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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 the mini-orchard

Posted on February 2, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

Bryn Thomas visited the garden to demonstrate winter pruning to LRSP members and the  group taking the Brighton Permaculture fruit growing course. Our six cordoned trees – four apples, two pears – have been pruned and the position of the … Continue reading →

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Fruit tree pruning Sat 2nd Feb 1.15pm

Posted on February 1, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s time for winter pruning of fruit trees. Our cordons are growing well, but the leader stems are reverting to upright. While they are dormant, we’ll probably need to adjust them by attaching them to the diagonal canes. We’ll see … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on January 26, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

We are waiting. Gardens in the winter are suspended, resting … It’s been wet, very wet since the beginning of December and we had strong winds. The New Year was wet again, and then last week, the snow came and … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 3, 2013 by londonrdstationpartnership

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. This blog got about 3,400 views in 2012. We’re delighted people have wanted to find out more about what we do. It would be lovely to have … Continue reading →

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Space for Growing Food

Posted on November 30, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

You can tell it’s winter. The layer of frost on my raised beds is a give-away sign, but more than that, I’m indoors. At a computer screen. Catching up on all those interesting documents I haven’t had time to read, … Continue reading →

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Update on the Preston Circus Planters

Posted on November 27, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s been a year since we first started to talk about what could be done about the Preston Circus Planters. During this year, we’ve actually accomplished quite a lot. Thus far, our efforts have been temporary and experimental, planting mainly … Continue reading →

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End of the season

Posted on November 6, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s getting cold. It’s sunny out there but the blue sky belies the real chill in the air. The light is fading now at around 4.30pm. With the low sun blocked by surrounding buildings, the gated plot is in shadow … Continue reading →

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Harvest supper 2012

Posted on October 16, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s harvest time again. This year’s produce was rather more substantial than last year’s but with different successes and failures. This is the basket of final pickings that went into our harvest supper last Friday.

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Fighting for Flora

Posted on October 4, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

At London Road Station, we’re gardening on two tiny plots of land. We’re getting to the point where we could certainly work with more land. Every Open Day we have, more and more people express an interest in gardening with … Continue reading →

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Water and compost

Posted on September 19, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

It’s a busy time again in the London Road Station Partnership garden. We’re back to the challenge of water. Brighton has had a warm late summer, and there’s been no rain for the past 10 days or so. Our two (and … Continue reading →

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