We had a brilliant night at the City Chambers last Thursday, 20th Nov 2025
New Plotholder Awards
A huge thank you to Deacon Commander Nick Parry for presenting the awards with warmth and style. The Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow have long sponsored these awards, and we thank them for their generosity and their support.
Congratulations to this year’s winners:
- 1st Place: Michael Cassidy (Sir John Stirling Maxwell) – £50 voucher
- 2nd Place: Julie and Joe Simmons (Hamiltonhill) – £40 voucher
- Highly Commended: Samantha Curley (High Carntyne)
- Commended: Aras Sulaiman (Hamiltonhill) and Derek Curran (Croftburn)
Next year we plan to add a new award category: the Plotting On Award, for those who’ve had their plot for more than a year already.
Want to apply next year, or tell someone else to?
AGM
We reviewed the highlights of a successful year of GAF work:
- a campaign that continues to gather steam on the issue of Growing a Good Allotment Community, which helps connect people at different allotment sites so they can share ideas about how to best cultivate a feeling of shared space and community on their different sites
- a series of workshops on managing conflict, helping committees to head it off before it arises, and to plan out processes to deal with it when it does
- a successful Potato Day, returning to its old stomping ground at the Pearce Institute in Govan
- new-and-improved communications with our members through a proper mailing list platform where you can subscribe and unsubscribe without waiting for us to pick up your request (sign up here!)
Committee Updates
We said goodbye this year to Treasurer and previously long-time Chair of GAF, Jenny Reeves.
She’ll stay on as a member of the Potato Day organising group, but this was her last year as a full committee member.
We thank Jenny for her years of organising not just the committee but also many events and workshops for the wider membership to discuss important topics.
Officebearers 2025-2026:
- Chair: Kate McKillop
- Vice-Chair: Margaret Greer
- Secretary: Mo McKendrick
- Treasurer: Gordon Lowe
Other committee members 2025-2026:
- Awards officer: Chris Kuhn
- External organisation liaison / ‘Growing a Good Allotment Community’ lead: Judy Wilkinson
- Potato Day lead: Scott Ramsay
- Ordinary member: Stephen Shaw
Looking ahead – call for volunteers
We will be in touch soon regarding Potato Day, our main fundraising event. If you can spare some time to help us kick-start the season, please get in touch – no experience required!