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August gardening session
Phew, what a scorcher! It’s been an amazing summer so far, and our tomatoes are loving it. There are bags of beans at the Bandstand Beds too, so help yourself. And if you can help out with some watering, please get in touch. Our next gardening session is planned for Saturday 9 August, 10am. See…
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Clapham Manor Planting Day
What a brilliantly sunny weekend we had for the Clapham Manor Planting Day. Everyone had a fantastic time with Father Nature (fatnature.blogspot.co.uk) preparing the beds, while all the people who came along planted out beans, squash, strawberries, raspberries and loads of other delicious veggies and fruit to feast on later in the year. Meanwhile, River…
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What a May Day!
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the CCMAC Common People May Day celebrations. Such a fantastic day and so sunny! There was lots of pumpkin sowing at the Bandstand Beds with people entering our 3 x £25 prize pumpkin competition. Plus we raised £40 from our plant sale! And it was…
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MayDay event Saturday 3 May
Hi everyone! I hope you’re making the most of the early spring getting as much growing as possible. The Bandstand beds are flourishing. See our onions and shallots below This Saturday, (May 3) Bandstand Beds will be on Clapham Common taking in CCMAC’s May Day Common People celebrations, with live performance on the Bandstand from…
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April Gardening and Compost
We had a lovely sunny Saturday at Bandstand Beds. Hannah planted a bed full of Salad Crops as well as mangetout peas – which of course you can put in salad too! We topped up the beds with great compost from Lambeth and other friends came to take some away to help their gardens too. We hope…
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5 April gardening at the beds and compost giveaway
Join us this Saturday from 10 for our monthly gardening session at the Bandstand Beds and at the Spinney. Time to plant salad crops in our warm raised beds, make sure our seedlings are weed-free, and to water in our sulky blackcurrants. Join us if you can. We will also have some of the lovely…
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Saturday bed time?
Throughout the spring and summer we will be meeting on the first Saturday of each month for gardening sessions at the beds on Clapham Common. At out first session this Saturday 1 March, we will be planting onions, carrots and gooseberry bushes. Know your onions? Then come along and join us at the Bandstand Beds,…
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Chair’s report 2013-14
After piloting community cropping at the Bandstand Beds in 2012, 2013 got off to a fantastic start with the formation of The Bandstand Beds Association. Having a constituted body enabled us to receive funding and take the project to the next level. I conceived a growing a project for the 2013 Chelsea Fringe, The Squash and Bean…
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Blackcurrant Planting Sat 15th Feb – all welcome to get digging!
Want to get going with the growing ASAP? All are very welcome to join us at the Spinney beds on Saturday 15th February from 10am to plant Blackcurrant bushes. This is all part of a project we’re cooking up to preserve summer sunshine in cordials, fruit leathers and jams. See the story here, Blackcurrant Magic. If you have…
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Annual General Meeting Thurs 20th Feb 6.30 – 8.30
Bandstand Beds is very lively, with funding bids and plans for 2014 coming along brilliantly following our planning meeting at Notredame Estate Hall earlier this month. Big thanks to the team that are contributing, and great to see some new faces too. We know many Clapham people and beyond enjoyed the Bandstand Beds in 2013.You…