Travelling shed for Lewisham

• How to transform an ordinary garden shed into an eco, wildlife friendly treasure
  Turn a standard shed into something that will help
  green up your garden,attract more wildlife and be beautiful to look at.


• Strengthen the walls and the ceiling
  Increase the number of uprights and joists of ceiling and
  walls with batons, you can also brace for extra strength
  Increase the depth of the roof to make space for the soil


• Paint and personalise
  We chose
  Farrow and
  Ball Ball’s*
  DAUPHIN
  no.54
  and The
  Little Green
  Paint
  company company’s
  STARGAZER
  no.68 for the
  interior


• Farrow and Ball colours come in an eco finish
  Paint and personalise your interior
  Paint and personalise your interior


• All the things used inour shed were bought from charity shops, salvaged or found in skips
  Make a living roof on your garden shed
  Add a waterproof liner such as buytl
  Add a layer of something that will
  retain moisture, we used some old loft
  insulating fleece
  Mix up some very free draining soil,add plenty of permalite and grit add plants that are very drought
  tolerant, grasses, sedums

THEN LAUNCH

London blooms – Lewisham flourishes
Regional judges from the prestigious annual London in Bloom competition have been touring the borough, looking at Lewisham’s floral prowess – and a travelling shed – in the run-up to judging for this year’s competition.
Last year, despite a dismal summer, judges were impressed by the floral displays and the commitment and dedication of everyone who took part.

Lewisham has always achieved great results in London in Bloom,

picking up a Silver Gilt Award in last year’s competition.
Judges toured the borough looking at displays in memorial gardens,
allotments, town centres as well as school and community projects.

Lewisham in Bloom judges have also been busy touring the borough in the last few weeks looking at design, cultivation, combination of colour, plants and foliage to help them decide local winners. As well as visiting private and commercial property displays, judges visited gardens, wildlife areas, school gardening projects and allotments.

One of the Lewisham in Bloom judges, Councillor Susan Wise, Cabinet Member for Customer Services, said: “The Lewisham in Bloom competition is an integral part of the London in Bloom contest, and without the commitment and enthusiasm of our residents - as community groups, or businesses - we wouldn't be in such a strong position to impress the judges from London in Bloom as we do every year."

London In Bloom judges also had an opportunity in their hectic schedule, to take a look at the borough’s first ‘travelling green-roof shed’. An ordinary garden shed, donated by Travis Perkins of Catford, has been transformed by members of the Honor Oak Park Action Group, complete with its own living roof.
As well as making an old garden shed look more interesting, green - or living roofs - help to attract smaller, more diverse forms of wildlife to gardens. The idea of the shed is that it can ‘travel’ to public events around the borough, so that people can see and learn for themselves how to ‘green up’ their own shed. Inside the shed, visitors can learn more about encouraging biodiversity, growing their own fruit and vegetables and how to make the most of their back garden as a wildlife habitat.

Local social enterprise, Envirowork Lewisham, persuaded Travis Perkins to donate the shed to the Action Group, who were able to use Envirowork’s nursery in Mayow Park while they undertook the conversion.
Local residents and cofounders of the Honor Oak Action Group, Fiona Hull and Iris Borgers, converted the shed over the course of a month doing a few hours each week.

Fiona and Iris said: “Back gardens are becoming increasingly important for wildlife, they often have greater biodiversity than our countryside. You can help increase the habitat available for wildlife and make your garden shed more attractive to look at. It’s fun and it’s easy!”

Iris and Fiona completed the makeover on the ordinary garden shed sourcing wood from skips, using environmentally friendly paint and decorating the interior with charity shop finds.
Results for both the London in Bloom and Lewisham in Bloom competitions will be announced in September.

A bit of History

Honor Oak station was entirely timber built to serve Camberwell Cemetery and the northern end of a new villa development at Forest Hill. There was a small coal yard on the up side. The booking office was initially in a wooden building on the down side of the approach adjacent to the stationmaster's house. It was reached from the west by a subway under the line, in later years tickets were sold on the platform.

Green Cleaner Proposal to Southwark

OUR LAND AND OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT IF...?

WHAT IF HONOR OAK COULD HAVE...

Temporary allotment space?
Woodland burial area in Camberwell New Cemetery?
City Farm?
Increased sense of community?

Click on the pic to go to our online survey - We will let Southwark council know your views.

TEMPORARY ALLOTMENT TO EASE LONG WAITING LIST?

We are proposing to Southwark Council a temporary allotment, based on the successful model used in Hackney - 'a grow veg in a builders bag' scheme. It could be sited in the yard adjacent to the One Tree Hill Allotment society. There is currently around a 4 year waiting list for an allotment.

Click on the pic to see the BBC report on the Hackney temporary allotment scheme.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GROWING YOUR OWM? CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ANSWER 2 QUESTIONS. WE WILL LET SOUTHWARK COUNCIL KNOW YOUR VIEWS.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AvKD5kPqS37D8cTXMarNug_3d_3d

THIS YARD WILL BE VACATED THIS SUMMER. WE WANT TO TURN IT INTO

THIS GREEN VEGGIE OASIS


This disused wrought iron gate could provide access via Honor Oak Park

WOODLAND BURIAL IN CAMBERWELL NEW CEMETERY?

It's official - London has run out of burial space. We need modern 21st Century, sustainable, planet friendly solutions to burial. Click on the woodland picture to let us know what you think of a woodland burial in our online survey. Only 2 questions.

We are proposing to Southwark Council that they make provision for a woodland burial in Camberwell New Cemetery.

What is a natural woodland burial? Click on this picture to find out.