Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
‘Hugely beneficial’: Stoke Newington volunteers launch £10k crowdfunder to create lively community garden
The team taking care of a little haven behind Bethune Road want to turn it into a food-growing and event space
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Woodland escapes
In need of a day out after a music tour around Europe, our columnist was inspired to pen a list of the best tree-filled trips within an hour of Hackney
Read MoreHackney resident wins gold at Chelsea Flower Show with climate-resilient garden
Matthew Butler and fellow designer Joshua Parker teamed up with the Gates Foundation to create a future-proofed plot
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Home on the water?
Our columnist on housing, FILTH, and what a boater’s life is really like
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Let’s bring out the green, lush, deep unknowns’
Our new columnist explores ‘connection and convenience’, and sets out his vision for beautifying Hackney, guerilla-style
Read MoreTown Hall mulls options amid pleas to preserve St Mary’s Secret Garden
Campaigners are seeking to secure urban haven as a community asset after financial woes led to insolvency
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden ‘very likely’ to close permanently amid funding struggles, organisers reveal
Hoxton-based charity has been active in the borough for nearly three decades
Read MoreMental health charity to open beautiful garden ‘sanctuary’ in Homerton
Core Landscapes, part of Core Arts, is inviting residents to a big launch event on 8 June
Read MoreEnvironmentalists buzzing over £250k funding for bee corridor in Hackney
Charity ecoACTIVE plans to build a green thoroughfare for wildlife between four local parks
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Ivy
Our resident expert puts forward a strong defence for one of the UK’s most ubiquitous but oft-derided plants
Read MoreWaiting list for allotments in Hackney to reopen for first time in half a decade
A hundred members of the Hackney Allotment Society will be added next February
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Taking a leaf
Our resident expert on how to use autumn’s falling bounty to your advantage
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Chaos gardening
Our resident expert on why we should allow nature’s glorious mayhem to thrive
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Community orchards
Our resident expert on the important role orchards play in wildlife conservation
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Watering season
Our resident expert on the importance of tending to those thirsty plants during the summer months
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: No Mow May
Park the lawnmower and let the flowers go wild – it helps biodiversity and pollinators
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Planting for pollinators – sow the seeds of change
All of us can do a little something to help Britain’s dwindling legion of pollen-pluckers
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Ecological gardening – do it for baby Leoh
How to work with nature to preserve it for future generations
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Planting the flowerbeds from bed
Our gardening expert on planning your patch from the comfort of your duvet
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Foraging to help, not hinder
Our gardening expert on the growing popularity of an ancient practice, and how to do it responsibly
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