Thanks so much to St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust for the invitation to have a stand at the Open Day last Saturday – our third year running.And thanks to all who came to talk, share ideas, participate in the games for all ages, and sign up to our email lists to keep in contact. We […]
Read More →On Tuesday 11th November, we enjoyed the second session of our Insect Hotel Project at the Community Garden, with Year 6 from Gatton Primary School in Tooting. Each week there is a new group of 10 students from the two classes of Year 6, so it’s always good to welcome them to the garden before […]
Read More →We’re keen to help more people – individuals, families, groups and clubs, enterprises – grow healthy local food in Tooting. Come and have a chat on Saturday at our stand at St George’s about how we might do this together. We’ll be on the 1st floor in the Lanesborough Wing, in the Ingredients Restaurant. We […]
Read More →A theme we’ll be looking at with our stand in the hospital at St George’s all day on Nov 15th is green living, with games and activities to explore home and personal sustainability. Living green is a practical response at family and community level to global climate change. Professor Chris Rapley’s play / lecture called […]
Read More →We’re hosting a TTT stand at St George’s Community Open Day, this Saturday 15th Nov from 10:30 to 4pm. The event is held throughout the hospital and medical school . Do come and chat with us, and catch up with what we’re doing – and we’d love to hear your ideas on what a more […]
Read More →Come and talk to us at our stand at St George’s Community Open Day on Saturday 15th Nov. about opportunities to get outside in Tooting. Outdoor Tooting can be a surprising and rewarding place for all ages, and TTT want to encourage more young people and adults to get outside – for fun, to play, […]
Read More →We harvested our pumpkin today: And within an hour or so, lunch was served (looks great, Diana!): Wonderful! More pictures: click on GARDEN in the links at top of this page. All welcome any Sunday…. (to the Garden, I mean…and yes we should cook lunch there one day)
Read More →Since September we have had Year One groups coming every week to the Community Garden. It was a great run of sessions, and we didn’t miss a day because of bad weather. All credit to the children, staff and volunteers.Now we have Reception and Year Six children coming each week until the end of term. We’ll […]
Read More →This week we embarked on our next garden-based project with Year 6 students and teachers from Gatton Primary School in Tooting. This follows the Rainwater Catchment and Cold Frame projects of last year, as reported in this blog and on the education page of Issue 6 in the Transition Free Press. What is an Insect […]
Read More →Jenny and Rose hatched a plan to do a group effort on our leaves and compost: shift the heaps around, do some finicky work and try out ideas and new skills too. We did other jobs too – many thanks to all, and to Steph for cake. However for photographing I was enchanted by just one story….. […]
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