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Two gardens are opening for the National Gardens Scheme on SUNDAY JULY 13th between 2-5.30pm.
7 Canonbie Rd will be opening for the first time, and the second garden is nearby at 4 Piermont Green SE22. Homemade cakes and tea are available at both gardens, as are plants for sale. There is also live music by Richard Bremner and the 3 piece band ‘Open Road’at Piermont Green. More details available at http://www.ngs.org.uk
Four very different hillside gardens within a short walk of each other will be opening on 31st May (5-8pm) and 1st June (2-6pm) for the National Garden Scheme (NGS). The gardens opening are: Coach House, The Hermitage, Westwood Park; 27 Horniman Drive; 28 Horniman Drive; and 53 Ringmore Rise.
• Discover a sculptor’s creative courtyard ‘container’ garden crammed with unusual plants and the artist’s sculptures and ceramics (for sale).
• A small SE-facing garden with borders of rich colours within formal outlines to complement a modern extension plus mini meadow and a tranquil vegetable garden with seating, greenhouse and compost area.
• A corner plot garden of inspired by Beth Chatto’s dry garden, with informal borders crammed with herbaceous plants and shrubs to suit a variety of conditions.
• A hilltop country garden in two sections with deep informal flower borders under mature trees, raised vegetable beds, a fruit cage, greenhouse, chickens, and wildlife areas to encourage interest and diversity.
There will also be a Story Hunt for children. After being given a sheet of pictures from modern and old classics, they then have to find the matching scene in the garden. There are different hunts for children of all ages from 3years upwards.
Combined admission: £7 (payable at 28 Horniman Drive). No charge for accompanied children. Please note that if parents just want to bring children to the Story Hunt garden the charge will be £3 for adults with children free. All money raised will again be donated to cancer and caring charities.
Plants available on both days. Garden ceramics and sculptures for sale at the Coach House. Refreshments available on Saturday evening. Tea and homemade cakes on Sunday.
This year the Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Group opening for the National Garden Scheme will be on the weekend of 31st May and 1st June. All proceeds will be going to cancer and caring charities. More details will be sent to members nearer the time. Meanwhile, gardening enthusiasts might like to visit several other nearby gardens opening over the next few weeks:
Sunday 27 April
5 Burbage Road, Herne Hill, SE24 9HJ, 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Admission: £3.50, children
free. Refreshments available, plant sale, sorry no dogs, very limited wheelchair access.
Sunday 18 May
22 Scutari Road, East Dulwich, London SE22 0NN, 2.00pm – 6.00pm. Admission: £3,
children free.
49 Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8AT, 2.00pm – 6.00pm. Admission: £3.50,
children free. Home made teas, plants for sale.
Stoney Hill House, Rock Hill, Sydenham Hill, SE26 6SW, 2.00pm- 6.00pm. Admission:
£3.50, children free. Teas and homemade cakes. Sorry, not suitable for
wheelchairs. No dogs please.
Wednesday 21 May
18, 19, 27 and 29 Holly Grove, Peckham, London, SE15 5DF. 6.30pm – 9pm.
Combined admission: adult £6, children free. Refreshments available.
The committee held their final meeting of 2013 in December. To view the minutes please click below:
Just in case you didn’t manage to get tickets to the Coronation Festival or Evening Gala at Buckingham Palace, the Association is organising an alternative event for members on Sunday 14th July! We had already planned to hold our annual Summer Picnic on that day so, in addition to everyone bringing a dish to share and the Association providing the liquid refreshments, we will be hanging up the bunting sewn by volunteers for last year’s Jubilee party and, with the permission of the Council, closing off the sections of the road around the Triangle at the junction of Horniman Drive and Liphook/Rocombe Crescent. While the adults are busy eating and drinking, activities and games for the children are planned, including three-legged and egg and spoon races – perhaps for the adults as well as the children. Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome, so please let us know your ideas either via your road rep or by e-mail to secretary@tewkesburylodge.org.uk
If you would like to come and are not already a member, why not go to our ‘Join Now’ page?
As you will no doubt be aware, the A&E and maternity units at Lewisham Hospital are under threat of closure. A community campaign to fight the proposed closure needs the help of residents to keep up pressure on the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who will make the decision on the future of the hospital at the beginning of February.
More details are available in the latest edition of our newsletter, and there is a march in Lewisham on Saturday 26th January to protest against the closure. If you would like to join the march, meet at Lewisham roundabout (by the station) for 12 midday.
And help the campaign organisers to reach their goal of 30,000 signatures by signing the on-line petition today? http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Views from the Hill 