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The garden has been hibernating over the long winter months but it is always bloomin’ lovely to see the first signs of spring! Our first year of bright yellow daffodils coming up in the garden after planting last Autumn. We were incredibly grateful when Gareth and his colleagues from Briary…

We were sad to arrive at the library today to some damage by Storm Eowyn. Part of the tree outside the library on the main road unfortunately fell and smashed into the stone wall. This tree is apparently one of the oldest trees in East Renfrewshire and the Thornliebank Primary…

Second-hand September, promoted and organised by Oxfam, encourages us all to say no to fast fashion and to choose a more planet-friendly way to shop. Pop along to Mearns library between 9th and 12th September and take a look at our ‘Shop for Free’ Accessories event. No need to donate…

Our brand new Community Garden at Thornliebank Library is now officially open! The torrential rain did not dampen our spirits or stop local school pupils, volunteers and community leaders from coming along on Monday to the open day. Thankfully the rain stayed off while pupils from Thornliebank primary visited and…

We are excited to be working with ApparelXchange, a social enterprise dedicated to reuse, repair & recycling for childrenswear. Their mission is to reduce the impact of clothing on our planet. Across 8 libraries, we have clothing bins available to collect all types of unwanted clothing & footwear, including school…

It’s been a little over 18 months since we started work on the outdoor space at Thornliebank library garden so we thought we would share some before and after pictures to show some of the work done to date!  

It’s World Environment Day- a chance to consider the adventurous ways that we can take sustainable action and feel all the benefits.​ Great news-we have rolled out the Seed Library and it is now running from Clarkston library and Mearns library as well as the original, Thornliebank Library. We are collecting seeds,…

As part of our Earth Day activities we are running an Accessories Swap shop! If you have unwanted but good condition accessories, you can take them along to Clarkston Library between now and 22nd April and we will display them on the night in our pop-up swap shop. Come along…

We have received some extra funding as part of a National project called Shelf Life. Libraries across Scotland will be encouraging people to join the climate-change debate with funding from SLIC and here in East Ren we have some great activities to encourage people to get involved, learn, chat, discuss…

30th Oct 2023 It is spooky season and everywhere you look there are Jack ‘O’ Lanterns adorning doorsteps and windows ready for Halloween. In the UK alone, we buy around 24 million pumpkins just for Halloween and more than half of us will simply throw them away afterwards. A whopping…