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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.

Preparing Preston Circus planters for winter

Posted on November 18, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership
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Shaftesbury Place tree down

Posted on November 13, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Just got the photos from Phillipa of the Rowan tree which came down in the high winds two weeks ago. We’ve been wondering why it came down. It was clear by the end of the summer that it was sickly … Continue reading →

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November seedlings

Posted on November 10, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

I wasn’t expecting to be potting up seedlings in November but the basil, parsley and lettuce seeds we planted in August are growing strongly in the greenhouse. Along with the basil, we have some spiky leaved plants: did we get oriental mustard … Continue reading →

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Bulbs before the storm

Posted on November 3, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

As part of the RHS’s Wild Gardens week, we’ve planted around 400  crocus bulbs in the shady triangle. Unfortunately, Wild Gardens week at the end of October was, well, wild with exceptionally strong winds. We did our planting on Friday 25th … Continue reading →

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Our third harvest supper

Posted on October 19, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

      We’ve just celebrated the end of our third growing season with our annual harvest supper: this year, the menu was onion soup, three leaf-four cheese lasagne, herby cassoulet, spinach-leaf salad, apple and pear crumble, and Irish cheeses complemented … Continue reading →

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We’ve won Ed Furey cup 2013!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We were taken aback … We were awarded the Edward Furey cup for our ‘community spirit’ at Brighton & Hove City in Bloom award ceremony last Thursday. We also were awarded second place for ‘Best Community Garden’, with a very … Continue reading →

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Big Dig Day: apples and raspberries

Posted on September 24, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

  It was dull and oddly humid last Saturday, but a number of very interested visitors and helpers came to see our edible growing garden as part of Big Dig Day. Our total tally was probably only about 20, as compared … Continue reading →

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Big Digging in the Borrowed Garden

Posted on September 16, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

I was down at St Peter’s Church this afternoon, helping set up a Borrowed Garden. To celebrate Big Dig Week, Harvest is creating a pop-up temporary garden here from plants ‘borrowed’ from community gardens around the city. The students from … Continue reading →

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Best community station!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Just got the photos from Paul Bigsby at Southern. London Road Station has won Southern Railway’s ‘Best Community Station’ award! Yipee! It was fitting that Mark went to the award ceremony in Lewes as he’s the person who works so hard to … Continue reading →

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Reviving Preston Circus planters

Posted on September 4, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Again, it’s been quite a tricky gardening year, with cold followed by hot, and not so much rain recently. It’s been particularly tricky at the Preston Circus planters, where we have to water with watering cans. We’ve just done some work trying … Continue reading →

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