We are off this afternoon to pick up the following great awards for several of our school designs/campaigns: Fitzjohns Primary School – Greenest School in Camden 2012/2013 Fitzjohns Primary School – 1st prize in horticultural/eco links to the curriculum St … Continue reading
Last week we were delighted to be able to contribute a tasty amount of herbs from three of our community growing spaces to a fantastic new veg box scheme in NW5 – www.vegbox.org.uk. Our thanks go to the Year 3 … Continue reading
We love the clubs we run at local schools. Last week at Fitzjohns School we really enjoyed creating natural dyes from plants and veg and designing our own bamboo t-shirts. The madder plant we had grown in our natural dye … Continue reading
This week we are working on a great new job to transform a small, overgrown Belsize Park front garden into a wildlife habitat. Columns of herbs adding a formal edge to the design. A palette of whites and purples aiming … Continue reading
We have been invited by Swiss Cottage library/Camden Council to run a workshop this Saturday 18th May on ‘Attracting wildlife into your outside space.’ We’ll be outside the library between 2pm-4pm. Come and meet us and take home a free … Continue reading
We have just been given the go ahead on a truly inspiring project in Brent to bring a burst of colour and community engagement into an estate in Brent with the most wonderful grounds. This is our fave kind of … Continue reading
Last Autumn, we were given a brief at Fitzjohns school to plant an area of fruit bushes… With the aim of really engaging the kids we decided to turn it into a fruit salad patch, lotsa currant bushes, raspberries etc … Continue reading
We were invited by City farm to run a community workshop last weekend. Whilst the workshop was billed at being a nettle workshop, as the weather has been sooo cold, even the nettles have been slow in growing! What to … Continue reading
We have just been asked by a certain council to design for the grounds in one of their large libraries, a series of beds which look like opened books. The beds will be filled with flowers/plants referenced in books to … Continue reading
Great piece this week in the Kentish Towner about ‘Of butterflies and bees’ and our social enterprises, both online and in print. “First, some news just in. Soho House Group have agreed to sponsor six planter/bike locks which will be … Continue reading
We had a great day out on Saturday at Parliament Hill farmers market where we ‘Gave peas a chance’ and sowed soooo many peas with lotsa young gardeners. What tickled our fancy most was that we have been invited to … Continue reading
During March we will be running three free community events. On Saturday March 9th, 10am-2pm, you will find us at Parliament Hill Farmers market where we have been invited to run a stall teaching kids how to grow lettuce and … Continue reading
Very exciting – we are working alongside the urban gardening group of Transition Kentish Town to design and maintain several bike lock planters which will be placed all along Kentish Town High St. Thanks to the sponsorship from the team … Continue reading
Very excited … our idea for the design of a literary garden has been commissioned by a school in NW3. What greater way to get those kids reciting and engaging with beautiful Shakespearean language than by having the flowers and … Continue reading
As all gardeners know, particularly those that follow the principles of permaculture, the most productive and fertile part of a woodland or forest is often its edge. This interface between areas not only provides a place where the most interesting … Continue reading
It might be siesta time for much of garden life, but early January is a great time of year to be thinking about garden landscaping. We’ve been working this week on designing a really lovely elliptical shape for a paving … Continue reading
Here’s another unusual idea for growing beneficial plants that are edible as well as looking beautiful – our fave combo! We’ve just designed a bed that will have grains growing in it. Yes, it is possible (and easy) to grow … Continue reading
Meanwhile, at another client’s house, we were asked to clear a huge, invasive nettle patch. Now… this poses somewhat of a quandary for an environmentally friendly gardener: Nettles are just about the most wildlife friendly plant there is. Nettles are … Continue reading
It’s that pruning time of year again! Armed with secateurs and shears we march on…ready to cut, shape and cordon. Talking of shaping, Andy, our chief shaper (we are sure he must have worked in a hairdresing salon once) was … Continue reading
Another brief arrived for a front garden to include a bench (methinks will suggest a bespoke one made from pallets – see website www.palletfurniture.co.uk of our good friend Ali Stephens). As the front garden is small surrounded by a cream … Continue reading