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Thornton Heath Transformation with Timberland

This was the culmination of a year of preparation and planning with the London National Park City campaign, Croydon Council, Timberland and KINC.

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Mursell Estate

This was our first install after lockdown, so it brought with it all the challenges of safe working practices under C-19 conditions.

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Goose Green School Playground

We returned to Goose Green Primary School this year, on two occasions, to make their playground greener and safer.

bridge at goose green school urban growth garden playground

During lockdown, we couldn’t bear not gardening for so long, and assumed others must feel the same. So we started a free online summer school to enable people to learn new skills and get creative despite limited resources.

Westminster Council Bulb Project

Following the success of our bulb planting in with Lambeth Council, we brought the project across the river to Westminster Council in 2019.

Duke of York Pub

As part of our ongoing relationship with Barworks, we were asked in to green up their newest pub, the Duke of York in Dalston.

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Sample Festival Greenwich

Round the corner from our long-term site The Jetty, we hosted creative workshops at the new Tide riverside linear park.

PebbleFestive 2019

We were delighted to partner with Pebble Magazine to run workshops at their annual Christmas Fair, PebbleFestive.

Children’s Garden 2019

As part of our ongoing partnership with Lambeth Council, we returned to a community garden we first refurbished in 2018.

BRIT School: National Park City

The first of our two locations for the Nature Needs Heroes campaign, we had a great time working with staff and students to create a tranquil space for students to engage with nature.

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Cardinal Hume Centre

This project is close to our heart, because it gave us the chance to enrich a communal space for some of the most vulnerable people in London.

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Nature Needs Heroes Launch at Thornton Heath

As part of the design process to transform Thornton Heath with Timberland, Croydon Council and the National Park City Campaign, we did a big community consultation event with local people.

Nature Needs Heroes with Timberland and Loyle Carner

We are delighted to be working with Timberland, National Park City Campaign, Loyle Carner and Croydon Council to make some neglected corners of south London green for the Nature Needs Heroes campaign.

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Goose Green Primary School

Goose Green Primary School recently embarked on a campaign to address the air quality their children are exposed to in their South London school.

Tide Clubhouse in Greenwich

The Tide is London’s first riverside linear park, with an elevated walkway that will stretch for 5km around Greenwich Peninsula.

Spurgeon Estate Garden Creation

In June of 2019, Lambeth residents asked us to build raised beds in a pocket of woodland garden which they were re-opening after 22 years of neglect.

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Stratford Street Planters

We were commissioned by Stratford Original, the local Business Improvement District (BID) to refresh some planters in front of local businesses.

Courtauld Institute of Art

We were commissioned to create a calming green space for staff & students at the new campus of this prestigious university, the Courtauld Institute of Art.

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Greenwich Peninsula Riverside Apartments

We were commissioned by one of our regular clients to plant up the beautiful apartments in a new tower on the Greenwich Peninsula, to complement the Tom Dixon interior design.

Bulbs & Flowers on Lambeth Council Estates

In autumn 2018 & early spring 2019 we worked with local residents to improve communal areas on 12 estates across Lambeth.

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Slade Community Gardens

Our largest community project in 2019 was the revitalisation of Slade Gardens, where we ran volunteer & training sessions throughout the year.

The Desert: Greenwich Peninsula

We were asked to refurbish a challenging site with extremely exposed conditions, passed by thousands of people every day, outside North Greenwich tube station.

Made of Dough Pizzeria

We created a green canopy of hanging plants above diners at this popular Peckham pizzeria.

PopFarm at PopBrixton

Our base of operations is at PopBrixton, a hub for micro-enterprise, start-ups and community organisations in south London. Click here to sign up for our free workshops & volunteering sessions.

Plants Make Your Employees Happy: A Case Study

We love educating people about plants, because we know that plants make people happy.

Battersea Power Station Phase 3

We redesigned & planted the garden of Sir Robert McAlpine offices at Battersea Power Station, for the Phase 3 design by Foster & Partners.

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Wild Food Cafe Islington

We worked closely with designers to create beautiful, green installations for the new branch of this ethical & sustainable restaurant on Upper Street.

The Jetty in Greenwich

The Jetty @ Greenwich is one of our most interesting sites. Made up of 7 polytunnels side by side, this is a huge growing and event space with a tropical climate on the River Thames. Click here to sign up for our free workshops & volunteering sessions.

Granville Community Garden

One of our biggest community projects in 2018 was the Granville Community Garden in Kilburn.

Fountain & Ink Indoor Plants

This bustling pizzeria & watering hole in Southwark needed some softening with plants, so we brought in a selection of big foliage specimens to brighten things up at The Fountain & Ink.

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Brixton Orchard

Introducing the Brixton Orchard, a public green space with 35 fruit trees & hundreds of edible hedges, showcasing how fruit trees can be integrated into urban spaces. Click here to sign up for our free workshops & volunteering sessions.

Ghost Notes/Wildflower at Peckham Levels

We installed a range of plants for indoor and outdoor areas at this dual-use venue – vegetarian restaurant by day (Wildflower), bustling live music venue by night (Ghost Notes).

Singer Tavern for Barworks

We spruced up the plants at a bustling bar in the heart of the City of London, the Singer Tavern. The existing planting had got tired, so we came in to refresh existing plants, cutting back old growth & feeding them.

East London Liquor Company Garden

We were asked to fill gaps, tidy up and enlarge this garden outside the first distillery in London to distill a whiskey in over a century.

Hayes Primary School with Repowering

We spent a day improving the outdoor spaces at a primary school with corporate volunteers from Carbon Credentials & Repowering.

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: Brilliance in Bloom

In June 2018, we built our first RHS show garden: ‘Brilliance in Bloom’ at Hampton Court Flower Show.

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Colbourns Courtyard

We transformed a cold, hard courtyard into a lush jungle for top-end carpet designers, Colbourns Studio in Chelsea.

Rayners Lane Station

We were approached by Transport for London to improve a problematic area outside Rayners Lane station.

Melbourne Mews for Lambeth Council

We responded to residents’ requests to calm traffic & improve the entrance of their mews by creating large raised beds with pollinator-friendly flowers and space for residents to grow their own food.

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Wates: Royal College of Surgeons

In 2018, we were asked by the huge national building firm Wates to green up the communal areas at their site at the Royal College of Surgeons near Aldwych.

Two Floors on Carnaby Street

Some venues get so busy, the only place for plants are hanging from the ceiling! So that’s what we did at this popular West End bar: Two Floors.

Two Floors planting Carnaby Street Barworks

Peckham Levels Indoors

As part of the Peckham Levels transformation, we were asked to design & plant raised beds for an indoor area on the 5th floor of this ex-car park.

Mare Street Market: A Hackney Jungle

We created a tropical jungle, indoors and out, for an exciting new market space in Hackney: Mare Street Market.

Edible Living in Lambeth

We support Lambeth residents to grow their own food in their communal gardens on housing estates across the borough.

Camden Canal Clearance

London’s Regents Canal is an iconic piece of the capital’s history, a small part of which we helped to preserve in the winter of 2018.

Peckham Levels Laneway

We transformed a busy alleyway from concrete into jungle at Peckham Levels for Makeshift, the team behind PopBrixton.

Waterloo Palm Corner

In December 2017, we were asked to improve part of a Lambeth estate which was attracting anti-social behaviour at a busy entry-exit point.

Tale of Two Tulse Hill Gardens, part 1

London is a city full of undiscovered green spaces, from little hidden squares to tucked away parks, secret gardens to leafy rooftops.

White Horse Pub, Peckham

One of our earliest projects in a pub was this popular watering hole, part of the Parched Pubs portfolio, just off Peckham Rye.

Caldwell Gardens Transformation

We spent a week transforming a barren concrete courtyard into a thriving community garden filled with over 60 square metres of edible and ornamental planting.

Community Shop Garden & Greenhouse

We transformed a small community garden into a huge growing hub for local people, using food to transform lives: growing, cooking & eating together.

Pop Brixton

We are delighted to be managing the green spaces at this innovative and unique community space in the heart of Brixton.

Surrey Square

Following our successful transformation at Edward Edwards House, we were invited to design a planting scheme for another of Southwark Charities almshouses, in Surrey Square.

Edward Edwards House

In June 2014 we were commissioned by Southwark Charities to transform the communal lawn of their almshouse into a thriving and welcoming space.

Minet Library Community Garden

We made a community garden at this library (which the council had forced to close), to show how growing food can support local people to come together and achieve shared goals which improve everyone’s wellbeing.

Mosaic Clubhouse Garden

We built a greenhouse & raised bed at this community centre, so their amazing chefs could use fresh, chemical-free, homegrown veg to feed local people.

Clapham Fire Station Edible Garden

We transformed 3 neglected planters outside Clapham Fire Station, in the centre of the Old Town, demonstrating that beautiful, edible plants can be grown anywhere.

Workshops with Age UK in Southwark

We ran workshops for the elderly members of Age UK’s site in Southwark, adding seasonal colour to their raised beds and using their existing lavender flowers for seated activities.

Lambeth GP Food Cooperative

We are collaborating on this innovative project to develop integrated solutions to intersecting problems in healthcare.

Southwark Employability Fair

In March, we delivered workshops over two days at the Southwark Employability Fair, hosted at Goldsmiths University by the Southwark Education Business Alliance.

Grow Local at Time and Talents

Our first project, which ran for almost two years, combined horticultural training with community outreach program at Time and Talents, a charity serving the community of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey for over 125 years.

RHS Competitions

One of the most exciting parts of 2015 was contributing to and competing in Royal Horticultural Society shows.

Cavendish School at Time and Talents

During our work at Time and Talents in Rotherhithe, we hosted small groups of students from the nearby Cavendish School, which supports students who have left mainstream education.

Netley Primary School

Thanks to our collaboration with British Land in Rotherhithe, we were invited to help in the final stages of creating the educational gardens at Netley Primary School.

Annie McCall: Artists Studios Communal Gardens

We managed a communal garden used by residents and artists’ studios, on behalf of Warwick Estates.

A New House for London

We were delighted to be commissioned to design & install the planting at an innovative pop-up exhibition by Carl Turner Architects, at the Building Centre.

Albany Theatre Garden with Toucan Employment

From November 2014 to May 2015, we worked in the impressive garden at the Albany Theatre in Deptford.