The last of this season's Friends of Geilston's Sunday events will see a celebration of autumn this weekend. The volunteers have linked up with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to organise the event at the garden near Cardross, which will see the winners of next year’s calendar unveiled. Helensburgh’s Ginger Breadman has kindly donated soup and bread which will be served from 12 noon until it’s finished, while the Friends of Geilston Tea and homemade cake stall will be open again.

Acclaimed folk singer Ainsley Hammill and her band will be performing in Rhu next month. With appearances at Glastonbury, Celtic Connections and the Cambridge Folk Festival , this is a rare local gig for Ainsley, who is from Cardross. Performing with her trio line-up, she promises an intimate afternoon of song, where Gaelic, Scots, and original music weave together stories of Scotland’s people, places, and folklore.

Plans for the decades-overdue Helensburgh to Dumbarton cycle path have made “good progress” in recent times, a councillor has reported. The project first received official backing in the early 2000s from the Labour-led Scottish Executive, when Sarah Boyack was the country’s transport minister. Now it is expected that it will not be complete until 2032. with the route recently planned to be changed to run directly alongside the A814 road between Helensburgh and Cardross.

The Royal Horticultural Society has launched a new award to recognise volunteers who transform railway platforms into green spaces that support local wildlife. Cardross Community Organic Garden took the top prize for its work involving local schools and community groups, highlighting how station gar

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Planning applications in Helensburgh and Rhu are among those to be validated by Argyll and Bute Council this week. The full list of applications in the Helensburgh and Lomond area is below - for details of an individual application, go to the council's website and use the reference number. Reference number: 26/01477/LIB Community council: Cardross Community Council Proposal: Alterations to listed building consent application reference 25/00285/LIB (Demolition of sections of care home and erection of extension to form 2 duplex apartments and associated works) comprising reduction of overall height, marginal increase in external wall width, slight reduction in roof pitch to ensure the finished ridge height is no higher than unit 5 and increase in size of new apartments by 1200mmm to the rear…

There will be storytelling session for adults at Geilston Garden this weekend. Morven of Reflection Holistics will be telling a range of Celtic tales in the National Trust for Scotland garden near Cardross from 11.30am to 1pm on Saturday. “You are warmly invited to step back into the world of Celtic myth and legend,” said Alana Ingram of the Friends of Geilston…

Roadworks which have sparked chaos on the A814 between Cardross and Dumbarton should be suspended, an MSP has said. Jackie Baillie called on Scottish Water and West Dunbartonshire Council to suspend the ongoing roadworks impacting the busy Dalreoch junction. Drivers in Dumbarton were heavily impacted when the work – with five-way traffic lights - got under way on Monday. The work is due to take three months.

Residual d isruption between Dalmuir and Balloch / Cardross expected until 14:45

Weekend events are planned for Geilston Garden as autumn draws near. The Friends of Geilston is inviting visitors to September's Sundays in the Garden on September 6 from 12 noon to 4pm. Helensburgh Oratorio Choir will be singing from 2.30pm and the Friends’ tea stall will be serving hot and cold drinks and homemade cake. The Geilston Gnomes (below)will be about hiding free books around the garden near Cardross for children to find and take home.

A timber gazebo at Geilston Garden is among the planning applications to be validated by Argyll and Bute Council this week. The full list of applications in the Helensburgh and Lomond area is below - for details of an individual application, go to the council's website and use the reference number. Reference number: 26/01449/PP Community council: Cardross Proposal: Proposed alterations to dwellinghouse…

Planning applications in Helensburgh and Rhu are among those to be validated by Argyll and Bute Council this week. The full list of applications in the Helensburgh and Lomond area is below - for details of an individual application, go to the council's website and use the reference number. Reference number: 26/01363/PP Community council: Cardross Proposal: Erection of extension Location: 27 Napier Avenue, Cardross, Argyll and Bute G82 5LY…