This week’s guest blog is by Holly, one of our Growing Ability gardeners. ‘I’ve been making artwork using leaves, I made a leaf wreath and I have used all sorts of leaves with different autumn colours. The colours are around us now; I can see the bright colours; green, reds, orange, yellow and dark colours; … Read more

A guest blog by Anni Sander      (photo credit ©LiveKindly Co) Happy New Year! Have you got any resolutions for 2022? For me it’s the typical ‘do more sports’ and ‘take more breaks’. However as a family we’re trying something new this year, we’re attempting Veganuary. Vegan fasting Veganuary is an international initiative that challenges people … Read more

This week’s blog post is from Kavita of Garden Club on the humble but versatile stinging nettle: As a relative newcomer to British gardening I am often confused when weeding. I find myself wondering if the tiny plant with delicate flowers is a ‘weed’ that needs to come out, or a treasured plant that is … Read more

Symphytum officinale in the family boraginaceae with its tall clumps of large green hairy leaves and clusters of tubular flowers appears all over the Triangle Community Garden and allotments in May and June.  Upright and growing to around 1.5 metres the flowers vary in colour from pale pink and white through to blues and lilac,  … Read more

One blustery Friday morning in May, Garden Club members set about clearing the waist high weeds smothering the fruit bushes in the Forest Garden. Pulling nettles, cow parsley and goose grass out of the rich, moist earth to uncover half-hidden bushes, discovering snails in unexpected colours and seeing the beginnings of this year’s berries, was … Read more

Activity continues in the Forest and Community Gardens to help plants and shrubs recover from the long period during lockdown when it was not possible for the volunteers to work. More membrane has been removed in the Forest Garden to give the rhubarb and day lilies chance to spread and thrive, and the currants (pictured … Read more

Garden Club members have spent several sunny Friday mornings clearing the Forest Garden and rediscovering forgotten plants amongst the undergrowth. It’s been instructive to see how the garden has evolved over the past year with minimal human intervention. Some plants have held their own while others have disappeared amongst the more vigorous weeds around them. … Read more

April is always a busy time for Friday Garden Club. The Forest and Community Gardens have been waking up since early spring with lovely blossom on the almond and apricot trees, ferns unfurling and sparkling blue and white anemones carpeting the ground. A few nettles and brambles are being cleared to allow shrubs, trees, herbs … Read more

In a short blog post Chair of Trustees Vicky Wyer considers some of the positives that have emerged over the last year: This is the year the Triangle Garden should have been celebrating its 20th anniversary and the Pavilion its 10th. However it’s never good to dwell on what might have been, and a missed … Read more

Treasurer Andrew Green outlines how covid-19 and other factors have affected the Triangle Garden’s financial situation: The year was dominated by the impact of COVID-19 on our activities, and those effects are likely to continue well into the next financial year. Fundraising was significantly curtailed. Whilst Apple Day and Halloween in 2019 were successful, we … Read more