Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
The Citizen Gardener: ‘Humans shouldn’t always be at the centre of decision-making’
Kate Poland on urban planning and the importance of placing nature at the forefront
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Life is so much harder when you don’t have the right tools’
Kate Poland digs through the overwhelming variety of gardening implements to reveal her favourites
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Strawberries aren’t the only summer fruit
Kate Poland on her favourite berries to grow and eat, and which are the most fun to pick
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Sowing in the wind
Kate Poland on the mobility and life expectancy of plants, and how to support a local secret garden
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Green corridors
Kate Poland on the importance of travel for plants, insects and animals – and how we can all protect them with a little helping hand
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time to start planning’
Kate Poland on seed-saving and experimentation
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s easier to erect a building than plant a tree’
Kate Poland on why we need to tip the scales in favour of nature
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Many of our open spaces would not exist without campaigns or protests’
Kate Poland gives us lemons – how to grow them and put them to use – and a fascinating history of the people who have crusaded for our local parks
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Even if pesticides don’t kill a bee, they impede its ability to navigate’
Kate Poland on how to grow garlic, why organic bulbs are best, a ‘weed walk’ in Homerton, and free resources to help growers through winter
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘We can do our bit to save water’
Kate Poland on an impending water crisis in the UK, and what gardeners can do to help protect this precious resource
Read MoreTamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘It has never been more critical to fight the marketisation of green spaces’
The local writer on how lockdown has brought into focus the importance of our parks, and why we must do all we can to protect them from privatisation
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘There are some inspiring online activities for those who love the outdoors’
Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland has put together a comprehensive list of websites and organisations providing a virtual escape during lockdown
Read MoreCore Arts launches online lessons for budding gardeners as skeleton staff maintains rooftop haven
The mental health charity’s Homerton garden is being well looked after, with the switch to virtual education posing an ‘exciting challenge’
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Seeds are now as elusive as Glasto tickets’
Kate Poland on the huge demand for her free seeds and how we can take control of a monopolised supply chain
Read MoreVIDEO: The Citizen Gardener on how to run a wormery
Award-winning community gardener Kate Poland shows you how to make compost using worms
Read MoreVIDEO: Hackney Herbal founder Nat Mady on how to sow lettuce seeds
The local herb specialist shares her tips on growing your own food while stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘There is no waste in nature’
Kate Poland on how we can reduce rubbish in the garden
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘In nature, plants look after themselves, but people can forget, go away, or just give up’
Kate Poland’s guide to growing in small spaces, based on her first year as the gardener for an entire Hackney postcode
Read MoreConnect. Grow food. Improve your health. Give back to the community.
St Mary’s Secret Garden in Haggerston is running a free six-week course designed to improve wellbeing. Find out more…
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘A lack of plant diversity means one in five species could be under threat’
Kate Poland on the biodiversity crisis, how individuals can plough their own furrow amid the seed industry’s oligopoly, and why sprouts are not just for Christmas
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