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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.

Our public herb planters

Posted on April 22, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve finally installed our public herb planters at the front of London Road Station, supported by a small grant from Harvest … took a bit of doing to sort out the flat packs.               … Continue reading →

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Seed Sowing Sunday 14 April

Posted on April 3, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s our Seed-Sowing Sunday on 14th April, thanks to the RHS 2013 Britain in Bloom ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ scheme whose theme this year is ‘Edible Britain’. To mark the beginning of National Gardening Week, we’ll be sowing the fifteen free packs of seeds … Continue reading →

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Compost restores optimism

Posted on March 25, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s grey, it’s cold, the temperatures haven’t got above 5C in the last few days and it’s already March. We should be out there enjoying the longer evening light, but it’s freezing – literally. This is wrong, this is depressing … Continue reading →

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And climbing courgettes

Posted on March 19, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Our raised beds have filled up quickly. The Harvest raspberries have taken over the sun-shade middle bed, our sunny bed is occupied with leeks and onions, leaving only a small space for climbing beans this summer. Strawberries have established in … Continue reading →

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Carrots!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

How come we’ve neglected carrots? The Raised Bed Gardener says carrots are ideal for containers and raised beds, they suit cooler climates, seed can be sown in containers at least 20cm deep  or raised beds in early March, they can be … Continue reading →

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Gardening in a gale, singing in the rain

Posted on March 17, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

  Big Dig Saturday March 16th at 11am was probably the maddest time to be out gardening. Icy rain, 33mph blustery winds, the garden paths turning to mud: but as Mary tweeted, ‘it’s not about poor weather, just poor choice … Continue reading →

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Big Dig Day Saturday 16 March

Posted on March 7, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s Big Dig Day on Saturday 16th March. To celebrate the national campaign to get more people involved in community food growing, we’ll be open between 11am and 2.00pm. Click here for Brighton Big Dig flyer. More on Big Dig … Continue reading →

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At last – the season begins

Posted on March 3, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

At last, it looks like the gardening season can begin. It was around 8C this afternoon, though colder when I came in at 6pm. But no rain, no icy wind and no snow. We’re already the beginning of March and … Continue reading →

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The wider picture (video)

Posted on February 8, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

The London Road Station Partnership, Brighton, developed out of our local residents group, Ditchling Rise and Area Residents Association (DRARA). We still report back to DRARA meetings so that the neighbourhood more generally knows what we’re doing. Madeleine’s video, produced for DRARA’s … Continue reading →

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Planting plans for 2013

Posted on February 3, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

This page is dedicated to Daphne who loves raising seed and now has some extra south facing window sills. I’m pretty useless at it, and I’m an anxious germinator. I love the moment when you see minute disturbance in the … Continue reading →

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