The usual July walkabout was replaced this year with a peek at two community growing initiatives.First up was Chris Levack’s community garden on the corner of Hoxton Street. Given space in the community garden by the housing association Chris has turned a forgotten corner of urban London into a very special garden. It’s an allotment …
Through her Kew contacts Miranda Janatka arrange for us to have a group tour and behind-the-scenes look inside the Alpine House at Kew Gardens.
We were blessed with the perfect summer’s day to enjoy Waterperry Gardens and Upper Chalford Farm on Saturday. I think most would agree that the contrast between the two made for very interesting comparisons. One is a bigger, more formal garden but with pretty and abundant borders, a rose garden, a wooded area next to …
Some pictures of Saturday’s open day on the De Beauvoir Estate where the children helped plant herbs, strawberries and tomatoes...
Miranda’s summer project on the De Beauvoir Estate Try it out: 11am Tuesday 24th July for ages 11-17 who live on the De Beauvoir Estate. This summer I am organising a 'grow your own' scheme on the De Beauvoir Estate. The project will be called 'Grow and Eat' and the aim is to provide …
Despite the drizzle and the weather forecast the annual garden Walkabout on 3rd July was very well attended and we made up a very jolly crew pounding the streets of N1. Here is a brief summary: We started at St. Peter’s where Elizabeth Haines talked us through the planting and funding of the church gardens …
Miranda has sent these pics of the day trip to see DBG member Ann’s impressive garden on the Isle of Wight a few weeks ago. Miranda, Maria, Sue and Chris made their way on public transport which included trains, ferries and buses – but it looks like all their efforts paid off and they had …
Miranda Janatka has kindly sent us her notes (and images) from our Gardeners Question Time meeting on Tuesday 12th June. The panel consisted of Louise, Paul and Joel from the N1 Garden Centre and Chris Preston, our own club expert. The meeting was chaired by Nancy Turnbull. Q1. How can I get rid of Rosemary …
Stephen has kindly sent us some photographs of Saturday’s tour of the Chelsea Fringe sites – congratulations to everyone involved. Early Sunday morning when the sun was fleetingly shining the smell of the flowers at the end of Northchurch was wonderful! The tour was organised by Miranda Janatka and Diana Weir who have both put …
De Beauvoir Gardeners 