Anderston Health Day Sat 21st July 12.00-4.00

[G3 Growers]

G3 Growers are once again hosting our friends from Annexe Communities as they hold another Health Day in The Back Garden, 19-ish Brechin Street, Glasgow G3 7HF on Saturday 21st July from 12.00-4.00

All welcome.

Details to follow.

[G3 Growers]

The pictures show the site when we took it over and after about 6 months work.

[G3 Growers]

G3 Growers are always keen to welcome new members who live or work in the G3 area. At the Back Garden we grow our own vegetables; the work and harvest being shared among our members. If you would like to find out more, come along to this open day and see what we do.

[G3 Growers]

Events on the day will include

A health walk around the neighbourhood.

Smoothie workshops

A height, weight, BMI check and much more.

[HollowHorn]

Excellent work on the gardens, G3.

[G3 Growers]

Thanks HollowHorn. Here's a pic from almost exactly a year ago.

[G3 Growers]

REGULARS of this city-centre boozer couldn’t BEE-lieve it when the landlord installed a hive in the back garden.

Robert Mullen, 44, runs The Griffin Bar in Glasgow and installed the colony – which now contains a population of about 30,000 bees – to help boost the insects’ declining numbers.

He said: “I wanted to do my bit because bees are in trouble - and we could start getting our own Griffin honey out of it.”

The number of UK bee colonies has decreased by half in recent years due to a deadly parasitic virus, and Mr Mullen is well aware of the dangers involved in keeping them.

He added: “Quite a lot of things can go wrong. There might not be enough pollen or flowers. We need the colony to establish itself first.”

Honey bees are vital to plant and flower cross-pollination and are estimated to be worth around £1billion to the UK economy.

Mr Mullen’s bees have a range of about two miles, which means they will be able to reach a nearby park to access pollen.

I reckon The Back Garden is less than a mile from the Griffen. We look forward to welcoming the bees anythime.

[G3 Growers]

Tomorrow

[G3 Growers]

Thanks to anyone who managed along on Saturday. A good day was had by all.