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Lovely to see lots of happy locals at our Queen’s Park Gardens, socially distanced plant sale today, despite the rain! 🌿🌞 @hammersmith_community_gardens
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#plantsale
#growyourown
#organicplants
#peatfreecompost
#sociallydistanced
Wonderful #willow! Every year we #harvest willow from a corner of the farm and use it to make lots of different things like these wigwam supports for the sweet peas, this border edging made by two of our #apprentice #gardeners earlier this year, #natural arches and dens!🌿
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#naturalbuilding
#environmentallyfriendly
#gardening
#organicgardening
#willowwigwam
#communitygardening
#sustainablegardening
#growyourown
Here’s a fun activity for your children especially if you don’t have a garden as they can make their own #miniature #fairygarden or #dinosaurgarden by #reusing a plastic punnet! Swipe to see instructions and more examples 🌿 For more nature activities for children have a look on our website, see link in bio. .
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#reuseplastic
#nature
#minigarden
#natureactivitiesforchildren
#getgrowing
#gardeningforchildren
#fungardening
#reducereuserecycle
One of the most beneficial insects for gardeners, is the humble #hoverfly because the hoverfly’s larvae consume large numbers of aphids! Some of their favourite plants to take nectar and pollen from are: #calendula, #tagetes, #fennel, #asters, #achillea and #alyssum 🌿These are some photos of flowers and a hoverfly at Phoenix Farm @hammersmith_community_gardens in #whitecity .
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#nationalinsectweek
#plantsforpollintors
#organicgardening
#groworganic
#companionplanting #hoverfliesofinstagram
It’s #nationalinsectweek2020 and at HCGA we just love the ferocious-looking, but completely harmless, stag beetle! They spend most of their lives underground as larvae; eating dead, rotting wood. They do not damage living trees, plants, buildings or furniture.
Once at adult stage, you may see them flying around between May-August, but sadly as they are endangered it can be very hard to spot them. To help these incredible beetles, keep parts of your garden wild by leaving old tree stumps, letting the grass grow long with some weeds and build a log pyramid!
For more ideas and advice have a look at @ptes_org and www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk
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Top tips poster credit: @ptes_org .
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#stagbeetle
#incredibleinsects
#endangeredspecies
#wildlifeofinstagram
#gardeningforwildlife
#organicgardening
#insectoftheweek
#entoathome
#niw2020
A snapshot from yesterday’s planting on the #WhiteCity estate! That’s eight parking spaces dedicated to plants instead of cars🌿 So many positive comments from happy residents yesterday that it is making the area a beautiful place to be!@hammersmith_community_gardens @hfcouncil . Thank you @pau_alesg for making the time lapse video! .
#timelapsegardening
#communitygardening
#placesforpeople
#greenspacesforpeople
#plantsforpollinators
#droughttolerantplants
#organicgardening
Such a mission to complete the new planting scheme before the torrential downpour, but we did it!! HCGA team, local volunteers from our Get Out There! project and @LBHF all did a fantastic job today planting out on Australia Road in #WhiteCity! Thank you all! Thanks to
@RobertBrayAssoc for their plant choices! And @thameswater for funding
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#plantingout
#dreamteam
#droughttolerantplants
#perennialplantingschemes
#organicgardening
#flowersforallseasons
#plantsforpollinators #sociallydistancedgardening
Beautiful plants ready to be planted up at Australia Road today by the HCGA team and local volunteers! Thanks to @robertbrayassociates for their stunning planting design! #whitecity #plants #improvingneighbourhoods #droughttolerant #plantingscheme #organicgardening
Who has been spotting lots of ladybirds recently?? Can you identify them at larvae and pupae stages?! In honour of this lovable and helpful (aphid predator!) little beetle, we have collated lots of activities and useful ID guides for you and your children to explore! If you’d like to receive our children’s activities newsletters, sign up via our website, link in bio. .
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#ladybirdsofinstagram
#environmentaleducation
#childrensnatureplay
#learningandplay
#outdooreducation
#wildlifeexplorers
#organicpestcontrol
#vegpatch
#groworganic
#naturalpredator
As this week is #nationalcarersweek2020, we thought we’d share this lovely pic of one of our Grow Well groups! This project provides therapeutic gardening sessions for carers; giving them a break from their caring responsibilities. We have been keeping in touch via weekly phone calls but we are looking forward to seeing everyone soon hopefully!
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#makingcarersvisible
#Carersweek
#carerswellbeing
#gardeningforwellbeing
#greenspacesforpeople
#Thursdaythought
With thanks to the Mercer’s Company for supporting this project.
