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Towards a happy, healthy and resilient Walthamstow


Hedge planting at TransMission Community Garden
A donation of free plants and a couple of free trees from The Conservation Volunteers mean we’re now in a position to plant a hedge along...
Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 52 min read
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Hedging our bets
Our most recent session in the Transmission Community Garden was very successful, with new people joining and decisions made We had a...
Rebecca Armstrong
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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A change of direction at the TransMission Community Garden
After an emergency meeting to discuss matters, we at Transition Walthamstow have made some decisions regarding our community garden We’re...
Rebecca Armstrong
Oct 2, 20243 min read
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Building a water catchment area at the TransMission Community Garden
With no access to water on site at the TransMission Community Garden, we need a reliable water-catchment system. Here’s what we’re...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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Summer in the city
Have you been enjoying the sun? I have, but at the same time it’s made me think about our changing climate and what we can all do to...
Rebecca Armstrong
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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Volunteers wanted
We’re a dedicated small group of volunteers trying to make a difference – but we need more people. How can we drum up interest?
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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Funding news and planting seedlings
This month we share some good news about funding and talk about what we’ve been up to in the garden, as well as reveal a new evening...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Filling raised beds at the community garden
Our main task for our monthly garden work day was to fill our raised beds – next time we hope to paint our pallet fence Our most recent...
Rebecca Armstrong
May 1, 20242 min read
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Building a fence at the community garden
Litter is becoming an issue at the TransMission Community Garden, so protect the space we build a fence out of pallets One of our main...
Rebecca Armstrong
Apr 3, 20243 min read
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The jar test – analysing the soil at the TransMission Community Garden
This simple test helps you understand the type of soil you’ve got in your plot and what sort of plants you can grow there. Our first work...
Rebecca Armstrong
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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A work day in the garden
Our first ‘work party’ in the Transmission Community Garden consisted of soil testing and putting together some raised beds. I’m not a...
Rebecca Armstrong
Feb 22, 20243 min read
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Planting bulbs at TransMission Community Garden
On Sunday 12 November we had our second event at the TransMission Community Garden: bulb planting, with a sunflower seed dyeing workshop....
Rebecca Armstrong
Nov 25, 20232 min read
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Creating a sunflower meadow in Walthamstow
It takes a community to plant hundreds of sunflowers, and we needed help – but would we get any? Rebecca Armstrong has the answers It was...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 23, 20233 min read
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Welcome to the new-look Transition Walthamstow website
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to redesign transitionwalthamstow.org. The old site was full of information, but it had been...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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2000 Sunflowers
POWER STATION is Walthamstow's beating heart of community retrofit, art and energy. Building a street-by-street, school-by-school,...
aescaife
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Meeting: 12 December 2022
On a mission Our last meeting of 2022 involved a fun exercise that revealed some interesting insights into what we think Transition...
Rebecca Armstrong
Dec 28, 20224 min read
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The one where Zoom doesn’t quite work out …
This month, one of our regulars was struck down by Covid so couldn’t attend, and our attempt at using Zoom wasn’t quite as successful as...
Rebecca Armstrong
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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Inspirational ideas and educational outings
The last Transition Walthamstow meeting took place on 10 October at Le Delice. Read on to find out what we discussed. The main aim of the...
Rebecca Armstrong
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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What do you want from Transition Walthamstow?
Find out when our next meeting takes place – and why you should come along. What would you (yes, you) want to get from joining Transition...
Rebecca Armstrong
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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Once You Know – a film screening and discussion
Transition Walthamstow is hosting a special showing of climate change documentary Once You Know and post-film discussion at Gnome House...
Rebecca Armstrong
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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