Key volunteer dates for the next three months and essential information for all volunteers are detailed below.

April 2026

Clean Sweep - Wednesday 1st and Saturday 18th

Gardening - Wednesday 8th and Saturday 25th

West Highland Way Garden - Thursday 16th

Spring Clean Scotland Activities

Keep Scotland Beautiful's annual litter picking event takes place between 13 March and 24 April. MiB will be taking part by devoting one of our scheduled Clean Sweep Saturdays to it, namely 18th April. Again, we'd like as big a turnout as possible so please note the date and let's give Milngavie a really good spring clean.

May 2026

Clean Sweep - Wednesday 6th and Saturday 16th

Gardening - Wednesday 13th and Saturday 23rd

West Highland Way Garden - Thursday 21st

June 2026

Clean Sweep - Wednesday 3rd and Saturday 20th

Gardening - Wednesday 10th and Saturday 27th

West Highland Way Garden - Thursday 18th

We will be hosting the following activities for Milngavie Week.

Saturday 6th June - PLANT SALE - we will have a range of quality plants and seedlings for sale during the Classic Car Event in the precinct.

Wednesday 10th June - Join a FLORAL WALK around our garden sites at 10am and at 7pm. The walk is approximately 4k and will take around 90 mins. Its an opportunity to meet some of our volunteers and get to know more about the areas we look after and learn about the history of the area and our projects.

Please do not hesitate to contact our volunteer convenor Douglas, our gardening convenor Ina, or our clean sweep convenor Sheena for further information on any of the above activities.

Where do volunteers meet?

Volunteers for gardening and litterpicking meet outside The Fraser Centre at 10am to collect equipment and to be paired with other team members.

The West Highland Way team meet at 10am at the Allander Road fork on the West Highland Way path where we are joined by members of the Bearsden & Milngavie Ramblers Club. Bring your mug for a cuppa.

Health & Safety Guidance

To prevent accidents while you are volunteering, please read our Health & Safety guidance before you participate in any of our activities - this is not only for your own safety, but also for the safety of those you will be working alongside.

We would remind all volunteers to wear appropriate clothing particularly in wet weather, sturdy footwear (boots or wellies advised) and gloves at all times. You can use your own gardening/litter picking tools if you have them, but if not we have a supply in the tool shed.

If you use the tool shed you will find wipes and hand sanitiser available. Any tools should be wiped before and after use. Please ensure that you turn off the light and change the padlock code.