Gartcosh - Off the Rails
Northern Corridor Community Volunteers
Our project aims to replace the suburban planting scheme at the North Platform of our local station with native shrubs, small trees , wildflowers and plants that complement the rural location and increase biodiversity.
Visitor Information
Gartcosh Station
Gartcosh
North Lanarkshire
G69 8AA
Currently the bankings between the Car Park and Public walkway at Gartcosh Station are planted with a monoculture of Common Dogwood which supports little biodiversity and creates a floor level dead zone that traps windblown litter. The station is open to the public at all times but if you would like someone to come and talk to you during your visit please get in touch.
Get involved
Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
Our next event will be weeding and installing some upcycled artwork and signage - Sunday 1st September
Get in touch
Contact information
[email protected]
07905909797
Photos of the site
Claustrophobic monoculture of dog
Friday, December 28, 2018
Getting Stuck in with Billhooks
Sunday, March 24, 2019
after task 1
Sunday, March 24, 2019
More Dogwood Clearance
Saturday, April 13, 2019
very hot volunteers cooling down
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Hazel trees planted
Friday, April 19, 2019
Fantastic Berry Shrubs
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Planting the Wildflowers
Monday, April 22, 2019
more planting in the sun
Monday, April 22, 2019
halfway through
Monday, April 22, 2019
getting as far as we can just now
Monday, April 22, 2019
ox eye daisies planted
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
half of the dogwood cuttings gone
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
site finally clear
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
The next bed getting cleared
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Bit of thinning out- hello banner
Wednesday, August 14, 2019What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moved some self seeded alder and thinned down the Rose Bay Willowherb that had seeded in the plot. | 14/08/2019 - 11:00 | 4 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| More dogwood removed | 17/07/2019 - 10:30 | 6 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Removed a huge amount of dogwood - planted more wildflowers and trees, weeded a bit | 16/07/2019 - 10:30 | 8 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Removed a huge amount of dogwood - planted more wildflowers and trees, weeded a bit | 16/07/2019 - 10:30 | 8 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| We held a signage planning workshop - where we talked about content for the signs and what design we should use | 26/06/2019 - 18:30 | 7 | Mixed ages |
| We held a workshop on growing cuttings using Forsythe Pots - we provided attendees with all materials and cuttings | 29/05/2019 - 18:30 | 25 | Mixed ages |
| We planted out lots more berry bushes and some more primrose - we watered the plamts and dug holes for the remaining trees | 11/05/2019 - 15:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| We moved the dogwood cuttings by hand to a new area to dry out in order that we could hold a planting and seed sowing event | 01/05/2019 - 11:00 | 6 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| More Watering - back with another 30 Litres to keep these thirsty plants happy | 24/04/2019 - 12:15 | 2 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Watering - Wow who knew it would be so hot and dry | 23/04/2019 - 18:15 | 2 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Adding Wildflowers to make the space amazing - Red and White Campion, Field Scabious, Bugle, Valerian, Herb Bennet, Herb Robert and more | 22/04/2019 - 14:00 | 7 | Mixed ages |
| Planting out native Ligonberry bushes/Blaeberry, Juniper and Broom to add shrub layer to our planting | 21/04/2019 - 13:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| Tree Panting - 5 Hazels and 4 Aspen planted - Aspen planted in tree bags to restrict growth | 20/04/2019 - 13:00 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Ground Clearance Day 2 - Digging out the remaining roots and digging holes for our trees to go into | 19/04/2019 - 13:00 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Ground Clearance Day 1 - digging out the roots of the dogwood | 18/04/2019 - 11:00 | 4 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Spent a long afternoon cutting back more of the Dogwood | 13/04/2019 - 13:00 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Held Community Planning meeting looking at the planting plan and getting feedback from attendees | 08/04/2019 - 18:00 | 5 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Had a great chat with Stephanie about how the project is going and a couple of tactics that will help keep us on track | 04/04/2019 - 10:45 | 1 | 45 – 54 years |
| We manually took out a huge chunk of the dogwood, plenty still to come out though! | 24/03/2019 - 14:00 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |