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Author Archives: Sarah Cruz
Queen Charlotte’s neo-natal unit rooftop garden
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
Abundance London Awards 2018
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
Abundance London Awards 2018
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
The Eyesore Triangle becomes an Eyeful Triangle
With encouragement – verbal and financial – from the flats along Heathfield Terrace Abundance has transformed what we dubbed the Eyesore Triangle from a scrubby patch of weeds ignored by the authorities (council? Hounslow Highways?) for the last decade or so into a little garden that has been planted up with good stuff. Photos, clockwise: … Continue reading
Chiswick Timeline mural
The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps was finally installed and launched on January 28th 2018. Several years of negotiating, planning and fund-raising finally resulted in a year of hard work designing and completing the mural. On the day, we closed the road and over 2,000 people – including local VIPS and artists, … Continue reading
Big mural and Fruit Free for All
If you want to see what fun about 80 of us had making various preserves from the surplus Chiswick harvest, click here Meanwhile, we are going to be very busy over the winter months finishing off the huge mural The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps. We hope to see you at the … Continue reading
