Each first Saturday of the month Hornsey Park residents are out and about to do a spot of gardening.
Nothing serious, a couple of hours spent in the company of fellow inhabitants of the area, everyone contributing as much as they can, a bit of litter picking here, a bit of planting there, nobody is expected to be an expert or fall over from exhaustion. Everybody's welcome. It's fun, opportunity for a neighbourly chat and usually there is a cup of tea and a biccie in it.
Martins Walk in March 2013
Martins Walk in full bloom August 2013
But that didn't stop Dorothy and other residents from the area to dig and plant, water, and nurture off-shoots from their own gardens. The love and care given to the barren soil surely paid off. The alley looks just a little bit friendlier.
Life on Hornsey Park Road has been plagued with problems including noise, pollution and crumbling pavements, on top of this there appears to be a lack of strategic vision for the future. Council Leader Peray Ahmet and a few of her fellow councillors came to discuss the issues with our representatives.
Eight of us got out before the rain last Saturday. We cut back a lot of growth at the Lavender Garden ready for winter. Most of what we cleared has now gone down for composting. By John Miles
by John Miles Saturday was the first of the month. Eight […]
Last year, 2020, was one of the busiest in our organisation's history.
The redevelopment of Mayes Corner and our ongoing fight to make Hornsey Park Road a Living Street' have seen some successes but also setbacks.
So where do we go from here?
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