Abundance London Invites you to come and help plant a wildlife-friendly shelter belt in Harvard Hill Park Saplings include: Blackthorn, downy birch, silver birch, common oak, crab apple, goat willow, hawthorn, hazel, holly, rowan Please come along to help and if possible bring spade, shovel & wheelbarrow (to scoop & ferry the mulch) and wear … Continue reading
This collaboration between Abundance London and the London Borough of Hounslow’s Housing Department, Lampton Facilities Maintenance 360, and the LBH Social Services Community Support (Adult Social Care) has taken huge effort to set up, but has finally come to fruition (pun intended!) because Andrea Tidy of Housing and Jon Godfrey who is responsible for Health … Continue reading
This year most of the apple harvest failed. The only really prolific crop was quinces. So we picked many kilos, took about 30kg to La Trompette, our local Michelin-starred restaurant in Chiswick, and cooked up a big batch of membrillo (quince cheese) with the rest. Continue reading
J is for Jam and Juicing. Continue reading
In late May we heard that the staff of the neo-natal unit at Queen Charlotte’s, had been clearing out the out the balconies all around the neonatal unit and creating garden spaces for the staff to enjoy. The Senior House Officers and Sorana Galu, one of the consultants, had done an amazing job. They had reclaimed … Continue reading
Winner: Stile Hall Gardens Runners up: Dean Lane (aka Dead Donkey Lane) running between Herbert & Ernest Gardens Dianne’s Memorial Garden, Strand-on-the-Green Commended: Susan Hunt of St Michael & All Angels gardening group, Outsider Tart raised bed Continue reading
Two years ago we decided to create an award for the person or group that had done most to improve or create an unofficial garden around the Chiswick area. The first award went to Cheryl Lanyon for looking after the Flagpole garden at the Town Hall so well. “Guerrilla gardening” includes tree pits, small dilapidated areas, and … Continue reading
