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On the evening of the eclipse, about twenty of us came into the garden to watch its progress. There were a similar number of garden volunteers on Wanstead Flats. In the garden, we had seats, tables and shelter. On the Flats they could watch it to the very end. In either place, the eclipse was a celebration, bringing people together …
So many people! 500 perhaps, so difficult to count. We had three sites: the garden, the street and Durning Hall, with events going on in all the places. We teamed up with Forest Gayte Pride, which might have bemused the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, very identifiable in their whites, but they seemed in party mood too. We had eight blue …
Yesterday was the garden’s AGM. We looked back on the year’s achievements. These included: – Increased footfall from 4546 to 5758 over the year. – Completion of our all-weather shelter, and a side door in the container. – Two solar panels on the container which we use for lighting and hot drinks. – Regular income from plant sales. – The …
The garden had a stall at Forest Gate Festival today, held yearly on Osborne Road. Kate brought a bin of soil and showed some soil science. Wooden medallions were painted, many by children and some adults too. And we had a plant sale, mostly with plants donated by Underleaf. The owners of Underleaf, a couple, moved into the new flats …
Volunteers are the heartbeat of the garden. The garden can’t run without them. They meet and greet, they do lots of work: planting, clearing up, watering – and keep the place going. So on Sunday, 18 May we had a volunteer session. It was planned to be informative and enjoyable, and to help volunteers get to know each other. The …
Around 70 people attended our VE Day celebration. It began with Peter Williams telling us about Newham during the war: the evacuation of children, the phony war, the blitz, the prisoner of war camps on Wanstead Flats – one for Italians, the other for Germans. There were anti aircraft guns on the Flats too and barrage balloons. Forest Gate suffered …
