This short film made over a couple of afternoons in late summer captures some of the fun the young people of Nightingale Estate in Woolwich had creating activities in the community garden http://youtu.be/iMYKkdtzMTU
Topics: [children and young people] [community engagement] [community garden] [Woolwich]
This Saturday, 19 March, join Avant-Gardener, Lara at the Barnfield Community Feast, where she will be planting and distributing seeds to grow in the community garden.
There will be plenty going on on the day, which is a celebration of the three years of Well London working on the estate. The feast will include a variety of stall from local organisations and community groups and there will be a talent show organised by BTEC Performing Arts students from Plumstead Manor/Negus School
Celebrating Barnfield and Long Walk Community Feast Event
Sat. 19 March, 12 - 5.30pm
Barnfield Estate, Barnfield Road, Woolwich. SE18 3HU
Topics: [Barnfield] [community engagement] [Greenwich] [growing spaces]
This summer Avant-Gardening will be running a community engagement project at the Stanley Picker Gallery. To be kept updated on this project please e-mail Polly polly@avantgardening.org
Topics: [community engagement] [Stanley Picker Gallery]
A new project page has been added for the Flowers in the Wood project. We are asking residents of the Flowers Estate in Abbey Wood to share their thoughts about the green and open spaces on the state and how / if any of these spaces could be utilised for food growing or to improve the bio-diversity of the area
Topics: [community engagement] [Flowers in the Wood] [Greenwich] [growing spaces]
Avant-Gardening have been commissioned by the Arts Council/Well London to run a programme of food and growing projects on the Barnfield Estate in Woolwich. Outreach sessions will begin in the spring with a full programme of community based events taking place in the publicworks designed Mobile Porch during the summer
More information will be available in the projects section shortly
Topics: [art] [community engagement] [Greenwich] [growing spaces] [Well London]
Avant-Gardeners Kamala Katbamna and Paul Green will be at the Feeling Good Neighbourhood Pride event on
Saturday 13 March
12 - 4pm
Kamala will be running the Growing Stories workshop where visitors will be able to share their stories with Kamala in exchange for a cutting or seedling to nurture.
Paul will be exploring the green spaces of the Flowers Estate and asking residents about their use of and aspirations for these potential growing spaces
Venue: Alexander McLeod School, Fuschia Street, Abbey Wood. SE2 0QS
Topics: [community engagement] [Flowers in the Wood] [growing spaces]