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Family Acitivites, Gardening and Fundays

Most of our events and activities have now stopped for the winter season, giving us time to plan our programme of children’s gardening clubs, family workdays, and large events.

We are looking forwards to a busy year with a May Festival at Red Cross, spring consultation event at Mint Street, Sporting workshops at Marlboroguh Playground, and a harvest celebration for SE1 in September in memory of Octavia Hill.

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  • Latest News

    • BOST is recruiting

      We are looking for a Community Gardener Educator to work on our Edible Bankside Projects. For more information and details of how to apply, go to our jobs page here

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    • Octavia Hill Anniversary

      This year we have a series of plans to commemorate Octavia Hill who, amongst her many notable achievements, founded Red Cross Garden, one of the open spaces BOST manages. In 2012 we plan to hold a series of guided walks and to restore the bandstand, which once stood in the centre of her garden. We [...]

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    • Diversity Garden

      The new Diversity Garden has started on the ground! The design we have agreed will include some raised beds, a wildlife pond, edible hedge, mini meadow, and cherry trees. The main structure is being made for us by Durkan as part of the build of the flats and houses. They will hand it over to [...]

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  • I've met so many people here today, it's been amazing! I'm so happy that I came. My son really loved planting the vegetables, I'm really up for gardening