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Garden Gadabout 23rd June

    We’re delighted to be ‘opening’ the London Road Station Partnership gardens for the Brighton Garden Gadabout on Saturday 23rd June from 11am to 5pm. The Garden Gadabout is an opportunity to visit a whole range of private and … Continue reading

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Under the duvet in June

Two weeks ago, I left Brighton in a drought. The water butt in the London Road Station gated plot was empty, it seemed impossible to keep our pots of herbs from drying out, and all activity moved towards the shade of the west … Continue reading

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Of ants and aphids

Several of us have noticed lots of ants swarming up our apple trees. What’s going on? Are the ants doing any damage? Ants unfortunately are a sign of aphid colonies, and aphids – green and black fly – suck sap, … Continue reading

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Volunteering

We’re always delighted to welcome new people to London Road Station gardens, to do routine maintenance, to develop the ornamental garden, to plant up seedlings etc. Members of the partnership can access the garden when they want, but we usually … Continue reading

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Beautiful bulbs, dying daffodils

We planted a lot of daffodil bulbs in the autumn in the shady triangle. Most of the miniature ones (Tete a tete) came up and flowered beautifully, along with quite a few of the large daffodils at the back of … Continue reading

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It’s spring – a year of LRSP

This last week has really brought a sense of spring to Brighton. The daffodils are out, there are buds on the trees and cafe tables are appearing on the pavements again. The sky has been bright blue, the sun has … Continue reading

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Magic moments in the garden

It’s been pretty intensive in the gated plot these last few days as we’ve worked hard to build the raised beds, repaint the wall, put up the trellis wires for the mini-orchard and get the raised beds filled with rich soil ready … Continue reading

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How the beds were won

It’s always hard to believe that things you don’t know how to do yourself are doable, but in the end, they are … OK, so we had built raised beds before, but this time in the station garden, we were having … Continue reading

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Beautiful pots brighten up the shady garden

                The shady triangle has been brightened up by two beautiful ceramic planters, set at the bottom of the garden by the station building wall. The pots have been donated and planted up … Continue reading

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It’s very cold …

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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