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We’re part of the Brighton and Hove Community Gardens Network Trail, happening Saturday 7th June, 11am to 4pm. Drop by (edible plot just by the bridge, Shaftesbury Place) and see what’s growing … And take a look at other small … Continue reading →

It was a sad moment this week and I felt terribly guilty: we cut down a tree. Passers-by walking up the steps to the bridge at London Rd Station noticed: ‘Something’s changed … where’s that plum tree?’. The plum – … Continue reading →

It’s impossible to predict how the gardening year will go. For the last two years, we’ve had warming, dullish, wettish, sluggish weather through the spring with mostly cloudy skies with lots of snails. Seedlings sulked, and coaxing plants to grow … Continue reading →

Well, that was the shady garden at London Rd Station back at the beginning of April. We’re now just over a month later and it’s been very warm and dry. The spring flowers are over, the foliage has grown huge … Continue reading →

It’s an annual feeling of relief: suddenly the sky is blue and despite cold nights, the sun has been out most days. Buds are opening on our fruit trees at London Rd Station. Last week, we started pruning our crazy … Continue reading →

The weather has been encouraging hibernation: very low light, damp and rainy, then cold and frosty. What the weather bods call ‘anticyclonic gloom’ seems to have dominated the south east of England for the past months. But the days are … Continue reading →

You need celebrations in an English winter. The weather this year has been relentlessly damp, dreary, dark and drizzly. we managed a joyful Christmas tea just before Christmas – a more festive version of our usual Tuesday tea, with mulled … Continue reading →

I’m always in two minds as to whether we should continue to plant up the tree pits in front of the station building. Given that they house trees – two Rowan trees and a new small elm variety – the … Continue reading →

We’ve just renewed the planting in our platform planters, with help from Maggie who used to garden with us. Fingers crossed, the bright cyclamen and early daffodils will last into the spring. It’s been a dry couple of weeks but … Continue reading →

End of October, beginning of November … the clocks have gone back to GMT, the evenings are dark. Gardens are winding down towards the winter. We still have flowers out at London Rd Station, and the weather has been remarkably … Continue reading →