Welcome events
Glenside Community Garden
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Wed 27 September 2023
12:00 - 15:00 - Location
- Community Garden, Glenside Campus, Further info
- Contact
- The Green Team thegreenteam@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking not required
Description
Join us in the Community Garden at Glenside Campus!
The garden is in a quiet corner of campus, giving you space to take a break from screens and time to connect with nature and other students.
In this session we will be doing a variety of activities including weeding, planting and pruning. Come along, meet some other students and have a cup of tea – free tea and biscuits will be provided.
This event is free to attend and open to all UWE Bristol students and staff.
Travel information
Cycle: Glenside is easily accessible from several local cycle routes. There are showers, lockers, bike shelters and free bike tools available on campus. More information on cycling routes to all campuses.
Walk: Glenside Campus is a 30 minutes (approximately) walk from Frenchay Campus, either via Stoke Lane or through Stoke Park Estate. Please note that these routes include steep hills. You can use the address The Students’ Union, Glenside Campus, Blackberry Hill, Bristol, BS16 1DD in Google Maps to plan your walking route.
Bus: Get First Bus 48A which stops directly outside the main entrance to Glenside Campus. The 48A runs every 20 minutes between Frenchay Campus and Glenside Campus. More information about bus routes to UWE Bristol.
Drive: Parking is available on campus for permit holders only. Please ensure you have either an annual permit OR a free ‘permission to park’ permit along with a daily parking token displayed in your windscreen and only park within marked bays.
Accessibility
The Students’ Union at UWE welcomes all abilities, disabilities, ages, ethnicities, and genders into our spaces. If you have any questions, concerns, or additional requirements then please let us know so that we can make your time at this event as comfortable as possible.
For more information about this event, please contact us at thegreenteam@uwe.ac.uk.
- Disabled parking: Yes
- Step-free access: Yes
- Automatic doors: No (outdoors)
- Accessible toilets: No (outdoors)
- Induction loop: No (outdoors)
- Guide or assistance dog-friendly: Yes
- Quiet spaces available: Yes
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