Gardening – Page 2 – Transition Town Tooting

Feb12 0

This is a new and imaginative project that is being launched now and will run throughout 2017. Pollinator Paths Wandsworth is all about encouraging local gardeners to establish small patches as wildlife havens. Several community gardens are involved, so there will be plenty of support. It’s going to be a good project to strengthen growing links […]

Nov29 0

Tonight is the TTT 2016 Gardening Celebration – plus we’re looking forward to exciting things in 2017. The event is at The Selkirk near Tooting Broadway from 7:00 pm. To celebrate the celebration:here are five current growing, gardening and sustainability events and ideas to follow up even if you can’t make it tonight: 1 TTT […]

Sep12 0

Feast your eyes on these amazing photos of the #Foodival2016 Top Tooting Cook entries! All grown principally from donated home grown produce. More details on recipes and prize winners will follow … but I thought you’d like to see this hot off the press! Thank you to Charles for these stunning shots. There’ll be some […]

Sep09 0

The Tooting #Foodival2016 starts Saturday 10th from 1300-1700 This is the ninth year we’ve run the Tooting Foodival, and every year we call out to local gardeners for home-grown donations. Every year we’re amazed at the range and quality of what gets grown locally by beginners and experts in backyards or pots, on balconies or […]

Aug02 0

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 […]

Jul09 0

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 […]

Jun30 0

For over a year TTT has been facilitating Rooting in Tooting project activities with diverse groups of all ages via the Tooting charity CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers). Yesterday we accompanied a group from the CARAS Youth Club to explore the build of the Border Control show garden at the RHS Hampton Court […]

Nov18 0

‘Bringing Nature Closer to Home’ is the tagline of the Wildlife Gardening Forum, which held its tenth anniversary meeting yesterday at the Natural History Museum in London. Several of us from Tooting and TTT attended – along with 80 other gardeners, enterprises, government agencies, charities and community groups. It’s always a stimulating day (available to […]

Oct22 0

Tooting has a new and delightful asset! A new garden balcony for all the staff at the Tooting campus of South Thames College opened today in memory of Mumney Olusanya (or Leo, as he was better known). Leo was Facilities Manager at the Tooting campus, and died on the 31st October 2013. Leo’s Garden […]

Oct13 0

For the past 2 1/2 years, TTT has been running outdoor learning classes with pupils from Gatton, a local primary school in the community garden. From weekly sessions with Reception and Year 1 classes, to 7-week projects with the Year 6 students, the classes encompass a huge range of cross-curriculum learning, developing new skills and […]

Category: Gardening

Pollinator Paths Wandsworth – a new project for 2017 linking gardeners across the borough to experiment with planting that benefits insects

TTT 2016 Gardening Celebration tonight!

Foodival Top Tooting Cook entries – wow!

#Foodival2016 starts tomorrow! Join in, donate produce and celebrate local grow-&-cook-your-own

Tooting Community Garden Summer Picnic 7th Aug

Update on Border Control – Gold Medal garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace.

Rooting in Tooting project: CARAS Youth Club members explore ‘Border Control’ show garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace flower show

‘Bringing Nature Closer to Home’: Wildlife Gardening Forum November 2015

Leo’s Garden: an oasis tucked above Tooting

So what is outdoor learning?