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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.

2012 planting plans

Posted on February 14, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve been been thinking for some time about what to plant in the gated plot where we grow edible plants. We were proud of last year’s two mange-tout, but the mange-tout and the runner beans were not very productive. We … Continue reading →

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Replanting Preston Circus planters – get involved!

Posted on February 5, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

The Preston Circus planters need you … I finally met up with Alan Griffiths from Cityparks last week to talk about the four Preston Circus planters. He’s pleased that there is some interest in ressurrecting the planters, and agreed that … Continue reading →

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Snowy and shady

Posted on February 5, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

It finally snowed overnight, just a white dusting that’s fast turning to slush. As I suspected, the gated plot where our edible plants grow in raised beds is significantly more exposed to the elements than the shady garden where we grow … Continue reading →

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It’s very cold …

Posted on February 2, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

I was sceptical, I thought it was all hype … but no, it really has turned very, very cold. Here in coastal Brighton, the temperatures are below freezing. It’s certainly the coldest it’s been this winter. I was out in the station … Continue reading →

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The big raspberry plant

Posted on January 19, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

On Friday we’re getting five raspberry plants from Harvest, Brighton & Hove’s Food Partnership. Harvest are promoting raspberry growing in public spaces and community gardens all over Brighton & Hove because once they get going, they produce wonderful fruit which … Continue reading →

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It’s going to be cold

Posted on January 12, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

Is it? Just as we had got used to cold winters again, it looks like January 2012 is going to be the second warmest since records began. The weather at London Road Station has been positively spring-like; the bulbs are coming … Continue reading →

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New year, new shoots

Posted on January 5, 2012 by londonrdstationpartnership

Happy New Year! The change of year was not white this year, but more typically wet and windy. Today the damp clouds have lifted but there’s an irritating high wind. I checked the gardens and the compost site – my … Continue reading →

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Dare to ask for hair

Posted on December 6, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

Ok, so if you’ve read some of the other posts, you’ll know this blog is a little obsessive about composting. You have been warned. The topic of this post is: human hair. I did a socially challenging thing today: I … Continue reading →

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Preston Circus planters need help

Posted on December 5, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

“Practise random kindness and selfless acts of beauty”. Can we rescue the planters at Preston Circus? Read on … and get involved! Preston Circus is one of Brighton’s busiest and most polluted cross-roads, a short walk from London Road Station. … Continue reading →

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A haul of garden sundries

Posted on December 1, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

Garden sundries? Perhaps the boring side of gardening, unless you see the parallel between growing things and cooking things, in which case garden sundries are the exciting things in your store cupboard, the array of esoteric ingredients which make things … Continue reading →

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