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About londonrdstationpartnership

We are a small community gardening group at London Rd Station, Brighton - a group of neighbours getting together to grow things on disused land at the station, and enhance the area with plants. We are also a composting hub - and the compost gets used on the gardens.

Press reports on the mosaic

Posted on August 27, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Albion in the Community project 27814 001 (2)Thrilled to see that the Evening Argus has reported on the lovely mosaic project completed by a young volunteer group as part of National Citizen Service run by Albion in the Community. Other … Continue reading →

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More happening … NCS volunteers make a start

Posted on August 18, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

A great group of National Citizens Service volunteers started today at London Road Station. The ceramic mural will gradually take shape in the underpass, but today was mostly a day for clearing around the station and getting to grips with … Continue reading →

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The awaited and the unexpected

Posted on August 18, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

 Great day – bright blue sky, fresh and airy, it was bliss being out in the garden. The high winds have died down. After more rain, things are happening everywhere. Last week’s lettuce seeds have germinated, the cavalo nero is looking refreshed and plentiful … Continue reading →

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After the storm

Posted on August 13, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve had wonderfully hot weather this summer but inevitably rising the to usual English summer climax of storms. We’ve just recovered from the weekend of very heavy rain (yippee!) and high winds (boo …) and temperatures now are significantly lower – … Continue reading →

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Recce at London Road

Posted on August 11, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

The station is getting a mini-makeover from a really lovely group of young volunteers, who arrived this morning for an initial recce. It’s part of National Citizen Service, managed in this area by Brighton & Hove Albion football club in … Continue reading →

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Pruning the fruit trees

Posted on August 5, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

We embarked on summer pruning today of our cordoned fruit trees. A bit scary, as this is the first time we’ve done it on our own without the expert advice of Bryn from Brighton Permaculture Trust. Having read up the … Continue reading →

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Pruning the planters

Posted on July 30, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Yesterday, we finally got around to doing summer maintenance on the Preston Circus planters. It’s been fascinating to see how each planter has developed a very individual character, and reacts differently to the changing seasons and conditions. People passing were … Continue reading →

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150th Anniversary of Seaford line 7th June – the video

Posted on July 30, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Our community film-maker extraordinaire, Madeleine Cary, has produced this lovely video of our Brighton to Seaford 150th Anniversary celebration on 7th June 2014. Click here to view Featuring our beautiful station building and our station master Nick, our wonderful neighbours and … Continue reading →

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Thunder and rain at last

Posted on July 29, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

It was almost 10pm on Sunday 27 July, and I was out in a sleeveless top watering the Preston Circus Planters. Warm nights have been an unusual feature of the weather in South East England for the past few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Challenge of summer 2014

Posted on July 25, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Every year brings a different challenge to us at London Road Station garden. This year, it’s pests and plant diseases, along with the perennial challenge of watering. We seem to just about be on top of the watering, but we … Continue reading →

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