, Thornliebank Depot, 190 Carnwadric Road, Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire G46 8HR.


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