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Litterpickin’ good!
We had an amazing turnout of people come along to our Capital Clean-up Pick-nic event at the Green Waste Depot on Clapham Common on 27 June. We picked up all manner of things from crisp bags to half-buried bottles and broken ceramic pots, and a couple of old shoes. Both left feet. Unfortunately no buried…
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Gooseberry fooled?
On Saturday morning we discovered an important fact of life, that there is absolutely no truth in the old wives’ tale about what you find under gooseberry bushes. Nope, no babies! Our bushes were simply laden with berries, which Dee and Amanda picked and plan to freeze to use later… With the help of a…
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Berry good indeed!
We were thrilled to arrive for our gardening session and discover that Iain Boulton had been working with volunteers from Lloyds Bank who had done some major weeding. Big thanks to them! Everything looks great and is coming on a treat. Blackbirds permitting, we’ll have a bumper crop of blackcurrants and gooseberries this year. Diana…
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Brilliant first gardening session of 2015
Despite the cold wind we had a fantastic turn out for our first session of 2015. The Spinney beds had a major makeover turning the mound which had supported pumpkins and squash over the last two years into two beds edged by logs. Most elegant. We found hibernating toads and frogs under the logs which…
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Springing into action!
If you go down to the woods today… you’ll see snowdrops are in bloom! A sure sign that spring is just around the corner, and that it’s time think about our next growing season. To kick things off, Bandstand Beds will be holding its AGM on Tuesday 17 March at the Bread & Roses (annex…
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Happy Halloween Feast
This year’s community feast at The Spinney was a fantastic fun-packed afternoon. Loads of lovely food made using our home-grown produce, creative kids’ activities and brilliant sunshine. What more could you ask for? Things kicked off at around midday with the arrival of the Brixton People’s Kitchen mobile cooker, which was cycled over to Clapham…
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Community feast
We’re thrilled to announce that Bandstand Beds is joining forces with Clapham Manor Primary School & Children’s Centre to hold a community feast at The Spinney on Windmill Drive. We’ll be picking, preparing and sharing delicious food made from our home-grown veggies – pumpkin soup, squash chili and bean burgers! It’s free fun for everyone! Dress to…
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Lots of little helpers!
Saturday morning, where better to be than the beds! It was great fun meeting everyone who came along to help or just to say hello. Even a tiny frog hopped in. No, that’s Nina and her dad Tarun (right) planting herbs! Freddie the frog was hiding under some leaves. Good to know he’s there helping…
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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…