New year 2024 tidying up!
It was a wet, wet, wet gathering in March. But we had a fair number of hardy gardening volunteers who all arrived ready to have a go at...
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Garden News & Stories
In this section we include News about the garden and Stories from our local volunteers about what the Walled Garden means to them and what they enjoy about helping in the garden.
ravenscourtgarden
- Nov 29, 2023
- 1 min
The dire weather does not deter the Volunteer Gardeners!
Depsite the dire forecast we had a very good turn out for the November session. Thank you to everyone who came - the power of our...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Oct 7, 2023
- 1 min
Gardening adds years to life and life to years!
We welcomed a wonderfully big group of garden volunteers for our October gathering in the beautiful sunshine. A special welcome to our...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Aug 30, 2023
- 1 min
Wet, wet August but not deterred!
A small group of loyal volunteers turned up in the rain for our August session. We concentrated our efforts on pulling the bindweed off...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Aug 4, 2023
- 1 min
June & July - bindweed and bees
For the June and July gardening days we were busy with tackling the bindweed, weeding the rose beds and general tidying up. Good Gym were...
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ravenscourtgarden
- May 30, 2023
- 1 min
Coronation "Help Out" Gathering
What a big help out to commemorate the May 2023 Coronation event! There were 27 of us: old friends and new as well as regulars and 11...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Mar 26, 2023
- 1 min
Spring is coming
We had successful sessions in February and March to start 2023. We had our newest member of the gardening team join us in February -...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Remember the 5th of November!
We look forward to seeing our Friends of the Walled Garden on the 5th of November - we'll "light up" the Walled Garden with our volunteer...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Autumn gardening tidy-up - all welcome!
Sadly the box balls by the sundial have died - probably poor soil. Our October gardening will be a general autumn tidy-up and replacing...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Farewell to George - happy retirement!
In September we said farewell to George, head gardener at Ravenscourt for over 40 years, on his retirement. George has been a constant...
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ravenscourtgarden
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Back to the bindweed!
In April it was back to the bindweed! We managed to dig over almost all of the four herbaceous beds and get rid of lots of strong...
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ravenscourtgarden
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Magnificent Magnolia
THANK YOU to Fiona M for sharing this most beautiful picture of the magnolia tree in full bloom - taken in early April.
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ravenscourtgarden
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
Perfect Pruning
In March we had a record number of volunteers, close to 25 people joined our group. Thanks again to Good Gym members for coming along....
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ravenscourtgarden
- Feb 6, 2022
- 1 min
Spring-like start to February gardening!
We had a near record number of close to 20 volunteers at the February gardening group. Blue skies, lots of pruning and bindweed digging...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Our final gardening day of 2021 is 4th December - please join us!
It's been a great year for the Walled Garden and our volunteers garden group despite Covid and despite the on-going great and usual...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
Join us on 2nd October - getting ready for autumn
All are welcome for our October gardening volunteers session. Do join us on 2nd October in the Walled Garden from 10:30am to 12:30 pm....
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ravenscourtgarden
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
Thank you Good Gym!
At our September session we were joined by Klara, Jonathan, Sarah, Helen and Johnny from Good Gym. They were an amazing help clearing the...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Aug 4, 2021
- 1 min
Beat the bindweed - all welcome on 7th August!
Despite our efforts in June and July the bindweed is rampant and the rose beds are full of weeds Please join us if you have a couple of...
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ravenscourtgarden
- Jun 8, 2021
- 1 min
June - freedom for the roses!
At our June session we turned our attention to the Rose Beds. The weeds had had a field day in the recent wet weather and the roses...
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ravenscourtgarden
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
Sunny May Day gardening
We had a sunny morning on 1st May for our May Day gardening. Again we had a super group of volunteers, including our regular junior...
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