All went well in the second weekend of our free workshops devoted to growing our own good local food – one class each in Balham, Tooting and Wandsworth. (Details of the Growing Tooting programme here). What did we do last weekend? We compared everyone’s window-sill grown pea plants, 2 weeks after sowing. Different conditions (amount […]
Read More →On March 18th & 20th we started Growing Tooting by launching our new free series of 8 classes on learning to grow your own local city food by participating and sharing with others in your neighbourhood. That’s 8 classes in each of 3 locations in Balham, Tooting and Wandsworth. Many thanks to Martin for the tireless […]
Read More →Do you want to learn about local food growing and build up your practical gardening skills, where you live? Our FREE series of gardening and growing workshops starts on the weekend of March 18th and runs to the end of June This free fortnightly programme runs in three different locations in Tooting, Balham and Wandsworth – […]
Read More →From Boxing Day to Twelfth Night we posted tweets at @tttooting about diverse aspects of sustainability in all our lives in Tooting. These were written by different individuals in TTT – so there are many voices represented, aged 6 to 66. And they reached many people – TTT has over 2000 Twitter followers. They are […]
Read More →BATCA Hero Hilary It was a good night for TTT and our partners at last night’s BATCA (Balham & Tooting Community Association) Community Heroes Awards. Our Rooting in Tooting colleagues at CARAS (Community Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers), won a Team Award, while Hilary Jennings ex-co-chair and key player in TTT since 2008 was a highly commended […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →Last Saturday TTT hosted Looking Out For Tooting, a workshop designed to ‘celebrate the people and groups that care for Tooting and its future’. Members of over 20 local Tooting organisations and groups took part.See the list of participating groups here, and the invitation here. We aimed to focus on four areas: 1. to meet others and […]
Read More →With the general election just around the corner, TTT is bringing local people of all ages together, along with local businesses, parliamentary candidates, scientists and artists for an open conversation about the future of our area. Electing the Future takes place next Wednesday 18th March at the United Services Club in the Balham High Rd […]
Read More →If you had one wish for the future of your area, what would it be? With the general election around the corner, we’re bringing local people, businesses, young people, parliamentary candidates and councillors, scientists and artists together for a lively debate on the future of the area. Electing the Future will take place at:The United […]
Read More →On Sunday 15th June the Tooting Community Garden took part in the Open Garden Squares Weekend. Usually open on Sundays between 11 and 1 when anyone is welcome to come along, on the Open Day we were open all day long with a whole host of events including storytelling, human snail races, cycle for a song, […]
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