A flower-planting memorial event is set to take place at the Glasgow Necropolis this weekend.

People are being invited to plant successional Spring flowers, as part of a 50,000-bulb memorial, from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22. 

The event, which is part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival, is being held to honour thousands of people who were buried in unmarked graves without headstones in the Victorian cemetery.

Attendees are advised to meet at the Bridge of Sighs near Glasgow Cathedral from 12.45pm.

It is a short walk to the site - the Eta Compartment - and participants are also being urged to wear suitable footwear and dress for the weather.

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The event is being organised by Aproxima Arts, a Glasgow-based charity, in partnership with Scouse Flowerhouse and Anniesland College.

It is part of the charity’s three-year ‘Glasgow Requiem’ programme.

The planting will be accompanied by music from cello and violin duo Sequoia, poetry by Makar Kathleen Jamie, and new Glaswegians as well as poignant words from Celebrate People celebrants.

Angus Farquhar, creative director of Aproxima, said: “This is our third collective planting ceremony as we grow Eta Compartment into a beautiful living memorial to the thousands who lie here unremembered.”

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A two-metre memorial wreath will be created by Ruby Flowers on the day. The ceremony will also feature a water dedication.

Once the ceremony has finished attendees will be offered food served from a pop-up café.

The dishes are being made by members of Glasgow Clyde College and Ibrahim Alissi, who runs Kitchen Glasgow, using potatoes grown by young asylum seekers and refugees at Anniesland College.

To book visit Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival’s website HERE.

For further information on Aproxima Arts’ Glasgow Requiem programme contact angus@aproxima.co.uk.