Growing a Greener Glasgow

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Introducing composting to sheltered housing

Sheltered housing complexes, where a number of units surround common ground, are ideally suited to composting. We have designed and built bins which are perfect for sharing in these situations.

How to recycle wooden pallets safely

Top tips: if you are an organisation collecting pallets it’s important to register with SEPA and everyone should avoid using pallets which contain harmful chemicals.

Fruit at Crosshill Station

Gooseberries and redcurrants on the platform.

We win two Streets Ahead awards

South Seeds is delighted to have won Best Community Initiative and Best Overall Winner at last night’s Evening Times’ Streets Ahead awards.

South Seeds secures £8,000 for two households

Two examples of households South Seeds has supported to get heating systems through the energy assistance scheme.

What is polycarbonate secondary glazing?

Cheap, effective secondary glazing which you can fit yourself that will keep the heat in.

Meet our energy officers

Ruskin and Casey, South Seeds new energy officers, share their experience of the first two and a half months.

Growing food in Govanhill

Like many hidden spaces in Govanhill, the space behind the back courts of Dixon Avenue and Langside Road was full of dumped rubbish and windblown litter. However when Robin Ashton, South Seeds Community Development and Growing Officer saw the site in February this year he immediately saw the potential of a South West facing space […]