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Back in March I posted information about the Mendip & Treecot Residents Association, Wildlife Garden project.
The site has now been transformed from what was effectively a rubbish tip.
With new trees and whip planting It is getting the feel of a nature garden and you can start to visualise where it is going. (see pictures below).
The [...]

Then Groundwork’s GREENAIDERS could be for you!
The GreenAider Garden Project is a free service for the elderly and vulnerable adults who need assistance to get control of their garden.
What can we offer?  A free half day session to help get your garden under control and make it more manageable for the future with the help [...]

A highly original Playful Garden is Southend’s innovative entry to this year’s prestigious RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
The garden, appealing to children and adults, features an upside-down garden, an underground garden where children can crawl through a Perspex tunnel for a worms-eye view of the colourful roots of carrots and beetroots growing, and bamboozling bamboo [...]

 
Residents of Southend are being encouraged to dig out their wellies and help get involved with a beautiful wildlife garden on the Mendip Estate.
 
The Mendip and Treecot Residents Association need help with planting and support on the reserve. The area, formally an unused waste land is being transformed into a wildlife garden, which has [...]

The Southend branch of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association is appealing for help to make muddy allotment plots more accessible for people in wheelchairs. It is renting two plots near Southend Airport Retail Park to allow disabled members to grown their own vegetables.
The South Essex Organic Gardeners Associated has already donated some fruit bushes. Now they need some [...]

I lived near Southchurch Hall Park when I first came to Southend over thirty years ago. It is a beautiful little park with delightful gardens, lake and historical buildings.
The Southchurch Park Watch scheme are now hoping to establish a Friends of Southchurch Hall Gardens. Would you like to be involved? The following information has been provided [...]

Sometimes one really does wonder what the point of the Food Standards Agency is. Surely their role is to ensure the food we eat is as healthy and wholesome as possible? It seems not.
The FSA have recently reported that organic food has no superior nutrient value than conventionally grown food.  But they have totally failed [...]

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has triumphed yet again at the Hampton Court Flower Show with its Pastures Bye exhibit being awarded the highly acclaimed Silver Gilt.
For the past 4 years at the Hampton Court Flower Show and previously at the Chelsea Flower Show, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has won awards for its show gardens.
This year’s exhibit draws [...]

Germaine Greer once described gardening as ‘the best alternative therapy’. With the glorious weather this week I decided to put this theory to the test - one problem: I live in a top floor flat and have no garden.
Still, if you are in a similar position, don’t let that put you off! As long as [...]

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is revisiting pastures old with their entry at this years Hampton Court Flower Show.
 
For the past 14 years, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has built a garden at Hampton Court Flower Show and the Chelsea Flower Show, achieving medals each year. Last summer, the Council’s drought-resistant show garden, called ‘The Water Table’ clinched a [...]