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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Flying Ants – Day of reckoning

Jul

2013

James Lesko: We knew then, that we were being changed... and made part of their world. We didn't know for what purpose... but we knew, we would be told. - Phase IVBC's flying ant eruption occurred last weekend, so we fear this might be a little late (or we have unusually precocious ants):The Society of Biology ...

Breakspears Mews Community Garden

Jul

2013

Grow Wild 2: Grow Wilder

May

2013

Armageddon vs Deep Impact. Dante's Peak vs Volcano. White House Down vs Olympus Has Fallen. Grow Wild New Cross vs Grow Wild UK.Two gardening groups with the same name have very similar ideas about using flowers to green urban spaces, but very different levels of resources.Grow Wild UK is offering to fund wild flower gardening ...

Vegetable matter

May

2013

Robin writes:I was in Russell Square station today and noticed this striking TFL poster... We've had a look for this project on the Volunteer Team website, but it seems no, you couldn't plant vegetables on Brockley Road: Either it's a hypoethetical example or it's extremely well hidden by their search engine. This is a good ...

I’ll eat the high road

May

2013

From Saturday 18 May Forest Hill and Honor Oak will be transformed into an urban orchard for three weeks.The event is called the Edible High Road; shops and businesses are hosting fruit trees to celebrate urban orchards: 50 Forest Hill and Honor Oak businesses are hosting 70+ trees including The Horniman Museum, Sainsbury's, Canvas and ...

Common Growth workshops for May

May

2013

Loads of you got in touch with community gardening project Common Growth last time we ran a feature about them, so here are the latest initiatives which you're invited to join. Anniek writes:Now Spring’s finally here, things have been moving apace in the Common Growth Community Garden. The greenhouse is full of seedlings and a ...

Sunflower bomb New Cross

Apr

2013

We're calling it. We've had 12 solid months of the worst weather BC can remember. It is time for a change in fortunes. A glorious late spring and a scorching summer are going to happen. In preparation, New Cross sun worshipers are planning to sunflower-bomb New Cross High Street. Sarah from Grow Wild writes:One thousand ...

Free gardening courses in Telegraph Hill

Apr

2013

Anniek writes:Common Growth has teamed up with Grow Wild to offer a further series of permaculture workshops at the garden on Sandbourne Road (Telegraph Hill, SE4 2NS) this year. The workshops will cover a variety of topics, and some will be specifically aimed at kids, so there’s something for everyone.If you would like to attend ...

Que? The Winged Serpent

Mar

2013

William writes:Any other sightings of a huge heron/crane-like bird in Brockley? I just saw the most enormous bird by my neighbour's pond. This is the only photo i managed to get before it flew away.Are these guys regular visitors to Brockley?

Breakspears Mews Community Garden Project: Soup and Enthusiasm needed

Mar

2013

Clare Cowen from BrocSoc writes:We are getting a stage nearer to creating Breakspears Mews Community Garden! The rubbish will finally be cleared next week -- so we need serious help on Saturday and Sunday 9 and 10 March from "builders" and DIY enthusiasts with hard landscaping and filling the raised beds with soil.