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First round of Thornliebank Primary visits – May 2022
May 2, 2022Thornliebank Library welcomed each year group from Thornliebank Primary and ELCC over the month of May. This has been a brilliant way to share what The Root Cause project is, why it’s important and excitingly kick-starting the planning our community Gardens features and functionality! We recapped the wonderful Root Cause… -
Earth Day
April 12, 202222nd April 2022 To celebrate #EarthDay, the Root Cause project held a ‘Hairy Caterpillar’ and ‘Earth man’ event at Giffnock and Thornliebank Libraries, led by the brilliant Kay and Alan. The children got to make either a ‘Caterpillar’ or ‘Earth man’ out of grass seed and soil. They took them… -
Science Week – Food Scraps Anyone?
March 2, 2022March 2022 #ScienceWeek took place between 11th-20th March and we held a food scrap event for the Root Cause project at Giffnock library, led by the wonderful Briony! This event showed the children (and parents) how some veggies could be regrown easily from veg scraps, simply on the windowsill at… -
The Root Cause Project
March 1, 2022Welcome We were so excited to be successful with a funding bid to Scottish Library and Information Council to deliver ‘The Root Cause Project’. So…what is The Root Cause Project? Thornliebank Library has a lovely but unused outdoor space surrounding the building and we hope to transform this into a…