Canalside Animals
Saturday 10th May 2025
2-4.30 pm
Fountainbridge Green and Fountainbridge Library
Free drop-in activities for all ages
Graeme Wilson Ecologist, short talks, Q+A, animal quiz, display of animal skulls, some recue animals
Fountainbridge Library Crafternoon Animal Crafts
Short talks by Ecologist Graeme Wilson
Quiz with animal skulls and objects
Crafts with Fountainbridge Library
Explore animal habitats at Fountainbridge Green
Where, Graeme will be out on Fountainbridge Green and Crafts will be inside library or fountainbridge Green depending on weather
About our Hosts
Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust www.fcct.scot are a member led organisation making our local area a better place to live, work, do business and visit. The Canalside Greenspace Group is one of our weekly projects, helping to explore and improve our local public greenspaces, group members will be on hand to guide you as you discover and share more about our local greenspaces.
Fountainbridge Library
Fountainbridge Library, crafternons take place every Saturday 3-4pm
About our Facilitators
Graeme Wilson Ecologist
Locally Graeme is well known for leading the ever popular bat walks in Harrison Park, he is a wildlife educator and an ecologist, with a specialism in mammals, with 25 plus years experience in local authority, voluntary and private sectors. https://www.gwecology.com
Hope and her team lead Fountainbridge library’s regular Crafternoons these take place weekly from 3-4pm at Fountainbridge Library free of charge. On 10th May if the weather is fine they hope to be doing animal themed crafts on Fountainbridge Green, or if it is breezy in the library which is a very short walk away.
Canalside Greenspace Group have been working since 2023 to explore and improve our public green spaces around the canalside. Recently they have been boosting biodiversity in Fountainbridge Green with the addition of new trees, a hedge, a dead hedge and wildflower patches. They meet weekly on a Tuesday 10-12, more info here
Hannah, Community Gardener – Greenspace Group Facilitator
Fiona, Community Navigator, FCCT
About our funders
This event is free thanks to support from a variety of sources: the Longstone Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland and the Scottish Government’s Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund administered by EVOC.
