Plant nurseries selling a range of quality plants/garden products. Social enterprise run by @ShareCommunity who provide training & support for disabled adults.
So grateful for funding from The National Garden Scheme to develop a community garden area. So far students and volunteers have done a great job clearing the area which hides a secret hobbit house! Next phase is to create paths for wheelchair access and a seating area.
#community
We're now open to the public for plant sales Tuesdays 10am - 3pm.
Please note there are building works at the hospital but you can still come by car and park in hospital car park B, access to the garden is via a footpath.
Lots of lovely plants available!
#gardening#tooting
Nature is taking a battering, and we're losing wildlife – including frogs, butterflies, bees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds, toads. But if more of us look after our gardens and local green spaces in a wildlife-friendly way, we can start to turn this around. Who's in?
It’s hard to believe it’s possible but this #BloomingTooting Walk has been improved with updated links & full circuit guide to the magnificent #StreathamCemetery Make sure it’s part of your plans for the weekend & DOWNLOAD HERE https://t.co/tOKIHHqRD1
The Sankofa Returns
Sat July 4th
Join us a safely distanced but socially connected celebration of #Tooting community resilience, kindness and inventiveness: on and offline over the length of one summer's day.
#sankofareturn
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Are your lilies at risk of being devoured? Don't let lily beetles destroy your display. Discover how to tackle them. #gardeningtips https://t.co/5CP1cHzjzF
Want free lavender plants? It's easy to propagate your own and now is the perfect time to do it. Follow our easy guide. #propagation https://t.co/4sUT6Qv8UV
10 flowers to grow in your garden to help bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinating insects
🐝 Scabious
🐝 Lavender
🐝 Snowdrops
🐝 Buddleia
🐝 Red clover
🐝 Sweet peas
🐝 Crocus
🐝 Apple tree
🐝 Cosmos
🐝 Teasels
🐝 More: https://t.co/Kwyt2YzODf
The café on @TootingCommon is back open every day 9-6, serving hot drinks, sandwiches & paninis to take away with the appropriate social distancing measures in place. #Balham#Tooting
We've been creating step by step horticulture guides for our students during lockdown, they're useful for anyone wanting more gardening know how. Check out our #horticulture playlist on Youtube.
#gardeningtips
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Are you growing tomatoes? Unsure how to remove sideshoots or what to feed them? Follow our guide to grow your tastiest tomatoes. #growyourown https://t.co/WsDZ14Sygs
Box tree caterpillar is something to be looking out for there are some measures you can take to control it. Alternative methods could also be re-planting with a different type of hedging plant. https://t.co/MKmRwTw3Ad #buxus
Thigmomorphogenesis: with all the wind we had last week, and over the weekend this word quite appropriate. It relates to how the plants respond to wind, animal touch, rain and other plant. Here is an example of a response https://t.co/dnNOjRP25M
You may have noticed that the black plastic pots are changing colour. The change from black is due to a multitude of issues. The HTA have produced a nice little article to explain this in more detail: https://t.co/LjQOHNJCSH
This little bee was exhausted and just needed some sugar water, before flying off. To give her water we added some sugar in a cup with a small amount of boiled water. The
dissolved solution was then cooled and added to a syringe, a few droplets and off she flew.......