Six on Saturday in the City Garden
This week my contribution to Six on Saturday is about shades of pink, with a touch of blue.
The City Garden underway again
It has been so busy – a photography exhibition in Suffolk and another in Brittany, followed by the ongoing project in Brittany, photographing the Parish Closes – that I haven’t paid enough attention to the City Garden. I did some work in March, which was good, but more remains to be done if I want…
Pepys Parks continued & the Royal Dockyards in Deptford
There are several more green spaces which make up Pepys Parks, in addition to the Lower and Upper Parks previously visited. A gap between the buildings on Grove Street, almost opposite the row of shops, leads to the first green space, and then another gap between buildings leads across Bowditch to Longshore and on to…
Six on Saturday in The Fortnight Garden
I have been following The Propagator for a while now and today I decided to ‘have a go’, so here are my Six on Saturday!
Oh dear, 7 weeks of growth!
I said when I last posted that I had to wait and see happens next in the garden, having made some changes in the Spring. I have been away from the Fortnight Garden for seven weeks now and my goodness I am paying for it! I have come back to a jungle! The hedges need…
Lower & Upper Pepys Parks in the Borough of Lewisham
Near to Sayes Court Park is the spread-out site of Pepys Park. London Gardens Online summarises this Park as follows:’…Pepys Park is a public open space created as part of the LCC’s 1960s Pepys Estate, which was built over the site of the Victualling Yard established for storage of provisions and clothing for the Royal…
Sayes Court Park in Lewisham
Deptford Park and Folkestone Gardens have a strong connection with John Evelyn and so it seemed sensible to visit Sayes Court Park next, as this was the site and name of his home and garden (perhaps ‘estate’ would be a better word) in Deptford, which is part of Lewisham district.
