London – its plants & people – has noticed the warmer, brighter, longer days!

Check out the video of the day we spent transforming a residential garden outside London.

Two large sycamores were felled at Time and Talents this week, clearing a huge space on the north side of our greenhouse, which we will turn into a picnic area and orchard with our new fan-trained fruit trees, arriving soon – apricot, nectarine, plum, cherry, apple, pear and more – […]

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Congratulations to Paula, a local resident who completed her Level 1 Horticulture Award at the start of February.

The new year has got off to a great start, despite the freezing weather. One of our learners just passed their Plant Selection module, the most challenging of the 4 units in the Level 1 qualification.

Our first day transforming the lawn at Surrey Square has gone very smoothly indeed. A recent graduate joined us to strip the lawn where we are creating flower beds, and by the end of the day we had removed several hundred square metres of sod, ready to invert, stack and […]

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Last week, over 5 days, we shifted over 15 tons of compost onto the communal garden of Pynfolds Estate, SE16, just opposite Southwark Park!

This week we were delighted to see Daniel complete his final module, Plant Selection. For the assessment, he took us round the site and picked out over 20 plants, explaining their key features and uses in exhaustive detail. We are happy that he will continue to volunteer and work with […]

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