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Red campion flowers in a Whitfield Street tree pit
This native British wildflower, Red campion (Silene dioica), is flowering in a tree pit in Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia. This flower is one of a number of important pollinators and although not often seen on the streets of London is quite … Continue reading
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Tagged native wildflowers, pollinators, Red campion, Silene dioica, wildflowers
Those wildflowers that didn’t die in June’s drought are now starting to bloom. But please don’t pick them
Pictured is the second of our corncockle flowers to bloom as part of our Grow Wild project supported by Kew Gardens. The first to bloom was on Friday morning and was promptly stolen by the afternoon. A shame because around … Continue reading
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Tagged GrowWild, native wildflowers, Whitfield Gardens
Some colour and some scented wildlife-friendly additions to Whitfield Gardens
Our Saturday morning gardening club has been busy over the last two Saturdays cleaning and planting in Whitfield Gardens. Our main aim has been to plant native shrubs and wildflowers but we’ve also added a few cheap and cheerful plants … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, gardening, native wildflowers, volunteering, wildflowers
Join our Saturday morning gardening club this summer
Volunteers from the Friends group will be getting together for an hour each Saturday morning starting this month to clean, trim and water Whitfield Gardens on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Tottenham Street.
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Tagged gardening, horticulture, native trees, native wildflowers, volunteer
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Native hedge planting in Whitfield Gardens and Crabtree Fields
This month volunteers from the Friends group have been planting native hedges in Whitfield Gardens and Crabtree Fields to replace missing or damaged shrubs. In early April we planted around 50 bare root saplings: mostly blackthorn, with a mix of … Continue reading
Wildflower planting at Whitfield Gardens, Saturday 7 April 2018
Following up from our winter planting, we have been successful with an application for native wildflower seeds which Camden parks are encouraging Friends’ groups to get involved with. Come and join our planting morning this Saturday when we’ll be sowing five collections … Continue reading
We are looking forward to using our Grow Wild seed kit
We are bouncing up and down with excitement as we’ve just received in the post our Grow Wild seed kit from Kew Gardens, ready to sow native wildflowers in Whitfield Gardens. The seed kit was the result of a successful … Continue reading
