Members undertake practical work in support of Peebles March Riding and Beltane Queen Festival, with some members serving on the Beltane Committee too.

The Gutterbluids Society annually sets up a Nativity Scene outside Peebles Old Parish Church and has done so for over 25 years or more. The life-size figures were constructed and painted by members. The Society began the town’s Christmas Lights display, constructing, maintaining and expanding it over 15 years, before various restrictions, costs and manpower difficulties caused the project to be discontinued, but handed over to another organisation to pursue.  Gutterbluids members still turn out to assist in setting up and taking down the annual town centre lights display.

Other practical projects over the years have included repair and maintenance of pathways, public benches, litter collection, plus the provision and maintenance of two very detailed, wall-mounted metal sculptures at the Old Town Gardens.  Projects with a difference have included the repair and regular maintenance of nine unique milestones, manufactured locally in 1929 and sited on the main Peebles-Edinburgh A703 road between Peebles and the county boundary at Leadburn, plus, more recently, four milestones on the B7062 Peebles-Traquair road.  Members have undertaken the planting of daffodil and snowdrop bulbs in various locations including the Common Good area of Venlaw, and more recently over 5000 daffodil bulbs were planted on a stretch of roadside verge on the Edinburgh road entrance to Peebles. The daffodil area at Venlaw is also maintained to ensure that the annual display is enhanced by its setting.