We hold about 4 volunteer work day a year normally on Saturday. These days are for local residents and anyone else to come and help out weeding and planting etc in the garden. We have some tools for people to use. It is not a particularly structured event, people turn up and help out where a job needs doing.

The next workday is Saturday June 6th (10 – 2pm), anyone is more than welcome to come along at any time.

Download Flyer – Garden Volunteer Day 31 Jan 2015.pdf

A very short work day proposed to do an end of summer tidy up the week before the party.

Please save both dates:
Garden work day: Saturday 23rd August 10am – 12am
Party for 20 years of Bonnington Square Pleasure Gardens: Saturday 30th August 6-9.30PM

Bonnington Square is located in Vauxhall in South London and it was constructed in the 1870s as housing for railway workers. It was scheduled for demolition in the 1980s but this was prevented by the legal actions of a Turkish shopkeeper. Squatters shortly moved into all of the buildings, formed a housing cooperative and negotiated with ILEA for the right to lease out the housing.After this, the squatters created a volunteer-run vegetarian café and community garden, creating the Bonnington Square Garden Association. This charming community garden is fully run by the residents and it includes exotic, tropical and Mediterranean plants as well as species native to Britain.

via Hidden Flower Gardens to Discover in London | Citybase Blog.

Come and help out for a day of gardening and fun exercise and be part of the Chelsea Fringe.

No experience needed. All welcome

Even an hour of your time would be much appreciated.
The garden is entirely looked after by volunteers.

Contact

The Chelsea Fringe runs from 17 May to 8 June 2014 www.chelseafringe.com

Please find our BSGA March notice 2014.pdf, in poster format.

The Bonnington Square Garden Association

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Invites all to the AGM

Wednesday 29th January 2014

7pm

@ The Bonnington Centre

Agenda:

Election of Officers/Executive Committee

Officer’s Reports

Next workday

Planting Plans/Trees

Any other Business

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Also

Big Garden Clean-Up Day

Weekend 15/16 March

from 10.30am

All help greatly appreciated!

 

These posts work closely with the Cultural Development Management and local friends groups to achieve high quality development and landscape impacts to meet the needs of our diverse community.

The post holders will have responsibility for managing and delivering all aspects of the project from inception to practical completion. Applicants will require a degree in Landscape Architecture or have a further education qualification in an environmental, regeneration with a sound background of planning design and landscape management.

Good project management and negotiation skills are essential, plus a working understanding of Local Authority procurement. Excellent communication skills are required as a considerable amount of community engagement will be involved.

For further information please contact – Jeff Raggett – jraggett@lambeth.gov.uk

via Current vacancies | Lambeth Council.