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Our Friends the Pollinators
Dr Dino Martins is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist with a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. His work concentrates on the vital importance pollinators play in our lives. His main message is to celebrate the biodiversity that underpins the life support systems of the planet and the essential ecosystem services that insects provide.…
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April 14th 2018
A great day on Saturday. A tremendous effort – thank you to our wonderful volunteers, our Greenspace and Grounds Maintenance teams… We swept, weeded, litter-picked, cut back and planted more than eighty plants, including the huge list below! If you want to know what they will look like, use the links for info and images.…
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February 2018
It has been a while since we have been active on the site, we have changed it a little, to make it easier to use. As we go forward into 2018, we will be adding more information about the planting. The next Gardening Day is on the 24th of this month. Look forward to seeing…
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Spring 2017
We have had two very successful Garden Days this year already: ) We have planted some lovely new things in both Gardens, cleared and created some beautiful areas and refreshed BOTH Gardens wonderfully – all thanks to our fantastic volunteers! In Duncan Terrace Gardens we have created a newly planted area with Bergenias [Bergenia Bressingham…
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New Arrivals
February 10, 2016 Plants to look out for in the Gardens at the moment are the yellow early-flowering Winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) in the central Broadwalk bed; the Gravetye Giants that look like giant white snowdrops in the beds at the edge of the Woodland Garden; the white and purple flowers of Hellebore Orientalis, dotted…
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Saturday, November 21
A great day in the Gardens on Saturday, thank you so much to everyone who was able to join us, we had twenty+ volunteers throughout the course of the day: ) In Duncan Terrace Gardens we planted 500 bulbs – baby narcissi in the Broadwalk Triangle, which we will be able to enjoy in the…
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Gardening Day, Saturday, September 26
We made a big impact on this beautiful sunny day – planting lots of new plants paid for by the money we raised at the Summer Garden Party. Many thanks again to Cluttons for so generously supporting that event! There are some, (but not enough!) wonderful new photographs on the website, particularly one of our…
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July 2 Summer Garden Party!
A few pictures from our wonderful day on Saturday. More to follow as they come through! Courtesy of Cluttons, we feasted on delicious eats and drank a wonderful fruit concoction, played some fun summer games and our children went home with bright blue party bags! Many thanks to everyone at Cluttons, but especially Katie, who did…
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June 24
We had our first evening session earlier this month which was a great success – a good turnout and plenty of jobs done. Thanks to everyone for their help: ) Below are some of the newly-gifted plants which we have placed in both Colebrooke Row Gardens and Duncan Terrace Gardens. Many thanks to everyone who…
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May 23 – Welcome to Duncan Terrace & Colebrooke Row Gardens online!
I hope you are enjoying the Spring gardens! It has been an exciting month. We had a great Community Gardening Day on the 15th and did lots of work in both Colebrooke Row and Duncan Terrace Gardens. Last week we were lucky enough to be given almost thirty herbaceous perennials, mature shrubs and climbers by…
Duncan Terrace & Colebrooke Row Gardens 