“Reconstructing Planting in C18 landscape gardens” Dr Petra Dark talks pollen, ponds and parterres. Our Talk is at West Norwood Cemetery at 8.00pm. The gates will be open to LHS visitors from 7.30 pm. Please note the change of venue. It is a 10- 15 minute walk from the gates to the hall, so please…Continue Reading “Wednesday 23 August: Free Talk”
September’s Heritage Festival has a terrific range of walks, talks, tours and exhibitions exploring our local history. And there’s plenty for keen gardeners to get their (gardening) forks into. Amongst the offerings are: Organisers Lambeth Local History Forum say: This is one of our most varied festivals ever, with events taking place all around the borough,…Continue Reading “Lambeth Heritage Festival 2-30 September”
“Thank you so much for this contact. Just to let you know I collected a car load of lovely plants this afternoon. I’m taking then up to the allotment this evening.” Helen Mason, AFRIL Food Bank Director We were delighted to put our associate member AFRIL in touch with the Wimbledon Foundation. AFRIL is a charity…Continue Reading “Helping a local charity”
Or, “It’s peat free compost. But not as we (at the Hut) know it.” The LHS Publicity Officer believes that every time a member buys a horticultural something from the supermarket that could have been bought at the Hut, the Hut Fairy dies a little. I’d been unable to get to the Hut for the…Continue Reading “Don’t mess with the Hut Fairy”
“It can be a hard life being a planter plant, surviving on the streets of Lambeth with minimal care and supervision.” Here are some tips for neighbourhoods on setting up and maintaining street planters. Watering When adding planters to the street, try to put them outside homes of people willing to water. Sadly, experience shows…Continue Reading “Successful Street Planters”