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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.

National Community Rail Awards 2015

Posted on October 14, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

We were delighted that London Road Station’s underpass mosaic was nominated for a national Community Rail Award in the ‘working with young people’ category. As nobody from Albion in the Community could attend, I went along to the Association of Community … Continue reading →

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BH Food Partnership video (featuring LRSP)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

We are great fans of BH Food Partnership – they’ve supported us from the beginning, when the garden was created in 2011 and indeed before that when we had an extraordinary street party in Ditchling Rise when we covered Shaftesbury Place … Continue reading →

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Checking our soil

Posted on September 15, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

We’ve cleared the remains of beans and sweet corn in the central raised bed. They seemed to have got very scrappy and didn’t grow brilliantly. Before we do any more planting, I decided to check the ph of the soil. … Continue reading →

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LRB Mosaic up for national award

Posted on September 10, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

In August last year, a team of 12 16 year olds from a National Citizen Service scheme led by Albion in the Community were creating a wonderful mural in the underpass at London Road Station. At the time, the team … Continue reading →

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Propagating, the video

Posted on August 19, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

Last week we had a great time propagating at the station (hmm, perhaps a comment more worthy of London Road Station’s slightly naughty alter ego @LRBstation). It’s a great way to ensure a stock of plants for the next season because it’s … Continue reading →

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Summertime … and the pruning is easy?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

I took the plunge and summer pruned our cordoned fruit trees last week. They were looking very leafy and rather unruly – but then I feel plants should be allowed some independence. Which is probably why I’ve put it off for … Continue reading →

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Kindness, madness, carelessness, drought

Posted on August 9, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

Squirrels don’t plant sunflowers, I thought to myself as I watered the shady garden this evening. So how did a drooping mini-sunflower come to be sitting in one of our ceramic planters? Well, it’s August – there are mad humans about the … Continue reading →

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Planters, tree pits and wayward plants

Posted on July 27, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

Though we tend to focus on our edible growing plot, we love our platform planters and the tree pits outside London Road Station. The platform planters are quite shady while the tree pits are in full sun, with young trees … Continue reading →

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Rain at last …

Posted on July 5, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

Obsessing about the weather seems like a feature of gardening life. This has certainly been true these last few weeks. We’ve had beautiful sunshine and warmth for about two weeks: a lovely hot late June. But with that has come … Continue reading →

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So busy in the gardens

Posted on May 25, 2015 by londonrdstationpartnership

So far it’s been a really wonderful start to the gardening year. Everything is in bloom. We’ve had warmth and some rain. OK, so tomato seedlings are now starting to sulk a bit because the sun hasn’t consistently been shining, … Continue reading →

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