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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.

Pruning plums

Posted on May 4, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We had help with pruning our apple and pear trees back in the winter. Spring is now here – finally in May – and the trees are starting to bud and flower. But what about our plum tree in a … Continue reading →

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Preston Circus planted – again

Posted on April 27, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve finally got the key planting done for the Preston Circus planters, and they look great!  We were eight down at the Circus this afternoon, observed by the opera goers heading to the Duke of York’s for the relay from … Continue reading →

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Bivouac in Bevendean

Posted on April 24, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

OK, it wasn’t really a bivouac, but it was an uplifting celebration of being outdoors after months of cold, wet and windy gloom. Harvest’s network get-together for community gardeners from all over Brighton & Hove took place at the Bevendean Community … Continue reading →

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Plant purchasing for Preston Circus

Posted on April 24, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Just got back from Stamner Nurseries where I feel, as a neighbour put it, like a 14-year old girl in the high street on a Saturday. Thank goodness Madeleine was there with her Treasurer’s hat firmly on to restrain me … Continue reading →

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Bloom and bling

Posted on April 24, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We like a bit of bling on our blog and who better to provide it than Brighton & Hove’s Mayor, Bill Randall, who has visited our garden in full bling on several occasions. On Monday 22nd April, we met up … Continue reading →

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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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