We have experimented with growing plants in a strawbale because it gave us an instant raised bed which was more accessible for people to work with. We were also curious to see how plants would perform – the straw would provide a warm and airy growing media, a bit like a duvet, but would it…
Whenever we have a cooking or baking session in the garden, we often say it is like being on a camping holiday in the middle of Camden. We are under the pergola, round the table, weighing, mixing, passing the flour and the eggs round and we can hear birdsong, the wind in the trees, that…
The Little Mix of a Garden is situated on the ground floor of a new building completed in 2019. When we started, this space in a new development, had almost zero wildlife activity – the occasional visit from a fox, but very little else. Our first thoughts were to create a food growing garden but…
With only a few days to go before the Open Garden, we turned up today to find vandals had been at work. The bed of annual flowers which had looked so pretty last week, had been flattened. Two large holes had appeared in the bed where we planted the apple trees, another had been dug…
In developing the garden at St Paul’s, we have discovered that a ‘problem’ space in the garden can become a success if we look at it through a different lens. One of our vegetable growing beds has the challenge of having least light out of all of the beds in a garden that belongs to…
We are delighted to have been invited to be part of the London Open Gardens Weekend 10th & 11th June 2023. We are opening 2 of our gardens and we would love you to join us. Little Mix of a Garden, Kentish Town, open 10th June 11.30am – 4pmHere you will see a suite of…
We are delighted to share a new film about the work we do in our garden projects. We feel it shows the magic of our project and we would love to hear what you think of it.
We are delighted to be hosting our annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch event on Sunday 29th January. We have taken part in the Big Garden Birdwatch every year since the project started, spotting 14 individual species of birds. There was much excitement last year when we spotted a Redwing so we wonder what we will…
St Paul’s Woodland Garden project is a nature, food growing and community project located in Camden. The project offers people, in particular, those experiencing social isolation and/or mental health issues, an opportunity to come together with others to enjoy a green space, watch the birds, grow food, cook and create a haven for wildlife. The…