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Here’s Cath, our brilliant head #gardener at Phoenix Community Farm in #WhiteCity. She has recently welcomed back small groups of our fantastic #volunteers to help maintain the #garden ready for reopening for various projects over the summer- watch this space for details of various #sociallydistancedevents to come!
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#communitygardening
#summer2020
#gardeningforwellbeing
#gardeningformentalhealth
#natureactivitiesforchildren
#greenspaceforpeople
#wildlifesanctuary
#covidsecure
Leaving #leeks to flower! Instead of harvesting all of our leeks, every year, we leave a little patch as they not only look great, but they are a firm favourite of our resident #honeybees but also the #bumblebees and even #ladybirds. Turns out, they also make stunning cut flowers too!
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#gardeningforwildlife
#plantsforpollinators
#cutflowers
#leekflowers
#leeksofinstagram
#organicgardening
#communitygarden
#summerfloweringplants
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
