Community Gardens, Community Orchards... and Bees

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Three speakers on wildlife friendly gardening at the next Putney Society meeting

The next meeting of the Putney Society is focused on the issue of community gardens. It takes place at 7.30pm on Monday 25 September at the Community Church, Werter Road, SW15 2LL.

Putney Society and the Dover House Estate Residents Association are working together to plant, next November, a community orchard on one of the greens on the Dover House Road, Putney. So, to help learn more about community gardens, community orchards and bees, this meeting has an array of speakers who are practitioners in the field.

Martin Cobley, of the Wendelsworth Residents' Association, will talk about the community garden created in 2011 and the community orchard planted in 2016 on the Wendelsworth Estate, in the heart of Wandsworth - off Garratt Lane. He will also give practical advice on successful composting.

Rowan Salim leads the Putney Community Gardeners group who have been creating community gardens on the Ashburton Estate, Putney with great enthusiasm - and with help from the Roehampton Garden Society.

Emma Pritchard from the charity, The Bee Friendly Trust, will talk about the importance of bees to us all and the Trust's efforts to create gardens to help the bee community. You may have noticed their raised planter beds at East Putney and Putney stations.

All are welcome to come along and find out more about the growing importance of wildlife friendly gardening. (Free to members, £3 donation for non-members)

September 20, 2017