TTB Family Group gathering
After a very enjoyable first meeting the TTB Family Group will meet again on Saturday 4 February, 11-2pm, at the Transition Centre, 6-8 Robsart St SW9 0DJ. Bring something to share for lunch. Tea, coffee and juice provided. (Regular 3rd Saturdays of the month are still pencilled in the Transition Centre diary) Some things we [...]
Family Group gardening lunch
TTB Family Group gathered to plant broad beans, share lunch and discuss the future.
TTB Family Group Gardening Lunch
Plant broad beans in the TTB growing space (see above) (11-12.30, bring warmth) BYO picnic food to share (12.30 – 1.30 lunch) If you have a trowel or small fork that would be helpful. Indoor shoes too so we don’t bring the mud inside. All ages welcome. Bring friends. Bring ideas. Bring food to share. [...]
Permaculture forest garden course this weekend
Forest gardening workshop, with Kevin Mascarenhas and Rakesh Rootsman Rak 30th and 31st July Brockwell Park greenhouses, Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Brixton. The course will start by discussing what forest gardens are, why they are relevant to urban dwellers and how they can help resolve many of the food, water and biodiversity issues our towns [...]
Help needed at BLIP Oasis Stockwell
Volunteers are moving a Walter Segal self build office building to the Stockwell Oasis site. They are running behind schedule and could really use some help tomorrow at 10.00 at the Oasis playground site on the corner between Larkhall Lane and Studley St. In case you don’t know Walter Segal, he designed timber self build houses, which are so [...]
Food & Growing Group Get-together Afternoon and Evening
Tuesday, 21st June, 3.00-8.30 Transition Town Centre, 6-8 Robsart St, SW9 0DJ, near The Jamm in Stockwell Rd (map) 3.00-5.30: Project admin work - including building the green spaces map 5.30: Food – bring something to share if possible (not essential) 6.30: Skill share - How to use Twitter and Facebook to promote our work 7.00-8.30: Meeting with project updates and planning Project admin work: 3.00-5.30 [...]
Save Plastic Bottles for BLIP
The BLIP team at the Oasis site are planning to build a greenhouse out of plastic bottles. We can collect, or bring them to the Oasis site on Saturdays, see times on posters. You can also bring them to any BLIP session at Brixton Water Lane or Slade Gardens or to any TTB open space [...]
Slade Gardens: TTB Food and Growing group take on new BLIP site
First design workshop: Thurs 31 Mar, 6.30 – 9.00pm, 6-8 Robsart St. Click here for more information, including contact details: Transition Town Brixton – flyer To find out more about BLIP:- http://projectdirt.com/group/blip
BLIP Tree Planting day at Stockwell
Sat 19th Feb 2.00pm:- BLIP, TTB’s Food and Growing Group’s ‘Bringing Land Into Production’ project working with the London Orchard Project are planting a number of fruit trees at the Stockwell Oasis project, come along and lend a hand.
Vertical Gardens and Green Walls
I was recently inspired by an exhibit at the Start “A Garden Party to Make a Difference” festival, showcasing ideas for creating vertical gardens from easily found materials: In the example on the left, empty milk bottles are filled with soil and planted with greens. They are attached to a framework, and connected to each other [...]
