Pembroke Pocket Garden

Thursday, 29 November 2012

We're Moving!

10:02 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

The garden has become mobile and is moving from Blogger to Wordpress: We think this an upgrade!

Here's a link - http://pembrokepocketgarden.wordpress.com

Don't worry, we have transferred all of the blogger posts so no memories are lost. Be sure to follow us on our new blog for our latest updates on green fingered fun in Walworth!

See you there!

Yours locally,

Pembroke Pocket Garden

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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

04:24 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

Summer Gardening Club: Making Lavender Biscuits

Today we decided to make use of the lovely lavender plant which is in full bloom - can you see it below?

We got a recipe for lavender biscuits from the internet http://allrecipes.com/recipe/lavender-shortbread-cookies/ and got started.

Here is Ellie smelling the wonderful lavender

Here the lavender is being chopped!

And here we are all hard at work beating the mix. Nathaniel said that 'baking is hard' when he was doing this!

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Summer Garden Club at Pembroke House

04:12 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

Summer Gardening Club

At Pembroke House

by Joseph Tang

Pembroke House Gardening Club is a fantastic club for children who love gardening. There is always something to do whatever the weather. There is drawing, hunting for plants, and lots more.

There are two people there, Ellie and Kathleen, and will teach how to draw and plant flowers. The picture below is of two special plants, and has lavender in the background. These pictures that I have taken here are located in Pembroke Pocket Garden, where the gardening club starts. The Gardening Club happens every Wednesday from 11am – 1pm. The gardening is just round the corner from Tatum Street. I suggest you stay for a first time. Below left, the children are playing a train game where the conductor says a plant and the passengers try to find the flower.

Hannah suggested this game, at the front.

There are snacks at the breaks and you get drinks.

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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Building an insect hotel with the Art and Gardening Group today!

08:56 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

Eleanor Shipman

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Saturday, 30 June 2012

Sunshine between showers

07:44 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

tiny alpine strawberries wear their seeds on the outside

poached egg flowers loved by insects

the young lavender smells slightly antiseptic and medicinal at the moment

towering leek aliums

the first raspberries from new plants

this box was planted with nasturtiums but has been hosting rogue borage, tomatillo and some sort of brassica too

we've removed the fruit from the first year apple trees to help them get stronger for next year

one of the wildflowers planted for bees

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Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Is it time for transition elephant?

14:17 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

Celebrating elephant in midsummer:

Thurs 21st June, 7pm-late

You are invited to celebrate the longest evening in the year by getting together to enjoy a walworth bonfire, live music, local food and conversation around the question:

Is it time to set up Transition Elephant?

Transition is an independent movement made up of local communities getting ready for climate change, peak oil and other massive changes. There are dozens of transition towns in London but currently no Transition communities in the North Southwark area.

So would we like a transition elephant? And if so, what would like it to do?

Pembroke Pocket Garden and new economics foundation have teamed up to bring local people together around this matter as part of the Festival of Transition.

Here are the details:

Thursday 21st June, 7pm - late
Pembroke Pocket Garden
(inside Pembroke House if bad weather)

Guest speaker
Stephen Reid, new economics foundation

Bring and Share supper (home grown especially welcome)

Live band:
Music for Life UK

BONFIRE!

Please extend this invite to friends that live near Elephant and Castle that may not have been invited. THANKS!