Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Monday, 9 March 2009
Spring Has Well and Truly Sprung

If you should go down to the flowerbed today, you are in for a big surprise...there be seasonal stirrings in that there muddy patch.
The flowerbed is looking beautiful in its first flush of spring bulbs: snowbells, crocuses and early narcissi. There are also promising signs of the rest those 450 bulbs planted all that time ago in November last year despite the numbing rain.
At this weekend’s Spring Meet, perennials and biennials such as lupins, foxgloves, delphiniums, Japanese anemone, hellebore, pinks, poppies and summer flowering bulbs were planted. A big thank you to Nellie’s mum for weeding and nurturing the flowerbed, many passersby have noticed her work and have said how beautiful the flowerbed is looking.
Bring on the Vernal Equinox... given season creep, what will be flowering in the flowerbed on March the 21st?
P.S. We are still trying to resolve the fly-tipping problem that is occurring in the vicinity of the flowerbed.
Please dial 101 to report any fly-tipped rubbish you see, and be sure to get a reference number. The more people who report each and every incidence of fly-tipping, the more evidence there is that residents are concerned about this issue and expect the council to crack down on the fly-tippers operating in our area.
Tony Banach, Area Manager for Higham Hill Ward, Better Neighbourhoods Initiative is aware of the situation.

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Thursday, 5 March 2009
Help A London Park, Vote Results Are In
Sadly March Lane, Leyton is not one of the ten parks to receive funding from the Mayor to make them greener, safer and nicer places to visit.
The people have spoken: and the winners are...
You can read more about it in the Waltham Forest Guardian article 'WALTHAM FOREST: Borough loses out on park cash'
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Monday, 2 February 2009
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

The Flowerbed
Some new faces on the block

Hamilton Rd - front

Hamilton Rd - back

Hamilton Rd - work in progress

Hamilton Rd - complete

Fairfield Rd Rd

Colville Rd
The competition further afield.

Higham Hill Rd

Forest Rd

Palmerston Rd - work in progress

Palmerston Rd - complete

Palmerston Rd
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Vote for Marsh Lane, Leyton - ENDED

VOTE NOW for Marsh Lane, Leyton to win funding from The Mayor of London. Be sure to email the URL to your friends and family. Voting ends on 5pm, 30 January 2009
If the funding is awarded to Marsh Lane, it will be used to install new play equipment, renovate the sports pavilion, improve security and put in new paths, a bridge and signs.
The cash will also be used for improving grassland habitats, developing a wild flower meadow, planting native trees, building nesting boxes for birds, bats and insects and putting in place log piles and compost heaps to help encourage wildlife diversity.
Your votes count!
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Monday, 10 November 2008
A Dose Of Liquid Precipitation

Before our annual bulb planting meet became a complete washout we managed to plant some 450 bulbs including the 100 Daffodil bulbs we were granted from LBWF and Groundwork East London.
Be sure to look out for Alliums, Anemones, Grape Hyacinth, Sporaxis and Freesias in the year to come. Many thanks to all who donated bulbs and to those who joined in the bulb planting meet despite the rain.



If you would like to be informed by email of our next flowerbed meet please contact:
- pauline.flowerbed@gmail.com
- frances.flowerbed@gmail.com
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
£50 donated to the Bramley Close Flowerbed Project
The Neighbourhood Watch Group meets every two months, 7:00 - 9:00pm at the Unity Hall, Bramley Close. For more information and date of the next meeting please contact pauline.flowerbed@gmail.com
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