We love improving public spaces, & that’s one of the main things Business Improvement Districts exist for, so it’s a natural fit for us to collaborate to green the busy streets of Stratford in east London.
Ornamental Gardens
Journal Entry: Seb’s Week
Despite the icy grip of English winter, Urban Growth is ablaze with activity! A taste of that here, from Seb…
Granville Community Garden
We’ve spent the past 10 days refurbishing a communal garden in Brent, at the thriving community centre The Granville.
3 Years Ago Today…
Three years ago we designed & installed a planting scheme for an innovative project by Carl Turner Architects at the Building Centre.
Green Wall Installations
We have recently started training with one of London’s leading green wall designers and installers: Treebox.
Hampton Court Flower Show Garden Creation
It’s now been 4 days on site at the Hampton Court Flower Show. And we’ve been reminded more than once that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
Brilliance in Bloom at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
We are delighted to have been asked to build our first show garden, for veteran designer Charlie Bloom, at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2018. The opportunity arose thanks to a conversation with tenants at one of the communal gardens we maintain, Art4Space, who told us about the mosaic they were making for […]
Spring has Sprung and Pop is Popping!
With the arrival or spring, Pop Brixton has been replanted with tropical monsters! The winter roof came down from the site, so we could finally restore the greenery in all its glory. The polytunnel also got a full replant, removing the winter coloured cyclamen and spring bulbs for summer flowers […]
American Diary: The Getty Museum, Los Angeles
A late winter trip to the west coast of America was a chance to explore the incredible plants to be found from Los Angeles to Oregon. In the first of a short series of plant diaries, we share the outdoor beauties of the Getty Museum in L.A. In winter, these […]
Garden Expansion at the Community Shop (part 1)
Over the past two weeks we have been supporting the excellent work done at the Community Shop West Norwood, building a Rion greenhouse and significantly enlarging their edible and ornamental garden, in order to improve the wellbeing of their members.