Author Archives: Kelvinside AA

A reminder that, because the council has changed its ‘financial year’ as regards allotment rentals, the association has decided that the timing of its AGM has to be changed. An AGM was held on 19th November 2025 in accordance with the constitution where the 30 members present unanimously agreed to alter Paragraph 6b of theContinue reading “AGM on March 5th 2026”

The 2026 GAF Potato Day is scheduled for Saturday February 21 from 11.00am till 2.00pm. As last year, it is to be held in the Pearce Institute, 840 Govan Rd. There will be 40+ varieties of spuds plus onions, shallots, garlic, fertiliser, compost and grow bags. The cafe will be open for coffee and cakeContinue reading “GAF Potato Day Feb 21”

Remember, and tell all your friends and acquaintances, that the Julian Avenue allotment site is holding its Open Day on Saturday August 23rd. From 2.00pm to 5.00pm. The good weather is currently forecast to hold, with zero probability of rain in the afternoon, so it should be a lovely experience.

The book chosen for this meeting is The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. The meeting will be held from 5.00pm to 6.00pm on Wednesday April 2nd in the Communal Shed on the Kirklee Site. The Association has a number of copies of the book on loan from the library. So email the committeeContinue reading “Next Book Group Meeting April 2nd”

The next book for the group is Held by Anne Michaels. We have library copies to share around so let us know if you want to borrow a copy and come along to the shed near the big gate on the Kirklee allotment site. We meet from 5 – 6pm and although we normally meetContinue reading “Book Group Meeting Feb 26th”

On Friday Jan 24 Storm Eowyn blew over Glasgow creating quite a lot of havoc as it went. Our allotment sites were not spared. Sheds were blown over on both sites, some merely damaged, others destroyed. The Kirklee site suffered considerably less damage than the Julian site possibly because it is on flat land andContinue reading “Storm Eowyn damage”

The first meeting of 2025 will take place on Sunday 19 January from 5.00 to 6.00pm in or next to the communal shed beside the big gate on the Kirklee site. The book will be Silent Earth by Dave Goulson. We have a number of copies from the library so let us know if youContinue reading “KAA Book Group Jan. 2025”

The annual general meeting will be held at 7.00pm on Thursday 21 November 2024 at the Scottish Mask and Puppet Theatre, 8 – 10 Balcarres Avenue, Glasgow G12 0QF. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 6.30pm. All KAA members should have received an email with full details and all the relevant documents forContinue reading “KAA annual general meeting 2024”

The Open Day for the KAA Julian Avenue site was held on Saturday June 22. We were really lucky to have a warm, sunny day and the visitors all seemed to enjoy themselves. The stalls – offering flowers, plants, tombola, tea coffee and home baking……. were all very busy. In addition to a guided walkContinue reading “KAA Open Day June 2024”

We were bathed in sunshine at our June book group meeting: 9 of us gathered around a table  on the Kirklee site, 4 of us with plots at Julian Avenue, 5 of us with plots on Kirklee. The home-made, allotment-grown rhubarb cake disappeared quickly. We’d shared around three titles by Raynor Winn that we’d borrowedContinue reading “Book group summer meetings”