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Growing oasis found in urban centre
I heard this was the place to go. Culpeper Community Garden snuck between Islington office blocks near Angel tube station, north London. I found the entrance gate; a wrought-iron affair shrouded by...
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Two chances for Brockwell Park
I left this south London community garden at 9pm after a great tour. The people and the plants were amazing – but at a turning point. Several reasons for progress and bright prospects 1. They’ve...
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Picking up the trowel for school growing
Alan Titchmarsh and co are encouraging school food growing (HW story here). The reasons are spot on; the neglected problem is finding someone to get growing in the first place. You need an insider at...
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Purple sprouting broccoli divides nation
It seems gardeners never agree. Brassica florets are disliked in London, taking too long and being too big for desk-size growing spaces, while county residents enjoy the money saving plants, but can’t...
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Spring sprung on the M1
I began March by travelling to London to tell cabbage jokes; vegetable anecdotes to inspire new community volunteers to help other folk grow food. Training courses continued during April. Driving...
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