About
About
Sharing Cowlairs is an arts, ecology and community project focused around creative responses to, and regeneration of Cowlairs Park, a large area of ‘vacant & derelict’ land in Possilpark, North Glasgow. The land is mostly owned by Glasgow City Council. The council has long-term plans for a new housing development in Cowlairs. You can see information about the regeneration plans on the Glasgow City Council website here:
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/2570/Cowlairs-Regeneration
How it started
Sharing Cowlairs began in 2021 at the invitation of St Teresa’s Primary school and Parent Council. The project is facilitated by artists in close collaboration with a steering group of local residents, volunteers, partner organisations.
Photo credits: Brian Hartley, Glasgow Life, Mary Lam
Cowlairs - A changing place
Cowlairs is rewilding itself. There are lots of self-seeded trees, wild flowers, deer, bats, bird life and insects. It is a biodiverse green place with little light and sound. Watch this 30-minute film made by Ryan Macleod in 2022, which gathers opinions and feelings from people across the community about Cowlairs:
