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”
Monday 8 April: “Surprising what you find when you aren’t looking! The robin startled me when it flew out as I was rummaging for a pot but all seems fine and the parents are back on the nest,” reports an LHS member. Update Friday + 5 days: “Now we have three bald, blind hatchlings plus an…Continue Reading “Lambeth Robins – brief lives”
Full details of our Spring Show which takes place on Saturday 13 April at St Luke’s are now available. Everyone is welcome to enter and there are lots of cash prizes to be won! See a gallery of pictures from last year’s Show here. We’ll also be running a Cuttings Workshop during the Show. It’s…Continue Reading “Spring Show 2024 – everyone welcome!”
In 2023, we had an amazing 180 participants and saw a 75% increase in pollinator numbers in one of the groups! I am a PhD student at Royal Holloway, University of London. I work on pollinator conservation and citizen intervention and am looking for volunteers for the second year of the citizen science study called ‘Optimow’. This…Continue Reading “Join a study to help pollinators”
Our latest Newsletter can be downloaded here. It contains a report on Colin Jones’ talk last autumn on gardens around Britain, articles on Spring gardening and the threats from Asian hornets.