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Seed swapping AGM

We held our third AGM for the community garden on 28th March and with Spring around the corner, combined it with a seed swap. After...

Nettles - a great natural plant tea fertiliser

Susannah Hall (permaculture garden expert) demonstrated how to make plant tea fertiliser from nettles, which we collected from the Ducker...

Seasonal herbalism - Treating insect bites and stings

Roisin Reilly BSc (Hons), Medical Herbalist, held an online workshop for us on herbs and weeds to treat summer time health conditions...

How to construct a wildlife garden pond

Did you know that in London around 90% of ponds have disappeared since the 1900’s? This is mostly due to countryside making way for...

Making your garden wildlife friendly - bee hotels

Our workshop on 27th February was definitely not just like any other gardening workshop we’ve held before. As we were surprising a group...

We've officially opened the community garden!

It was great to see the community get together and celebrate the official opening of the food forest garden on Sunday 30th June. Everyone...

1st Permablitz at Northwick Park! - 12th May 2019

Yesterday (12th May) we were with our friends at Northwick Park Community Garden for the 1st PERMABLITZ in the park to create an edible food

From small trees, food forests grow

Thanks to the support of landlord Noel and everyone who came to Quiz Night at the Windermere Pub where all profits were in aid of NPCG,...

Seeds... what's not to love!

Guest blogger, Hema from growwithhema.com writes about our Seed Planting Workshop held on March 14th. Seeds little and large, pots made...