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Please consider JOINING our group. It is FREE, although donations are gratefully accepted. We put on many member (and public) events throughout the year. You can also get involved if you want, for example in looking after our park as part of our volunteer work party.
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We are going live on Facebook with a Dr Hilary Macartney lecture on Spanish Art in the Stirling Maxwell Collection of Pollok House @ 2pm. Please follow the link if you are interested in watching. https://www.facebook.com/events/1903676143667709/
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We would be very grateful if you choose to contribute a little for our work for the park and community. Please donate at https://www.friendsofpollokpark.com/donations/ and/or join if you haven't already (for FREE!) https://www.friendsofpollokpark.com/membership-form/
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'A Walk in the Woods' #FoPCP event
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Current weather notwithstanding, some springtime colour coming back into the park courtesy of Sally Gallagher.
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Just your occasional reminder that you can join our group for free (although donations are very much appreciated), this also gets you first dibs for the many events we stage! Join here https://www.friendsofpollokpark.com/membership-form/
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Mr & Mrs Goosander having a leisurely morning swim 😁
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Our AGM & General Public Meeting is next month, if you would like to attend please register at https://www.friendsofpollokpark.com/agm-registration-2026/
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Our AGM & General Public Meeting is next month, if you would like to attend please register at https://www.friendsofpollokpark.com/agm-registration-2026/
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Please be aware you cannot access via the walled garden, you have to go via faerie village and double back along the riverside walk. To find the garden's location; visit What Three Words via this link https://w3w.co/wrong.firm.moves
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Beautiful morning for a walk in the park this morning, spotted this young Cormorant surveying its options at the pond…..
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We had a very enjoyable and well-attended 'Lids Open' piano event co-hosted by Glasgow Piano Project and ourselves in The Burrell Collection auditorium last Sunday. A wonderful selection of musicians and singers performing a diverse range of rock, pop, folk and classical. A bit of Bowie, David not George, Dougie MacLean, and Hue and Cry included in this clipped selection...more to follow 👀
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@friendsofpollok/115927376987159358
A reminder about our piano event tomorrow, and why not take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch while you're on the way there or back!
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It's going to be a lovely morning!
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@friendsofpollok/115887754475711647
UPDATE: Additionally we now have the new Glasgow Contemporary Voices Choir performing @ 1.30pm
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Sun 25th Jan 2026 'Lids Open Day' FREE event (Just turn up & play!) @ Burrell Collection Auditorium 11.30-4 pm. We are delighted to be co-hosting with Glasgow Piano Project.
Event - https://fb.me/e/4eihg6Apc
Visit - https://www.glasgowpianoproject.co.uk for more information on this event ‘Lids Open Days’ and the work of the social enterprise.
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Our team of volunteers all set for the first Work Party of 2026. [Photo Credit Fiona Waltham]
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Hope you had a great Christmas and enjoy Hogmanay (responsibly😉)! Our final post of the year is from photos supplied by Carol Donoghue. One is Pollok Park bridge with a great sun effect, the other may need a bit of zooming in. We know what it is, do you?
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Our final newsletter of the year for your festive over-consumption. Download here 👇https://friendsofpollokpark.com/2025/12/20/winter-2025-newsletter/
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An eerie scene in the park this morning! Luckily no ghostly pirates or gentlemen in top hats carrying medical bags were seen!
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As a reminder our event today has been CANCELLED due to the forecast weather.
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@friendsofpollok/115689668777649651
Please be advised Storytelling in the Fairy Village this Saturday has been CANCELLED. Unfortunately the forecast is for heavy rain. We apologise for the inconvenience.
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Need something to do with the little ones (recommended 4-6 years) this Saturday, why not bring them along at noon.
We have a storytelling session with Irene Russell in Pollok Park Fairy Village. There is no need to book, just turn up to this free public event, but all children must be accompanied by an adult. 🧚♂️🧚🧚♀️
#PollokPark #FoPCP #Storytelling
(Image courtesy of Duplex on Pixabay.com)
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Please be advised that our Wildlife Garden is in Winter shutdown and will not regularly open on Sunday afternoon.
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I don't know if you can read this! 📷If you have lost a pair of glasses on Riverside Walk recently we've got them, just ask one of our volunteers or get in touch on here.
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Goosanders on the hunt!
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A slightly damp Fortresses & Faeries tour, but enjoyed nonetheless.
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TIME CHANGE due to the weather forecast the band are starting 1/2 an hour early at 1:30pm!
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A reminder that we have this 👇 event planned for Sunday, a sacrifice has been already been selected to appease the weather gods!
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Our rescheduled Glasgow 850th Anniversary event has now been confirmed for Sunday 14th September @2pm. It is free and open to all! We will post any updates due to weather etc.
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IMPORTANT: Apologies, but the last event in the triple-header, the Kilbarchan Pipe Band, have had to cancel because of the expected bad weather. They are hoping to reschedule a date in September. We will of course let you know.
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IMPORTANT: The free 2nd event of our weekend triple-header 'Southside Rock Choir' is LIKELY to held INSIDE The Burrell Collection auditorium. If the weather is clement enough it will still be held outside.
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IMPORTANT: A reminder that due to adverse weather today's free performance has been moved INSIDE into The Burrell Collection Auditorium.
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Our free weekend triple-header to celebrate Glasgow's 850th anniversary will take place on the 5th & 6th of July outside The Burrell Collection. We have Pop-Up Piano that Saturday @ 1 - 4pm, & Southside Rock Choir on Sunday @ 1pm & Kilbarchan Pipe Band @ 3pm. See you there!
More info @ https://www.glasgowpianocity.org, https://rockchoir.com & https://kilbarchanpipeband.co.uk
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Another cute calf photo, this time from our Treasurer Brian. If you want to share any images from around the park (they don't have to be of cows!) please free to message us and we will consider publishing, giving you credit.
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Another cute calf photo, this time from our Treasurer Brian. If you want to share any images from around the park (they don't have to be of cows!) please free to message us and we will consider publishing, giving you credit.
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Another cute calf photo, this time from our Treasurer Brian. If you want to share any images from around the park (they don't have to be of cows!) please free to message us and we will consider publishing, giving you credit.
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Sighted a couple of times now, female mandarin duck, she's been flirting with some very confused looking mallards, let's hope she gets a boyfriend from her own species and tempts him to the park for some colourful photo sessions!
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Are these your keys? We found them at the Commonwealth Foresters Memorial in the park. Please let us know if they are yours.