Category: Gardening

Behind the scenes there’s quite a lot going on in our bit of N8: the new zebra crossing by the lime trees, the narrowing of the bend on Mayes Corner, new rainbeds and litter picking. Read on to catch up with our work in Hornsey Park.

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 of us clearing and tidying our tiny open spaces and a couple of other people out before and after, this month’s big job renewing the bark paths in the lavender garden. The late spring’s mixture of cold, rain and moderate heat has turned out […]

Sometime in the next week or so the work on Mayes Road will near completion. It will be a new benchmark for the look and feel of our neighbourhood and enhance its biodiversity. (photo: Luke 'Duke' Newcombe)

The loss of trees is becoming an issue locally. The wonderful false acacia at the junction of Mayes Road and Coburg Road was removed because it ‘had a fungus’ - just in time for the planning application to build on the petrol station site beside it.

Photo: The gardening team – John. Ben, Polly and John – out on a Saturday morning

Earlier this year PMRA was awarded money by central government to improve the section of Mayes Road at the back of the shopping mall. The money is for a ‘linear pocket park’. We wanted to put in new structures and mini-facilities to encourage people to meet and use the space. The work has started with […]

GENERAL MEETING ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2019 22 residents attended Clarendon Development Concerns were raised by about the level and nature of the continuous noise from the building work and its impact on residents, particularly those closest to it. The granting of a music licence to the Goodness Brewery until 3am at weekends means that there […]

Hornsey Park community gardening - recent successes with our plots and planters but challenges old and new lie ahead!

There’s a lot of activity in Hornsey Park at the moment. Some of it is welcome and some of it isn’t.  Friday night saw the first meeting of the Safer Neighbourhoods Noel Park Ward Panel. Five police officers and two business representatives. Chaired by the forthright and good-humoured Gerard McGrath and with more than a […]

We were out on Saturday watering and clearing up. You may have noticed the new lighting the Mall have installed under our second mural beneath Sky City. They’ve also put in a second tap to help us with the beds and planters close to the zebra crossing where Hornsey Park Road and Mayes Road meet. […]