Category: Events (Page 6 of 23)

New Victoria Gardens’ Annual Flower & Vegetable Show – 19 August 2-5pm

8th August 2017 / Heather Alexander / 0 Comments

New Victoria Gardens’ Annual Flower & Vegetable Show is adding something new this year —a home-grown High Street with ‘shops’ and open spaces dotted throughout the 3.3 acre site.

A highlight of the Glasgow summer calendar for over a century, this year’s event is set for Saturday, 19 August, 2-5pm at 55 Glenapp Street in Pollokshields G41 2NQ.

Among the attractions:

Vintage & Retro Boutique with upcycled clothing and collectables
Fiona’s Flower Shop, with cut flowers and bouquets, houseplants & floral-themed gifts
Shed-loads of Art – mini galleries in the greenhouses
High Rise Bakery with artisan loaves and rolls
The Open Air Market with jam, pickles and cordials plus pick-of-the-day produce
Street food – delicious grub with veggie options
The NVG Tea Room with legendary home-baking
Plants grown and sold by the allotmenteers
Kid’s corner with a bouncy castle and games
‘Live from Albert Square’ – music and performance in the courtyard
and no High Street is complete without a pub so there’s a beer & wine bar too!

All that and more, plus an old-time Flower & Vegetable Show, with hundreds of prize-winning plants, flowers and produce, much of it on sale for bargain prices at the end of the day.

Admission is a very reasonable £1, and accompanied children under 12 are free!

Bungo in the Back Lanes – clearing the lanes

15th June 2017 / Heather Alexander / 0 Comments

Bungo in the Back Lanes… It’s back, this Saturday June 17th, and better than ever!

To make sure that we make best use of the space in the lanes, we’re asking that folk could move vehicles out of the lanes, just for the day.

So, if your property backs on to the lanes, can you help by moving your car / van / etc out of the lane for the day please?

Thank you!

Bungo in the Back Lanes – helpful hint for stallholders

14th June 2017 / Heather Alexander / 0 Comments

Are you planning on having a stall in your garden or lane on Saturday?

Please ensure that you have adequate signage for your stall on the day, especially if you are tucked away in a garden. This helps us to keep people moving but – more important – helps them to find you so that you can earn more money in sales!

Volunteers wanted for Bungo in the Back Lanes

31st May 2017 / Heather Alexander / 0 Comments

Running this event takes a fair bit of work so we’re asking if there are any folk who would like to help out, especially on the day (June 17 this year), although there is some preparation work as well:

help by putting posters up around the area (and taking them down)
help to make sure the lanes are free of rubbish and hazards
help by moving your car / van / camper / trailer / etc out of the lanes on the day (June 17)
help to set up and take down on the day
help to steward the lanes on the day
help on one of the stalls on the day

For more on what’s needed and how to volunteer, check our Volunteers page.

Bungo in the Back Lanes 2017

18th May 2017 / Heather Alexander / 4 Comments

THE MUST-VISIT EVENT !

The Southside’s biggest residents’ lanes event is being held this coming Saturday, 17th June from 1-4pm.

This year will see the return of music, bars, tombola, food, children’s play area and much more.You can see the map of what will be where here.

For information about volunteering or hosting a stall, please email bitbl@strathbungo.co.uk.

Regent Park Square Street Party, Sunday 4 June 2017

17th May 2017 / Kevin Kane / 0 Comments

Hey folks, while you’re thinking of what to do for Bungo in the Back Lanes 2017 (Saturday 17th June), along comes another Strathbungo-based event from the folks that brought you Strathbungo Window Wanderland – with funding support from the Strathbungo Society.

The Council’s Street Play programme offers a free road closure – it usually costs around £1,000 – RPSSportsDay image so residents have decided to take up the offer and stage the first-ever Regent Park Square Street Party on Sunday 4 June 2017.

It’s got something for everyone; for the kids, there’s a Cycle Fun event and Sports Day; there’s home baking for discerning diners (please get in touch with organisers if you want to donate); a Bungo SwapShop (what can you swap, to get?) and – from 4.30pm – a self-organised, come ye all, Bungo BBQ (bring your own stuff).

Everyone’s welcome and the hope is that the road will be car-free all day! So hop, skip, jump or simply stroll down and mingle with the crowds.

It’s free and everyone’s welcome, but feel free to donate to keep the party going next year!

SPRING FLING 2017 – bigger and even better!

30th March 2017 / Heather Alexander / 0 Comments

After a week that saw snow, the day of Spring Fling enjoyed glorious sun that brought hundreds of local people into this year’s new venue of Langside Halls. The home baking donated by Strathbungo Society members and friends was a great attraction in the vintage-themed tea-room. Stall holders in the craft fair demonstrated the range of creativity at work in the Southside – with everything from hats to blankets to jewellery to greeting cards to ceramics to fashion for sale.

This year’s Bungo Bake-Off was even more popular than last year and the nearly two dozen entries looked amazing. Our guest judges – Chris from Christopher Robin and Jules from Snugglemuffin – had a tough job assessing the cakes, and after much deliberation Kevin Kane, Society Chair, awarded the following prizes:

Adult section:

1st prize: Michelle Aaron for Coconut and Passion-fruit Cake
2nd prize: Frances Johnstone for Chocolate and Honey Cake
3rd prize: Adell Mitchell for Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake

Junior section:

1st prize: Luca Corbett
Joint 2nd prize: Alexander Thomson
Joint 2nd prize: Matilda Barr

Thanks to everyone that made the event such a success. Firstly to Jules and Chris the Bake-Off Judges; to all those who donated prizes for the Bake-Off (Rosie Ilett and Gerry Hassan, Bakery 47, Christopher Robin, Gusto and Relish and Rock ‘n Rollers) and to all those who took part, and congratulations to the prize winners; to all the stall holders who came along and displayed their fabulous work; to everyone from the Strathbungo Society and their friends who helped on the day and who donated home baking, and to those who made other donations – Fenwick’s Café, Eastwood Toll; Snugglemuffin and Water Coolers Scotland. Thanks to Vera and the team at Langside Halls for all their help – and most of all to everyone who came along.

You’ll find photos from the event on our Facebook page. The photos are courtesy of Scott Obzrud, Tatiana dos Santos and Sharon Schweps.