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Category Archives: Green spaces
Eye eye – Kings Cross estates are new designer icon
Gentrification, love it or loathe it does all sorts of odd things to change how people perceive a neighbourhood. The estates and streets of ‘London’s trendy Kings Cross’ seem to have transcended edgy in the designer pantheon and are now … Continue reading
Plea to Argent to gift a valuable ecological resource to the King’s Cross green corridor
The King’s Cross pond, or ‘Of Soil and Water’ to use the title of this temporary art installation near the York Way railway bridge, was planned to exist for just two years. After that it will be filled in and … Continue reading
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz
You know spring is here when the Wildlife Trust volunteers are out in force on the towpath between York Way and the Islington Tunnel… This morning saw them hard at work conserving the wonderful planting around the entrance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Community stuff, Green spaces, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Islington, London Wildlife Trist, Regent's Canal, towpath, wild flowers, wildlife
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Is it spring yet? Kings Cross starts to bloom early
The weirdly warm weather means that some plants have never caught on that it’s winter and others are going Spring like early. The blossoming cherry tree in Argyle Street is sure to attract hordes of homesick Japanese people. And at … Continue reading
Another street tree bites the dust
Sadly yet another tree has been broken off on York Way. This one has been mainly sawed off at chest height and the top of the tree dumped in Railway Street. Not clear what happened here whether it was a … Continue reading
Parents and carers voices wanted on the largest playground in the area!
Parents and Careres of different backgrounds and across the region, who have come together in a grass roots drive to improve central London’s biggest playground, Coram’s Fields, call all other parents, carers and young people, who the grounds, to an … Continue reading
Posted in Community groups, Community stuff, Green spaces, New, Young People
Tagged Children, Coram's Fields, grassroot, Parents, Playgrounds, Young people
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Another tree killed on towpath
Last year two trees were killed on the Regent’s Canal towpath by vandals. The first at Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens and the second behind Copenhagen School. The Copenhagen School tree was replaced in May by a semi mature cherry tree … Continue reading
Collingham Gardens Nursery fete 4th July 2015
The wonderful Collingham Gardens Nursery, which some people may remember from the Open Garden Square Weekend in June, is holding it’s annual fete this Saturday from 1pm to 4.30pm. It promises to be tons of fun with delicious food, a … Continue reading