Yesterday we officially opened the Dragon Bean bench at the Community Garden Summer Picnic! Gentle finishing touches last week For the past twelve months Fio Adamson has been guiding a participatory sculpture project in the Community Garden. About to cut the ribbon & unveil the bench Now, can Fio rest….? Working with many pieces of […]
Read More →Sharing two inspiring projects! Both projects aim to demonstrate and create something that is beautiful and functional, creating results which please people and show that sustainability is achievable and attractive now. One is in Tooting: a front garden restoration that takes into account affordability and biodiversity. One is north London-based: an bamboo bicycle enterprise which is […]
Read More →All welcome to join us for an informal and free family picnic on Sunday 7th August from 1- 3 pm at the Community Garden at 5 North Drive SW16 1RN. At 2pm we’ll unveil the oak sculpture that many hands have been carving with Fio’s support since June ’15 Come over from 11am if you […]
Read More →Do you have broken electrical or electronic items that you don’t want to throw away? Good at fixing or mending stuff or would like to learn how? Come to a Restart Party! Tuesday 9th August from 7 – 9pm Restart Parties are the antidote to the thow-away society, why chuck out your electrical and electronic […]
Read More →On Sunday 17th July, Jeni Walker and Richard Couldrey continued with the 4th year of our annual pattern of work with the National Citizen Service through “The Challenge” – a personal development and social integration programme offered to 15 – 17 year olds which includes a project focused day with a Charity or Community Group. […]
Read More →In the final local growing sessions in Balham, Tooting and Wandsworth we celebrated progress and looked at what comes next now the programme is complete. We discussed harvesting and preparing food (and bringing any surpluses to the Tooting Foodival), and asked about what the participants might need next in their growing journey. Suggestions so far: ‘local […]
Read More →On the 30th June CARAS Youth Club members travelled to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show to help with the build of the Border Control Concept Garden. It was a fascinating visit – to see the TTT blog post, click here.Now the garden is finished and open to the public. The Youth Club paid […]
Read More →Delighted that last weekend’s Tour de Tooting makes the front page of the Wandsworth Guardian this week! With this report on page 3 And this is Emma Brazell’s short reportage film of the day on youtube.
Read More →In 2015 TTT helped facilitate a research project by the University of Westminster all about the impact of urban heatwaves – for the details please see past blog posts by clicking here on Urban Heat. TTT worked with the researchers and with many local partners in Tooting: voluntary and community groups plus borough-level and statutory […]
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