Posts Tagged ‘Kate Poland’
‘Why destroy a beautiful wildlife corridor?’ Residents question Hackney Council over ‘weeding’ of tree pits
Locals in shock after the flowers they had planted around street trees were pulled up
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Scythe in pleasure
Kate Poland on the joys of sweeping a blade through the blades, and why it’s actually kinder and more efficient than a machine
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Worms are a sign of a healthy environment
Kate Poland on the crucial role earthworms play in our ecosystem
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Life is so much harder when you don’t have the right tools’
Kate Poland digs through the overwhelming variety of gardening implements to reveal her favourites
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Strawberries aren’t the only summer fruit
Kate Poland on her favourite berries to grow and eat, and which are the most fun to pick
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Sowing in the wind
Kate Poland on the mobility and life expectancy of plants, and how to support a local secret garden
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: No Mow May
Kate Poland on lawns, and why a little bit of chaos is not always a bad thing
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time to start planning’
Kate Poland on seed-saving and experimentation
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s easier to erect a building than plant a tree’
Kate Poland on why we need to tip the scales in favour of nature
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Many of our open spaces would not exist without campaigns or protests’
Kate Poland gives us lemons – how to grow them and put them to use – and a fascinating history of the people who have crusaded for our local parks
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Even if pesticides don’t kill a bee, they impede its ability to navigate’
Kate Poland on how to grow garlic, why organic bulbs are best, a ‘weed walk’ in Homerton, and free resources to help growers through winter
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Even looking at a picture of a river or a wood can improve your mood’
Kate Poland on the mental health benefits of plants, efforts to ‘normalise’ gardening for Black and minority ethnic people, and some surprisingly speedy snails
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Contested Spaces
Kate Poland on the battle for land, a planning overhaul and an eye-opening podcast about climate change
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Be radical and grow your own food’
Kate Poland on how we can take advantage of the increased interest in food-growing during lockdown
Read MoreVIDEO: The Citizen Gardener on how to run a wormery
Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland shows you how to make compost using worms
Read MoreCoronavirus: Citizen Gardener sets up seed giveaway for people who want to grow at home
Kate Poland has filled a donation box at Hackney City Farm with seeds suited to pots and small spaces
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘There is no waste in nature’
Kate Poland on how we can reduce rubbish in the garden
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘In nature, plants look after themselves, but people can forget, go away, or just give up’
Kate Poland’s guide to growing in small spaces, based on her first year as the gardener for an entire Hackney postcode
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’
Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas
Read MoreUnion of Hackney Gardens calls for more local powers to protect open space
Town Hall insists powers remain at national level as newly-formed Union calls for residents to identify open spaces of ‘importance to them’
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