We're taking part in Lambeth Heritage Month and the community event at West Norwood cemetery on Sunday 24 September. Our member Helena Kowalska will be running a workshop throughout the event helping members of the public to create a stylish pot of bulbs for spring. All the materials are free. We'll also be running a...Continue Reading "Free Bulb Planting Workshop"
Plant a Hanging Basket for Winter Join us on Saturday 11 November 2.30 pm. Spend an afternoon at the Hut with Gardener's Guild member Helena Kowalska, learning how to create a hanging basket to cheer up the winter months. Take home a 14” basket planted with a mix of flowering and trailing plants for an attractive...Continue Reading "Winter Hanging Basket Workshop"
"The BGD is when we celebrate local action on climate change protecting nature and the environment and being more sustainable in our everyday lives." Come and visit us at this free annual community event. We will have a stall where you can ask us about gardening and horticulture, including houseplants. The BGD will be celebrating...Continue Reading "Big Green Day"
Visit our pop up Hut at Roots and Shoots for this wonderful annual Autumn community event. Find out more about the LHS Wildlife Gardening Group.
Speaker: Vicki Cooke Vicki is an organic gardener with a longstanding passion for edibles and garden plant conservation, which has taken her from from heirloom vegetable seed producer, to running the walled kitchen garden at Hampton Court Palace. She was the Conservation Manager for Plant Heritage and is currently head of food growing and biodiversity...Continue Reading "Free Talk: Conserving our Vegetable Heritage"
Speaker: Andrew Babicz What’s the point? What can I do with it? What can I compost? What can’t I compost? What are the ingredients to make it successful? Leaf Mould The types of bins/heaps etc., and wormeries. Andrew is currently the Secretary and a judge with the London Gardens Society which includes London’s Squares, Bexley in Bloom...Continue Reading "Free Talk: ‘Composting – All You Ever Wanted to Know!’"
Speaker: Alan Philip Clark "All through my life, I've been something of a fanatic veggie grower - I still tend eight allotments - exhibit show specimens and attempt to grow giants - emphasis on 'attempt!'" Starting in early life, Alan's discovery of plants follows his life in amateur and professional gardening with many insights and...Continue Reading "Free Talk: Extreme Allotmenteering"
Our speaker is Susan Harvey from H&G studio Susan will discuss the garden she is co-presenting at RHS Sandringham. Inspired by the east Norfolk coast, a sustainable, ecologically sensitive planting scheme helps to stabilise erosion, enhance biodiversity and thrive in challenging coastal conditions. More H&G Studio’s work includes designs for family, gravel and front gardens. Light...Continue Reading "Free Talk: Naturally Resilient: inspired by the Norfolk Coast"