The Gardening Group had planned to pay for these trees, but the Islington Tree department have very kindly found Section 106 money for them; courtesy of John Ryan, Head of Department; so the Friend’s Group can now spend that money allocated for the trees on other planting – which is amazing! All trees, with the…

Thank you so much to our 20 generous gardeners who were out in force on Saturday. Our 3 parallel teams worked on Duncan Terrace Garden, Colebrooke Row Garden and the Colebrooke Row bank. The progress made in the gardens would not have been possible without all of your help! Thanks also to those who came…

Great news! Duncan Terrace Gardens has won a Silver Gilt award in this year’s RHS London in Bloom 2108 Awards|Small Parks category. This is a really tremendous achievement and without the  help and commitment of our volunteers, it could never have been happened, so thanks to everyone who has helped us achieve this, in so many different ways! The different categories are listed…

A few random sources, perhaps for Christmas or birthday presents: Why Willows Weep A beautiful collection of short stories edited by Tracy Chevalier (best-selling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring). Each of the 19 stories is inspired by a British native tree and is written by some leading British novelists. It’s published by the Woodland Trust,…

Many thanks to Patrick Richardson for his interesting and insightful talk and to all those who came, it was a great session; thanks also to Karon Hollingsworth, GreenSpace for organising the event! We learnt many things. Read on and check out the links that provide more interesting detail.  How to Establish the Age of a…

Early days for the Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven… Looking forward to our Tree Talk by Paul Zepler, Islington’s Arboricultural Officer on September 12th at 11:30. Hopefully see lots of you there! London Tree Officers Association: https://www.ltoa.org.uk/boroughs/islington

2018 was the joint hottest summer on record for the UK as a whole, and the hottest ever for England. This Autumn we will be assessing the drought tolerance of lots of our plants to make sure future planting is as sustainable as possible. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45399134

We had a great day in the Gardens on Saturday, many thanks to everyone who could make it! In Colebrooke Row Gardens we managed to do most of the long bed – there is a little more left to do, but we will get there over the next week or so. Then in Duncan Terrace…

Ed Hawkins‏: Summer temperatures over northern hemisphere land regions (1850-2017) #heatwave #warmingstripes Weather patterns are changing. Wetter and windier winters together with longer, drier summers, have now become part of our new norm. These increases in winter rainfall and hotter drier summers have an impact on our and many other gardens and like others, we…

This is a great video exploring how plants and trees talk to each other –  check it out. More than ten million views – an interesting idea when thinking about the trees in Duncan Terrace Gardens!