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….. […]
Read More →Theatre group fanSHEN took centre stage at this year’s Foodival with their anarchic performance of the Applecart, which engaged young, medium and old alike. They also sent at least 50 interested visitors around the local area on a guided Tooting Walk. Two walks have been recorded and anyone can try them out: one a half […]
Read More →Last year we were all coming together to save the Wheatsheaf with some success. Now the latest community space that could soon be turned from public space into private flats and shops is the former Tooting Constitutional Club, just down from Sainsburys at Tooting Broadway. On Wednesday evening there was a chance to peruse some […]
Read More →All welcome to a Film Night hosted by our sister project, Furzedown Low Carbon Zone. Date: Wednesday October 22ndVenue: The Furzedown Project, 93 Moyser Road, SW16 6SJ Timings: Doors open at 7:30pm, and the showing starts at 8:00Booking: Please book a ticket on our booking page here. Tickets are £5.00. Under-16s and over-60s are free […]
Read More →A huge event worldwide – maybe the biggest of its kind, ever. Here’s a map from 350.org, one of the campaign partners: The march in New York City: What’s happened afterwards (so far)?This article gives a good view from the UN: ‘Five ways Ban Ki-moon’s summit has changed international climate politics forever’ http://gu.com/p/4xp6f Please join us […]
Read More →Why take part in the Climate March? With strong arms, one inspired person can achieve a lot! By joining Transition Town Tooting, the Tooting Community Garden, and Furzedown Low Carbon Zone, and Transition Wandsworth together all under one banner – we can share the work and achieve even more. Why take part…? Young people can […]
Read More →We had a great weekend, then a much-needed couple of days to relish the whole experience. Now, our Foodival wrap-up report is ready – it’s one click away on the Foodival page here We hope you enjoy reliving last weekend! Thanks to all from the whole team at Transition Town Tooting. We can’t wait for the eighth […]
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