Edward Street
Edward Street
Corner of Edward Street and Kingston Road
About this garden
Edward Street is our largest community patch with three types of composting on site.
We garden here with our weekly volunteers and in collaboration with NOAH, St Matthew's Primary School and Richmond Hill School.
The raised beds were constructed by Penrose Roots to Recovery.
Grapevine
Three-tier raised beds
Leaf mulch cage and compost
Basil the scarecrow (on holiday, will be back soon!)
What you can do here
join our gardening sessions
help us keep the grass trimmed
help us water
harvest lettuce leaves (most are 'pick and come again')
What's growing this season
Fruit
Plums
Rhubarb
Redcurrants
Blackcurrants
Raspberries
Apples
Vegetables
Garlic
Potatoes
Spinach
Broad beans
Tomatoes
Sunflowers
Herbs and flowers
Lavender
Curryplant (Helichrysium Italicum)
What else grows here
Mature sycamore tree
Mature tree TBC
Grass
What's great here
fantastic raised beds
lovely tree
loads of variety
enough space for a garden party
What's challenging here
shady at the back
cats love it as a loo
notorious for fly tipping on one corner
Rainwater harvester
Collecting water
We've finally finished installing our water collector in January 2024. The original design had to be made a bit simpler, but it's working nevertheless. The collector is collecting rain ready for the summer.
Saying that, we're always looking for watering volunteers - could it be you?
The initial design
The original design for the rainwater harvester included a green roof cantilevered against the tree trunk. It was a lovely idea that would've filtered the water before it is going into the tank. It was just too hard to put into practice, and attaching it to the tree would've brought additional challenges.