PRIZEWINNERS: LATE SUMMER SHOW 2026 VEGETABLES – best exhibitNational Vegetable Society Medal Alison Watt-Cooper FRUIT SECTION – best exhibit The Worshipful Company of Gardeners Cup Tim Garton FLOWERS SECTIONS – best exhibit in the flower sections (classes 27-55)Bob Tydeman Cup Ursula Wesselingh GENERAL FLOWERS SECTION – Mrs E Plant Cup Ursula Wesselingh HANGING BASKETGarden News…Continue Reading “Prizewinners Late Summer Show 2026”
Prize winners & Gardeners’ Question Time – Free Event, everyone welcome On Wednesday 28 October, we hold our annual prize giving for winners of the Late Summer Show. Then we have our Lambeth GQT, with a panel of local experts to offer advice on your horticultural quandries. Everyone is welcome – so bring friends, neighbours…Continue Reading “WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER: Autumn Social”
In September, volunteers Laura and Alice gave us a guided tour of Brockwell Park’s walled garden, which has a fascinating array of plants and attracts a wide variety of pollinators. As Alice and Laura emphasised, the garden is an ornamental one, designed to have year-round interest. It has been replanted in stages over the past…Continue Reading “WGG Update: Brockwell Park Walled Garden”
Thank you to everyone who helped make our September Late Summer Show such a stunning success. The Show is a massive team effort, organised by our volunteer Show Secretary Jess. As well as the Show and cafe, we had the pop-up Hut (of course), the Wildlife Gardening Group, Hillside Gardens and The Stitch. We’re so…Continue Reading “Late Summer Show – A Big Thank You!”
An example of what Effra Green Streets has achieved on a local estate On Bank Holiday Monday, we visited the Effra Green Streets project, part of Lambeth Living Streets. The project is a community initiative to improve the streets just south of Brixton town centre. Effra Green Streets works with volunteers, residents and funders to…Continue Reading “WGG Update: Effra Green Streets”