Our previous blog post describes Growing Community Part 1 – and to recap in the last week of July our long-planned collaboration between Ravenstone School and Tooting Community Garden offered two interlinked local ‘Growing Community in the Heart of the City’ workshops as part of The Mayor of London’s National Park City Festival The common […]
Read More →‘Growing Communities in the Heart of the City’ is this weekend in the Tooting Community Garden!We’ll be running our free open day on Sunday 28th July from 12:00-4:00 to celebrate the National Park City Festival and also our 8th birthday (we’ve opened the garden on around 400 Sundays!) What will we be doing on […]
Read More →30 Days Wild In Wandsworth is aimed at encouraging us all to share enjoying being outdoors in the city during June ’17. Being outdoors is not one size fits all: read a book under a tree, walk to work, make a daisy chain, join in activities like the Park Run or swim at the Lido. […]
Read More →Children from 5 to 8 years old and accompanying adults are welcome to join this new event which explores rewilding and environmental thinking in a fascinating and participative way – right here in Tooting on Saturday 8th April. All welcome to come and explore our themes: Play – Learn – Dream We’re thrilled that Andres […]
Read More →TTT is looking forward to our new partnership project with CARAS and the RHS ‘Greening Grey Britain’ campaign (see our 18th Aug post below). To help launch ‘Rooting in Tooting’, we joined in at the CARAS Open Day at All Saints’ Church, Tooting. It was a very welcoming day for the extended CARAS family, where many […]
Read More →On Sunday August 2nd we focused on Shelter. Each family Field Day safari has a theme that’s about enjoying the local outdoors, creativity and also low-carbon living. We’ve explored Travel, Water, Nature and more…and had a lot of fun together, and discovered parts of Tooting we didn’t know at all. What did we do?In the […]
Read More →All welcome to make a FREE day of it together this Sunday – with an outdoor focus:Tooting Community Garden will be open to all from 11:00 to 1:00There’s lots to do, from sowing autumn crops to sculpting our bramble bushes (there’s going to be a lot of fruit for the Tooting Foodival on 12 & […]
Read More →Tooting Field Days are local safaris based in and around Tooting; a chance to get outside and play, walk or make something. We can’t promise lions and zebras but you might discover something you’ve never seen before, think something new or have a mini adventure! Tooting Field Days will happen every month on a Sunday […]
Read More →The games:A beautiful sunny Tooting morning…..,…..and guess what time the really cold rain started yesterday? Yes, exactly as we started the games. Nevertheless, adults were seen and heard up trees, and a 2-year old was soon playing hug-tag (come next time to find out how to play that game..). That brave family deserves our respect!There […]
Read More →We’ve had two posts about WHY? we’re offering this urban ‘Wild Afternoon’ on Sunday (details in Events Calendar opposite).The first post was about making the commitment to get outside more – and enjoying the benefits of chance discovery here in Tooting. The second post looked at some of the ways young people can take part in […]
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