As part of the Wandsworth Prison Great Garden Tool Giveaway we got two big packs of sturdy good old fashioned garden tools, spades, rakes, hoes etc- all donated by the community and restored by the prisoners. Put that together with the compost we ...

Burgess Park Wassail

March 22, 2011July 31, 2019

The 17th of January is the traditional twelfth night. In gratitude for last years crops, in hope for the coming season and at a loss for something better to do, we decided on a special, Peckham style wassail on the more convenient 16th. Awkwardly,...

Spring in the garden

March 7, 2011July 31, 2019

Persimmon or kaki friut – Diospyros kaki

December 4, 2010July 31, 2019

This is a delicious fruit once ripened and frosted. This beautiful specimen is found in Chumleigh Gardens.A native of china and japan see link for more info.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon

Burgess Park Food Group – Planting Peckham.

November 28, 2010July 31, 2019

Back in the early years of the eighties, before the library existed in its current form, before even the pulse was built, the area just off the high street was known as Canal Head. Some of the original stables and warehouses still stood, neglected...