Pollokshields 'Ready Steady Grow'

Did you know that the area I live in is the biggest and best planned garden suburb in the UK? Well, nor did I till mum starting tell me all about it today. Appparently, Pollokshields was created in the late 19th century by the Stirling Maxwell family as a unified garden suburb, with wide streets and tree lined routes and lots of open spaces. The Maxwell family also donated the 361 acre Pollok estate which is now Pollok country park. Well, today, many of the green spaces were

part of the ready steady grow event and mum and I trundled down to explore The New Victoria Gardens, this hectare of allotments is in the heart of busy Pollokshields, you'd never know these community gardens were hidden away behind the wee green door....they are not that new either...having been a community allotment for over 130 years. Anyway, whats far more exciting is that when there we saw frogs and tadpoles and I even touched the frog and made him (and mummy!) jump!

Like many days at home now we spent the rest of our time in the garden; this morning we played with Alisha, Chloe and Mark and this afternoon we did some gardeing with George and Anne. I bounced on the trampoline too and shouted and pointed at all the birds and helicopters flying over the garden.