Sweet smelling roses - Planting session on 20 Nov

Apologies for the long gap. We are going to prune and plant in an autumn gardening session in the Square. Please come and join us:
11am-1pm, Sunday 20 November.

We intend to cut back some of the southern shrubbery, prune the roses and use our funds to plant some more sweet smelling roses on the left of the gate as you come into the Square.

Spring update

Firstly, sorry for the sparsity of posts :-(
On 12th March we planted some new grasses (around 18) in our flower bed. Islington Greenspace also gave us some anemones and snowdrops. The bulbs we planted in November are coming up and the daffodils should look good in a week or so. We also transferred a couple of plants from the flower bank. It was a beautiful day in the Square and lovely to be gardening together. Thanks to the Greenspace team for bringing tools, plants, helping hands and biscuits.

back garden No. 18-21 and No. 7: Goldfinches and long tailed tits

Sorry for the long break.
Good news from the back gardens. Last week I spotted 3 long tailed tits in our garden and 11 goldfinches in the back garden of 18-21.

gardening group - flower bed maintenance

With the help of A we weeded the flowerbed today. Neating it up and tieing daffodil leaves in knots.

Gardening group - flower bed problems

The good news is that most of the plants we have put in are thriving in the shady flower bed and have made it through some dry spells. However there are some problems:
- The main one is the dog poo throughout the bed
- Dogs have also flattened or broken quite a few of the taller plants
- We had a further go at ridding the bed of milkweed
- There is no water supply in the Square.

Gardening group - weeding session

Come and help us weed the flowerbed. 2 - 4pm on Sunday 6th June. Tea and cake for all gardeners big and small.

gardening group - flower bed grasses and foxgloves

We have been battling to keep the bed free of milkweed. The grasses and foxgloves are growing nicely. Unfortunately dogs have been running through the bed and have flattened some plants.