Worries about the weather disappeared almost as soon as we came on site - the afternoon was fresh and glorious. A great turn out of people, lured by the promise of learning more about soil and how to manage it meant we got lots done and ate well. Lasagna gardening, method We started by layering … Continue reading Sunshine, soil and pizza success!
Community feast!
The first community feast at the garden today, glorious sunshine, a fresh breeze, white and blue borage humming with bees and an abundance of salads, spring leaves and edible flowers. The feast brought the Maintaining Health Partners Copleston Together group en masse to the garden, to eat and then work....weeding, watering, harvesting, sweeping, many first … Continue reading Community feast!
Seed swapping success!
A successful first seedy sunday event at the garden with the London Freedom Seed Bank. A huge variety of local and exotic seed was shared, and we look forward to developing good seed saving practices here in Peckham. Great cakes too... ..
Spring snapshot
A lovely warm spring day of gardening - lots to do, everything getting dry quickly after months of wet weather but looking forward to a great years gardening. Bright gardeners Lovely lowly worms Peas and pea sticks Radicchios Plum blossom Pak choi in abundance Spring buds 9 star perennial broccoli underplanted with nepalese raspberry Proud … Continue reading Spring snapshot
Herb Tuesdays. Gardening and wellbeing, yes, it’s good for you!
Everybody knows that fresh air and exercise are a tonic for mind and soul so we are building on this to get a group together to build our herb or 'physic' garden. We have a hugel mound, quite a bit growing there already but want to jam pack it full of delicious useful plants that … Continue reading Herb Tuesdays. Gardening and wellbeing, yes, it’s good for you!
Hugel – perma – blitz – mania – we love them, do you?
Join us on sunday 26th October, 10-4pm to blitz our hugel mounds.....we made them in 2012, the first year they were ablaze with wildflowers, year two with poppies and year three they started to look a bit sad but worked well in places. Observations We made them too steep so the soil slid down creating … Continue reading Hugel – perma – blitz – mania – we love them, do you?
Discovering hidden treasures
Wow, just found these pictures of our site in may 2012. What a transformation!
Sweet sunday melons
Who'd have thought we'd get sweet juicy melons from our Peckham garden? I don't know what variety it is but it had light veining on the skin and a delicious fragrance. It has been growing all summer in the polytunnel so we'll save seed ( shouldn't have cross pollinated) to grow and enjoy again next … Continue reading Sweet sunday melons
October is…………………………………….permaculture month at Glengall Wharf Garden…….yay!!!!
Grown in Peckham garden feast
We celebrated a summer of successful harvests with a hot pot of freshly-harvested veggies on Thursday. Thanks to all the Grown in Peckham volunteers for all of your hard work, foody contributions, recipe ideas, and hearty appetites! Master Chef Feast time
Glengall Wharf Garden 
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