Sydenham Garden’s summer festival at our market garden site on De Frene Road gets bigger and better every year, and 2019 was no exception. Thanks to months of planning by our dedicated team, and an overwhelming amount of goodwill and support on the day from our co-workers and volunteer groups, the day was a brilliant…
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Summer Festival #DeFreneFest17
The Summer Festival, SE26’s very own smash hit! On Saturday 19th August our De Frene summer festival once again rocked SE26. Fresh from its debut year in 2016, this year’s event was even bigger and better. More than 500 people came through the door and just over £3,400 was raised taken. Music The…
Read moreOur New Bug Hotel at De Frene
A very big thank you to everyone who attended our Community Volunteer Day on Saturday! We created a fantastic bug hotel! Our task was to build a new bug hotel in our wildlife area. We also improved the area through planting and tidying. The finished article was fantastic. We are sure to start seeing some…
Read moreBeautiful Willow Lanterns
Our Growing Lives Project have been busy making beautiful Willow Lanterns. As dusk comes earlier and earlier this time of year the need for lighting became pressing. Last year we installed bright LED lights powered by solar. This year we’ve made them much more pleasing to the eye! Much more than just aesthetics! There is…
Read moreCommunity Volunteer Days – September Apple Day
A big thank you to everyone who attended our apple focused Community Volunteer Day on Saturday! We made a great start on the apple harvest. Everyone enjoyed our earth oven pizzas and delicious freshly pressed apple juice too. The last Community Volunteer Day of 2016 is on Saturday 15th October. Please join us, especially because…
Read moreSummer Festival fun, in the wind, rain and sun!
The dust has settled on shin-dig that will live long in our memory. Having historically run fete type events, this was our first step into the world of entertainment. Yes: this was Festival fun
Read moreOnly 18 days to go until the De Frene Summer Festival …
There has been a lot happening at our De Frene Market Garden site over the last couple of months, and there are only 18 days to go until the festival Our bees are settling in well in preperation for the festival. We’ve been learning all the essentials of bee-keeping under the watchful eye of our…
Read moreDe Frene summer close up photos
Summer close up photos from our De Frene site These stunning summer close up photos were taken by a co-worker on their mobile phone. De Frene really is in full bloom right now.
Read moreWeekly Salad Bags (our veg box scheme) from Growing Lives
This Wednesday (25th Nov) we will launch our weekly Salad Bags, our version of a veg box scheme, produced at Growing Lives Currently this scheme is fully subscribed. We aim to increase capacity and take new customers in March After 10 months of hard work everyone here at Growing Lives are very excited to announce we will…
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