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Date(s) - 06/07/2016
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Our Winsford Gardens Summer Programme
This Week in Penge our tasks may include:
1. Improving the usefulness of fenced-off growing area:
• Clear-up all round perimeter.
• Complete areas for storing materials [leaf mulch, soil improver, wood chip, hard core, excess timber and logs, excess gravel and sub-base].
• Establish more raised beds.
• Construct a few large, lined seed tray holders for use on potting-on tables.
2. Repairing/re-building raised beds and the insect hotels located around the gardens:
• Repair/replace raised beds using railway sleepers.
• Recreate stag beetle loggeries.
• Re-build/ re-site insect hotels.
3. Improving the Croydon Road entrance:
• Planting-up two new raised beds with drought resistant perennials.
• Stencil ‘welcome to Winsford Gardens’ on side of raised beds.
• Plant up climbing/ trailing plants [clematis, honeysuckle, passionflower, climbing roses] on left-hand side of entrance to pathway.
4. Other general maintenance, including:
• Clean and re-varnish seating. Possibly replace one bench in natural seating area
• Tidy-up children’s play area.
• Renovate pond areas behind bog garden [drought and shade tolerant cyclamen and other bulbs].
• Refill and restock dead hedges.
But don’t worry there is always plenty of more gentle work weeding and pruning.
Tool maintenance and cleaning the shed.
Litter picking and cleaning up dog mess.
Having fun and getting fit for free in the open air and sun.
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