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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.

Community bulbs

Posted on November 26, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

I can’t even remember when it started …  At the Ditchling Rise Area Street Party in September, Jo from Shaftesbury Road and I were discussing how good the cut-price onion sets from Lidl had been, and Jo said they now had packs … Continue reading →

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Passionate about … compost?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

When was it that ‘passionate about’ become such a marketing cliché? A few years back, I groaned when the umpteenth candidate for a lecturing job told the board they were ‘passionate about teaching’. Yet here it is: I can’t help … Continue reading →

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LRSP gets composting

Posted on November 3, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve just set up our small-scale community composting initiative at London Road Station, thanks to two donated bins. Brighton & Hove Food Partnership kindly donated a wooden one, and Madeleine brought a large plastic one down from her allotment. The area should … Continue reading →

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Our harvest supper

Posted on November 1, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

It wasn’t a fantastically productive growing year for us, but TA TAH … it was successful. Last week, we celebrated! Back in May we started to transform a 12 square metre plot of waste land – covered in weeds, rubble, empty bottles, cans and … Continue reading →

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The water butt mystery …

Posted on October 17, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

What’s happening? The water butt in our shady garden is a mystery. We installed it in July this year. Even after a solid downpour, it appeared to be empty after a few days. We checked for leaks but found none. … Continue reading →

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We’re in Sussex Living

Posted on October 11, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

  We all sat around in the garden today and read Ruth Lawrence’s article about us in Sussex Living. You’ll find it at the address below: go to pages 50-51. We remember when you came round, Ruth, and we loved … Continue reading →

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How we started …

Posted on October 5, 2011 by londonrdstationpartnership

It all started with a leaflet about Community-Rail partnerships. Living around London Road Station, Brighton, we were thinking about what we could do to improve the environment around the station. We invited Sam Bryant from Sussex Community Rail Partnership to a meeting … Continue reading →

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