SPRING NEWSLETTER

At last spring has arrived!

As you may know the Friends of Maxwell Park obtained funding from Pollokshields Area Committee to restore the George Forrest bed at the Dalziel Drive entrance. This should be going ahead soon and will be fenced to stop our dogs from rushing in to select the first bush - it may also deter folk from stealing plants which has happened in the past.

To celebrate this the Friends are organising a trip to the Scottish Plant Collector's Garden in Pitlochry on Sunday 12th June. Please email/leave a note at the Burgh Halls if you wish to come along. The cost will be £15 to include travel and entrance fee.

SUNDAY 5TH JUNE - READY STEADY GROW

This year we are back in the Loggia to the rear of the Burgh Halls. Please come along and enjoy tea, coffee or soft drinks and home baking. As usual we will have a plant stall so if you have any plants you wish to donate they will be most welcome.

POND DRAINAGE

For the third year running attempts to drain the pond have proved unsuccessful owing to a mechanical failure and the bad winter when ice prevented the operation starting before the nesting season. Hopefully this will happen in the autumn.

A number of dogs have been taking to the water - this causes disturbance to nesting wildfowl so please keep dogs under control around the pond area.

Hector has been doing a great job of keeping the park tidy given the amount of working days due to cutbacks. Please help him to keep the beds tidy and place litter in the many bins provided! Again dogs off the beds please and ball games are best played away from formal planting areas.