Landor Road Open Orchard & Kitchen Garden Planting

Placemaking
Written By SL

On Wednesday 19th of October we planted a kitchen garden on Fenwick Estate in Clapham. The event started at 4 pm and by 6.30 a group of around 20 had planted 90 herb plants, including lavender, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, yarrow and more.

The event and the plants were funded by This Is Clapham Business Improvement District.

A second event is to follow in January, planting 11 heritage fruit trees in the same planter.

This event was a collaborative effort between the Open Orchard Project and Social Landscapes.

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Residents from various groups, including the Fenwick Estate TRA, Bandstand Beds and the Secret Garden on Landor Road, got engaged and are planning further events such as bulb plantings and the on going maintenance.

Other Community Engagement Events
A Permaculture Design Course report for Roupell Park Estate
A Permaculture Design Course report for Roupell Park Estate

We held our 2022 Permaculture Design Course at Roupell Park Estate community Centre on Brixton Hill, London. The course participants worked in groups to create designs for different areas of the estate. The following slides present a summary of the outcomes.

Community Design at Roupell Park Estate
Community Design at Roupell Park Estate

Social Landscapes worked with The Community Education Foundation, the Roupell Park Resident Management Cooperative and the Roupell Park residents themselves to come up with a design proposal for an disused green space on the estate.

Landor Road Open Orchard & Kitchen Garden Planting
Landor Road Open Orchard & Kitchen Garden Planting

On Wednesday 19th of October we planted a kitchen garden on Fenwick Estate in Clapham. The event started at 4 pm and by 6.30 a group of around 20 had planted 90 herb plants, including lavender, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, yarrow and more.

The event and the plants were funded by This Is Clapham Business Improvement District.

The Challenge on Egham Road
The Challenge on Egham Road

Michel supported residents on Egham Road to make a more beautiful, safer and useful space. The job was a big challenge, building a 25 m long planter, shifting 12 tonnes of soil and planting 60 plants along the pavement to create a border between the grass and play area and road. With a large group of corporate volunteers and residents, the job got done in a day and brought out the neighbourhood.

Wilton Square Community Day
Wilton Square Community Day

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Storytelling & Gardening at the Rookery
Storytelling & Gardening at the Rookery

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Permaculture in Action at Paula's Peace Garden
Permaculture in Action at Paula's Peace Garden

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Community Orchard & Food Growing in Hillside Gardens Park
Community Orchard & Food Growing in Hillside Gardens Park

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Sprucing up the Sunken Garden on Cale Street
Sprucing up the Sunken Garden on Cale Street

The sunken garden on Cale Street had been neglected for over a dozen years. Michel supported residents from the estates in sprucing up the space, planting wildflowers along the edges and in the middle, building new benches and planters for food growing, planting a soft fruit area and painting the railings.

Edible Wellfield Road
Edible Wellfield Road

In 2014 Social Landscapes supported a group of local residents on Wellfield Road to build their own planters - 3 for vegetable growing and 2 containing crab apple trees, herbs and flowers. The project was funded by Streatham Action and The Mayor of London.

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