Rosedale Park Residents' Association, Summerston

In 2002 residents of Rosedale Park in Summerston approached KCG to help solve problems they were experiencing with a large area of grassland overlooked by houses on the estate. Residents were being disturbed by regular football matches taking place on the grass and wanted to move it on to more suitable areas.

KCG worked with local schools to turn the grassland area into a wildflower meadow by regularly planting the area with attractive wildflowers. Residents were also invited to participate in planting days combined with a barbeque.

In addition access to the local Lambhill cemetery had recently been blocked off causing local walkers to take a short-cut through the garden of adjacent flats. A kissing gate accessible to cyclists, pushchairs and wheelchairs has been put in by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to allow access to the cemetery but prevent unwanted motorcycles and quad bikes from entering.

A third project with the Residents’ Association was to conserve and enhance the very large and valuable hedge which runs through the estate. This old hawthorn hedge is an important feeding site for birds and small mammals and the plan was to plant up gaps in the hedge and increase the amount of hedging in the area by creating additional hedging. A new hedge approximately 150m long was planted along a wooden fence to the north of the estate to add to the amount of hedging and to provide a wind-break and security barrier for residents in the adjacent houses.

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