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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.

Aphids in the orchard

Posted on May 26, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

SAT 7th June 10.30 – 4.00pm SHAFTESBURY PLACE. Celebrate 150 years of Brighton to Seaford railway with coffee/tea and homemade cake, exhibition, open garden, cookery demo, model railway display, music, picnic, guided walk, etc.  See ‘Events’ ______________________________________________________________ It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Catching up on the new season

Posted on May 26, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

SAT 7th June 10.30 – 4.00pm SHAFTESBURY PLACE. Celebrate 150 years of Brighton to Seaford railway with coffee/tea and homemade cake, exhibition, open garden, model railway display, music, picnic, guided walk, etc.  More under ‘Events’ ______________________________________________________________ It’s a typical May … Continue reading →

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Update on the orchard

Posted on April 22, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Our mini-orchard of cordoned apples and pears is springing back to life. But there’s a bit of a problem in one of the pear trees. Some of the leaves are mottled with light-coloured blotches which are starting to turn brown … Continue reading →

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New season sowing

Posted on March 28, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Despite the cold these last few days in Brighton, the new growing season feels like it’s started. We’ve started getting seeds in and there are green shoots poking up through the soil. Our recently sown troughs of salad leaf seedlings in the greenhouse which … Continue reading →

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Mort Bay Community Garden

Posted on March 19, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

I’m upside down again. North is South, winter is summer. Australia is a fantastic country for swimming, surfing and outdoor life, but as I have been basking in Perth’s temperatures well above 30C and Sydney’s 25-28C, it has struck me … Continue reading →

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Surprises at Preston Circus

Posted on February 9, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

We decided to start work on renovating the planters at Preston Circus on the day when yet another gale was forecast. Last Saturday, winds reached 40mph in Brighton. And there we were, trying to dig in soil enhancer to top up … Continue reading →

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Who are they? Station staff from 1925

Posted on February 6, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

Who are they? This photograph of railway staff was taken on the steps of London Road Station in 1925. We were looking at it again this evening as a few of us got together to plan historical displays as part … Continue reading →

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Walks – from London Road Station?

Posted on February 4, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

“Change trains and you could go anywhere. 3 changes of train will get you to Moscow and 6 changes will get you to Istanbul.” (http://www.traveloglewes.co.uk) It’s an inspiring thought when you live next to a railway station, particularly on a grey … Continue reading →

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New year, new stuff

Posted on January 30, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

These first grey months of the new year are planning time. At London Road Station, we’ve got two key projects on the horizon. Planters on the platforms As part of the award of ‘Best Community Station’ from Southern Railways, we’re getting … Continue reading →

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2013 in review

Posted on January 20, 2014 by londonrdstationpartnership

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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