Community Spruce – Spring Clean

On Sunday 14 March our members cleaned, tidied and decorated the communal facilities as part of our Community Spruce programme.

The external walls of the toilets were painted (the doors still need to be finished).

The internal walls and ceilings the both toilets were scraped, primed and painted (the floors still need to be painted).

The Clubhouse kitchen cupboards were emptied and the contents sorted.   A professional cleaning company will be along shortly to give the Clubhouse a deep clean ready for upcoming events including our AGM and Open Day.

The communal poly tunnel and greenhouse were cleared and tidied.  Unfortunately a lot of potted plants had to be disposed of because they were infested with vine weevil.

A skip was available for site and members’ use as some plotholders had inherited a lot of rubbish and rubble when taking on their plots.

There was also a litter pick of the site and surroundings.

Thank you to everybody who helped out on the day and to those who have been helping with the site improvements at other times.

Open Day 2019

Our Annual Open Day is our favourite event of the year.  It’s when we throw open our doors and welcome the community in for the day.

The Clubhouse Cafe will be open as usual serving home made cakes and refreshments.  There will also be a barbecue.  The shop will be open selling gardening equipment and there will be plenty of plants for sale.  Local children enjoy the various activities and entertainments including a bouncy castle, hook-a-duck and a magic show.

It is also a chance to tour the allotments gaining inspiration and marveling at the variety of ways to grow fruit, flowers and vegetables.   You can also see how the Secret Garden is maturing and go pond dipping in the Wildlife Garden.

This year the Churchfields Choir and Beckenham Choir will be performing and we will have various stalls and demonstrations, including soap making.

Please come along and share our Green Flag Community Garden for the day!

Spring Clean – Sunday 14 April

As part of the Community Spruce programme we are hosting a Great British Spring Clean to help tidy up our allotments, and the areas near our entrances.

As well as a general tidy up and litter pick, we will be giving the clubhouse, toilets and office a good clean and a lick of paint.  We will be pricking-out and potting-on of plants for the Open Day on 19th May.  Our resident horticultural expert will be giving demonstrations for those new to growing from seed.

Children can help too – many of the seedlings ready to be pricked-out were sown by children at our March Community Spruce event.

Members will be able to dispose of non-recyclable waste in a skip that will be available on the day.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!