Author Archives: Kelvinside AA

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”

This year the Julian site open day is on 22 June and is to be part of WestFest, the Glasgow West End summer festival. The organisers are lead by the Julian Site Manager, Maggie McLellan, who is looking for all the helpers she can get. So if you have any time to spare on thatContinue reading “Julian Site Open Day June 22”

Firstly a reminder that the monthly Clear Up (or Maintenance Day) will be on Saturday June 1 at both sites. Kirklee from 10.00am to 12.00pm and Julian from 11.00am to 12.00am. Do come, meet your fellow plotholders and contribute to making the allotments a natural and beautiful environment. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be on offerContinue reading “June Maintenance Day and Inspection”

The next maintenance day/clear up is Saturday May 4th on both sites. On the Kirklee site the clear up runs from 10.00am – 12.00pm, on the Julian site it is 11.00am – 12.00pm. At both sites participants can relax with tea or coffee at 12.00. As usual it is recognised that Saturday mornings are notContinue reading “Maintenance Day Reminder”