Join us for a Spring Wildflower Planting Event at the NECROPOLIS FLOWER MEMORIAL

We are inviting you to join us to help with the Spring planting of a Wildflower Memorial at Glasgow’s Necropolis on Saturday, 11th May or Sunday, 12th May, at 1pm on each day. This is the next phase of our creative initiative Glasgow Requiem, following the winter planting of 8,000 annual bulbs last December.

Everyone is invited to help with planting, watering, and establishing the new memorial with original music from the Siobhan Miller Trio, some great food and the unveiling of a new banner made in collaboration with GalGael by Peter Carney, who made the post Hillsborough Disaster banners for Liverpool fans and families. The event is a partnership between Aproxima, The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis, Scouse Flowerhouse and the National Wildflower Centre.

The planting will take place at the site where 8000 people are buried in “common” or unmarked graves, what happened when their families or friends could not afford the price of a headstone or lair. The event commemorates these 8000 unremembered, just a portion of the 21,000 total buried unmarked in the Necropolis.

Meet at the Bridge of Sighs, near Glasgow Cathedral, from 12.45pm onwards from where it is a 2 minute walk round by the right to the site, please bring a flask to drink, a blanket to sit on and dress for the weather!

Aproxima is an arts collective based in Glasgow. It creates multi-disciplinary work that spans live productions, community food initiatives, environmental design and public interventions. 

Aproxima operates at both a hyperlocal and national scale, often outdoors or in unusual or unused places, with the involvement of local people.

Each element of the programme is unique to itself and also part of the whole, driven by an inspiring core collaborative team of writers, artists, directors, designers and producers.

Aproxima was founded in 2018 by Angus Farquhar, one of Scotland’s leading artists. He set a benchmark for innovative interpretation and appreciation of Scotland’s heritage, creating exciting and memorable events and permanent works often in powerful natural settings over 25 years with NVA (1992-2017).

PROGRAMME

Current

Prince Miller Statue Glasgow Necropolis, part of Glasgow Requiem

Glasgow Requiem

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A stunningly designed volunteer led urban vegetable garden with an inspiring event programme.

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