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Pembroke Pocket Garden
London, SE17 1QR, United Kingdom
Pembroke Pocket Garden is a pocket of space in the heart of Walworth for people to get together, experiment with growing and sharing food, and have creative fun along the way… The container garden is located within the grounds of the community centre Pembroke House, and is entirely what the community makes of it. The space has lots of potential, not only as a place for experimenting with ways of growing food, but also as a venue for events, exhibitions, pop up cafes, outdoor cinema, workshops and more… Pembroke Pocket Garden welcomes new folk all year around, so if you are interested in getting involved and being part of bringing this community space to life, please get in touch by contacting pembrokecommunitygarden@gmail.com
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Thursday, 30 June 2011

New potatoes, new gardeners and new sales!

04:15 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |
Today was a day of Novelty.

First of all, we had 3 new little gardeners  (Timothy, Hannah and Jospeh) working on me. I have rarely seen such keen beans - they were so full of life, I almost felt they were plants themselves!

Here they are getting their hands deliciously dirty making my magic soil mix...





  And here they are again planting their beans in bigger pots 

Not only did today bring new guests, but also new potatoes!
Here is Genevieve is harvesting them

Don't they look scrumptious? Perfect for a salad...
                                                                    
                                                 And finally, we made our first sale! Today the rambling restaurant bought 15 bags of salad and served it up to 60 people at the Urban Physic Garden - http://www.physicgarden.org.uk/

What a day eh? Whatever next...                          
                    
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Hi, I'm the garden that talks.

04:58 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |

Hello, I'm Pembroke Community Garden 
- a new food growing space located 
in the grounds of
Pembroke House,
 a community centre in
Walworth,
south east London -www.pembrokehouse.org.uk


Up until this year I was a neglected space
and few people came to visit me. 
But I am now regularly visited by
an enthusiastic and burgeoning bunch of folk 
who are in the process of transforming me
from a boring blank space into a 
 food-growing container garden.

Through my transformation
into a productive food growing space,
I will help to show Londoners how easy and
fun it is to grow food in the city.

By visiting me and getting involved in my 
transformation,Londoners will also help to improve
the quality of the city's environment and
encourage reduction of the city's carbon footprint.



Part of my ethos as a community garden is
inclusiveness:
the garden users will reflect 
the diversity of the neighbourhood.
I aim to be a community hub where people of all ages
and backgrounds can socialize and learn together.



Gardening sessions currently happen 
on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 
Check out this blog for 
a taster of what goes on in those sessions.



Better still, please feel free to drop in to see me! 
I'm open every week on
Wednesday and Saturday 
between 
10.30am and 1pm.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011

Wed June 22, 2011 - Chased Indoors by the Rain

11:34 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |
Everyone got into Blue Peter mode painting the
pots we will distribute to the
surrounding neighbourhood.


Here the newest and youngest member 
of our community ...



Cheeky Bella is too fast for the camera.


My community even has an indoor
wheelbarrow.


My community is very resourceful at keeping
the neighbourhood free from fly tipping.


Perfectly good lumber will be Re-used
to make shelves, trellises, etc. The list 
is endless.


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There was a break in the rain so, my
community split into 2 teams.

Here David is trying to tame a neighbour's
encroaching ivy.
I think word has travelled through the grapevine
(or maybe it's the roots), on just how nice
it is to visit.


Michael master label maker busy at work.


Good thing too because indoors they had started 
re-potting my young seedlings and they
all needed to be named.


Here Bella is having a short break 
on her Mum Fiona's knee.


We really do cater to all age groups
so, if you think
"I'd love to come for a visit but, I have my little one"
All are welcome!


After another delicious shared lunch ...


we all chipped in to give the place a tidy.


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Saturday, 18 June 2011

Sat June 18, 2011 - Painting between Showers

08:39 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |
My newly labelled entrance on
Halpin Place.


My courgettes are starting to bloom. Here come the
Zucchini.


My community gets a delivery of 30 bags of gravel.
Now that's what I call drainage.


The Tang family popped in for a visit. They helped my
community find all of my hidden fruits.
Joseph, Hannah and Timothy are
oh so clever!


Fatima painting the trellises Sunflower Yellow.


Zahar painting the trellises Rich Berry.


Here's Michael making labels ...


and cups of tea.


Today my community fed me with ...


delicious organic fertiliser.


Here comes the rain again.
Falling on my head like a memory.
Oh well
Time for another cup of tea.



Although anti-theft paint is a must to keep me safe.
My community can't be leaving me feeling
like common criminals.
The handles and locks have all been
cleaned of that gooey black paint.




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As it approached 4 pm ...


we were still hard at work.






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Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Wed June 15, 2011 - Saying Hello & Goodbye

07:57 | Posted by Pembroke Pocket Garden |
Today was a special day for me and my community. We said hello to new friends 
and goodbye to an old friend.

                                                   some of us paint the benches

                                              here we are planing the plants in bigger recycling box
                                                  we made the spacial soil for the plants


A four-legged friend came to have a sniff around.




                                         Linda in here is  replacing the plant  into bigger box
                                                     

                                                       shila painting the last bench



My peppers are ripening up quite nicely.









                                            these are the new plant has been replaced by fatima
                                            and Linda 
                                             

My little ones straight from the propogators and ready for the growhouse.





She screamed "No!!!" at the paparazzi.


In a rare moment David looks up from one of the many tasks he does.



                                            Here David is teaching zahra  how to work with hammer and
                                              nails.
                                                     

A delicious shared lunch after a morning's work.


As you can see there are a couple spare chairs if you ever fancy joining us.



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this is the  picture has taken at end the of the day 
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