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Lambeth

Tuesday 18th September 2018

Report written by Katie Welford

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We had loads of lovely new runners this evening, giving it a decidedly 'back to school' feel, just without the new pencil cases. If only.

There were two run options, the first group were led by JKB up to the community growing project at Agnes Riley Gardens. he said:

We navigated the dense and cumbersome mesh, mainly there to keep birds out, in order to water KEY VEGETABLES. We trimmed back rose bushes to make them less hazardous, but the thorns proved tricky. Navigating the bush in the dark was not so easy so it's time for a JKB TIP which is BRING HEADTORCHES. Its getting dark!

The rest of us were led to the Portico Gallery in West Norwood by George, who was celebrating his 100th run. After the 4km mainly uphill climb we reached our destination and began sorting gazebo sides into dirty and need cleaning or OK. These are used for the monthly West Norwood Feast, which takes over the town in the summer months.

On running home, we all enjoyed some banana bread from Lavinia as her #GBBO2018 offering and then we went to the pub for some food and a drink. Lovely stuff.


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Agnes Riley Gardens
A green space for local residents to enjoy

The park is located next to a number of large social housing estates. Clapham Park Estate, just over the road, is being redeveloped and large numbers of people will be moving into the area. There are three primary schools in the immediate area, plus a new secondary school soon to be developed. We already have some very committed volunteers giving their time to gardening in the park and they have told us they would like some support to run weekly gardening sessions which can help people grow some of their own food. We also want to help children better understand where their food comes from.

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Attendees
Elise
Katie Welford
James Kerry-Barnard
George Clarkson
Steve Jenkins
Rebecca
Lucy Ranson
John Gutteridge
Alice Clerkin
Freyja Winterson
Laura Hyrapetian
Michael Welsh
Samantha
George
Emily Prescott
Alfie
Lavinia Walsh
Josh Bainbridge
Andrew Gilyead
Alice Rivers
Carol Carney
Hayley Anderson
Andrew
Emma
Iona Wickens
Hansy Shore
Krishna Joshi
Jessica Savage
Jadzia Biegun
Ross Moir
Jack Maden
Daisy Woolham
Sophia Djakells
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Sorting out the gardens and Helping out

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