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Quick Pickles
February 14, 202314th February 2023 We just had to share this tasty recipe card for quick pickles that was added to Giffnock Library’s Eco Tips Wall. Yum! Do you have any recipe ideas that saves on food waste as well as the pennies? Pop them on to your library’s Eco Tips Wall… -
Big Garden Bird Watch
January 27, 202327th January 2023 Big Garden Birdwatch long weekend starts today. There’s still time to sign-up and take part. RSPB need your help- can you spend one hour between Friday 27 and Sunday 29 January counting the birds? If yes, you will be helping the RSPB to see how birds are… -
Digger is here!
December 11, 202211th December Groundworks has begun in the garden and this nifty little digger has done a brilliant job of preparing the grounds for a new accessible path and children’s section. Check back later for some ‘after’ photos! -
Eco Tips
December 8, 202208 December 2022 We have put up Eco Tips Walls for everyone and anyone to pop up their ideas, tips or even pledges that can help to make greener choices in everyday life. We have loved reading all of the amazing suggestions from the community and have picked out some… -
Water Pollution
November 16, 20224th October 2022 For Giffnock Library’s children’s event about water pollution, we explored facts in Giffnock’s junior non-fiction books. From here we made a big display wall naming different pollutants, alongside the things we could do to actively protect the environment. Finally, we built a water filter together, taking it… -
Minibeasts & Pebble Painting
November 14, 202214th Nov 2022 Thornliebank Primary 1 class and primary 7 helpers returned to the library as part of their ongoing Root Cause Project work. This week, we discovered some facts about minibeasts and how clever and helpful insects are for the natural habitat. Minibeasts often get a bad reputation as… -
Making Bird Feeders
November 9, 20229th November 2022 It was all about birds today when primary 1 class and some of the primary 7 class visited Thornliebank library. The temperature has definitely dropped so we chatted about how we can help our little winged friends to get food over winter. The children were brilliant at… -
Creative Writing Part 2
October 31, 202231st October 2022 Kirsty, one of the writers who came along to the creative writing sessions with Lesley has shared a piece with us. Taking inspiration from arrivals and departures from Giffnock train station and our sense of place. Train Arrival departure, small window of chance and chaos The platform… -
Swapping Books for Spades
October 28, 202228th October 2022 This morning, I donned my wellies and spent a lovely hour with colleagues from East Ren Council’s Environment team, Sam and Mark, helping them and other volunteers to plant the last of the remaining trees from the ‘Wee Woods’ project. ‘Wee Woods’ is a Cop26 legacy project… -
Creative Writing
October 14, 20225th October 2022 Lesley Traynor, published and passionate writer and founder of ‘Women With Fierce Words’ has just finished delivering a wonderful block of creative writing sessions as part of the project. We invited Lesley to write a piece for the blog about the sessions. Enjoy! Storytelling is a way…