To celebrate 136 years of Elder Park, and the completion of the Govan Road entranceway improvement works, Mrs Elder’s Glorious Gift is organising a Community Craft Attack in Elder Park for the weekend of the 26th/27th of June. Members of the Impact … Continued

  Plantation Productions captured this footage on their recent visit to the Pattern Maker’s shop, as part of a film they are making about the restoration of the Elder Park entranceway. The Pattern Maker specialises in making traditional wooden patterns for architectural cast iron.  … Continued

Great to see the return of the K13 memorial to Elder Park. You’ll see a lot more work happening over the next few weeks as part of the Elder Park Entrance Restoration. We’re excited to see it all beginning to come … Continued

As work approaches completion on the first phase of 10 traditional shopfront improvements on Govan Road, the good news is work starts in May 21 to improve 16 more shops along Burleigh Street and Harmony Row. See the transformation in our latest Newsletter and find out … Continued

The stonemason engaged to restore and repair stonework on the park piers (pillars) has been carefully cleaning the fish scaled caps of moss and algae. These stones cap the piers, and form the bases for the lamps which will light … Continued

With Spring bringing blossom to Elder Park, flowers are also coming to life in the stonemason’s yard where work is being done to restore the frieze courses on the entranceway pillars. The flowers featured in the original carving have been … Continued

Careful analysis of the paintwork on the Govan road gate to Elder Park has revealed the original colour, a burgundy red. Referring to an early postcard it can also be assumed that this same red was used as a decorative … Continued