tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52555062011-04-22T00:00:23.825+01:00Lambeth Walk Doorstep GreenThis is a community website for the Friends (and others) of The Lambeth Walk Open Space. The Friends welcome new members whatever their financial or residence status, but local people who use, look at or enjoy our park regularly will get most out of our organisation. Anyone who would like to contribute to the Friends or this blog, please get in touch via the email link (at right, below). We are currently spending nearly £200,000 on the important basics like fence, hedge, play area and path worksianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1120047664387415802005-06-29T13:02:00.000+01:002005-07-01T01:29:26.996+01:00Now we are talking . . . The bulk of Blakedowns' work is now complete. The pathways and their artwork all look great. The covered seating area is finished and all additional benches have been installed, including the remaining dog bins. The community garden got it's new fence too just this week - Roots & Shoots are particularly pleased, and so we're just trying to sort out an interim gate ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1119953050885174332005-04-20T10:54:00.000+01:002005-06-29T14:23:29.083+01:00PRESS RELEASE from TREES for CITIES - APRIL 2005City Gardener, Matt James, applies his green fingers to the new Lambeth Walk Open Space Doorstep GreenMatt James, Channel 4’s City Gardener, will be joining local residents and Trees for Cities’ volunteers in Lambeth Walk Open Space Doorstep Green on Saturday 2nd April for a community planting day that will transform this valuable open space. Trees ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1119952411914433332005-04-15T10:44:00.000+01:002005-06-28T10:53:31.916+01:00"Our park is changing daily, and I'm taking photos all the time. The performance area is pretty cool already and they're about to install the dog free area. Blakedowns are making a real effort on all the edgings of the pathways and more of our green (sic) fencing went up this week. Trees for Cities had a reasonable planting day too, and they are now working on planting at the seating area - at ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1119951832658447972005-01-28T10:37:00.000Z2005-06-28T10:43:52.663+01:00While the webmaster has been buying a house in Australia and taking on a new job with a thing called the National Fire Ant Eradication Program - which is definitely another story - FoLWOS has been continuing the fight to improve the Open Space. Struggles have been won or fought over the content of the UDP, regaining contiguous access to the Kennington Road frontage and with assorted contractors, ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1098941976970762982004-10-05T06:23:00.000+01:002004-11-08T04:07:47.620Z
If you live near the park you'll have been concerned at the disgraceful way in which the builders working on fixing up the Lollard Street terrace houses have approached our public park by simply exploiting the Open Space to store their materials, dump rubbish, damage or trash plants and bushes, grass, walls and so on without any apparent regard for the park or the local people who use it and ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1098943488981489032004-10-02T06:53:00.001+01:002004-10-28T07:40:24.530+01:00 Hey, hey! New, better, more efficient path lights are at last installed to replace the old ones (well, new light heads on top of reconditioned DG green poles where they could be reused and new ones where they couldn't)!
Plus the long story of the 120m of new metal fence is complete and the sections are finally in place along the northern length of Fitzalan Street where the broken sections, ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1092463561026931452004-08-14T06:48:00.000+01:002004-08-14T08:55:18.203+01:00
This is the latest ground plan for the Doorstep Green project as drawn up by our landscape consultant, Adam Thomas.
It shows the re-landscaping planned, plus the new planting we envisage putting in to start with this year.
You can see where the main user improvements will go as well (like the reshaped paths and entrances, the new childrens' play areas, the new seating area near Denby Court ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1092231390159791792004-08-11T14:24:00.000+01:002004-08-17T05:29:55.050+01:00 Brilliant feedback in July from the Countryside Agency after their hosting this year of the international "Great Cities - Great Parks" conference in London.
FoLWOS was asked to receive a delegation from the conference and offer a tour of the Lambeth Walk Doorstep Green to illustrate the kind of local work the CA and the Doorstep Greens are helping, and we were delighted to oblige.
Good ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1092230511269992662004-08-11T14:12:00.000+01:002004-08-17T05:31:28.776+01:00 FoLWOS Officers Doorstep Green Update,
July 2004:
1. Certificate of Lawful use:
There is now a consensus that LBL will not need to consult on this application, as the land has been used as an open space for some time. This is good news as now the Report on Title can be issued to the CA shortly after the application has been approved, which means the Countryside Agency (CA) will finally be ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1084789349312831122004-05-17T11:18:00.000+01:002004-05-21T18:26:35.950+01:00FENCE LATEST: it looks as though the new fence section at the top end of Fitzalan Street will be installed by McNicholas (Lambeth's main fencing contractor) from Friday the 28th of May. With a modicum of luck it will all be in place, sorted out and cleaned up by the end of the following week as well.
Wish us luck!
ian nicolson
ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1084440268996810072004-05-13T10:24:00.000+01:002004-05-13T10:24:28.996+01:00Click this link for some rather better than we usually get news about our biggest neighbour, Lilian Baylis School, currently closing down and shifting a few hundred meters away for 2005 opening. I wonder what will appear in its place?
EducationGuardian.co.uk | News crumb | School Letwin 'would rather beg' to avoid gets glowing report
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ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1084439391053561052004-05-13T10:09:00.000+01:002004-05-13T10:16:43.970+01:00Click the link below for some recent news on the problems that can be caused for parks and park users by too rigorous Lottery funding regimes - but hopefully not for us or our principal funder!
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society Guardian | Park strife
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ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1083770050808158722004-05-05T16:15:00.000+01:002004-08-12T00:49:23.900+01:00 Well, as usual, there's many a slip . . . we've had to reschedule again on the Roots meeting - apparently there's no contractor's rep available despite everybody else being ready to give up their Wednesday evening to sit down and sort it out.
Ah, well, Adam and Trees for London did get together this afternoon to discuss their proposal for planting and skilling-up, and he has another meetingianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1083330079062815172004-04-30T13:50:00.000+01:002004-08-11T13:57:33.276+01:00We now look set to resolve two long-running issues for the Doorstep Green project by early May.
First one is what to do about Roots & Shoots' request to use more than half of the Community Garden as a building site for a year or more. We at last have a site meeting set for next week where we can finally discuss the detailed proposals (I hope, because there's not much chance of agreeing ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1083078209873767702004-04-27T15:48:00.001+01:002004-08-11T10:00:40.246+01:00A couple of problems to resolve and a success to report:
Roots & Shoots are rebuilding their main school and admin building as an eco-centre over the next 12 months, and to do that they needed to knock down and rebuild a wall that faced directly onto the Community Garden (that they partnered with FoLWOS to design, create and maintain).
They hope to be able to use some more of the garden as a ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1083074988960781652004-04-27T15:06:00.000+01:002004-08-11T10:01:32.996+01:00Wondering what's been happening with the park fence right next to Fitzalan St?
Well, around the 15th of April, Lambeth Parks' fencing contractors McNicholas were about to put in about 100m of brand new fence to replace the temporary wooden one we've had to put up with for years.
After a bit of lobbying we got Lambeth to agree that their fence section will be in exactly the same style as the ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1080564803528445682004-03-29T13:17:00.001+01:002004-08-11T14:09:14.710+01:00 Phew . . . as much fun as they always are, getting one of the FoLWOS Open Days together is quite a project, and when the weather dawned on Saturday with cloud cover down to about 150m it looked like we might be in for a long, damp and grey day. It stayed grey, but the spring rain was kind and stayed away almost all day.
Tony the marquee man showed up at 10.00 with his team - pretty soon after ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1080301077129054512004-03-26T11:26:00.001Z2004-08-11T10:19:00.073+01:00Ahhh, double litter and dog-mess bins . . .
We planted those too yesterday with Earth Anchors (who supplied them and moved the earth to get them in before the Open Day, for which many thanks, EA!).
There are half a dozen more to come later in the year in the Doorstep Green proper but these come courtesy of Greening Vauxhall's park improvement funds, and when I popped by this morning to see if ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1080213765296742762004-03-25T10:33:00.000Z2004-08-11T13:40:33.256+01:00Ahhh, Spring . . . when most green things start getting a real move on.
We planted our first item bigger than a daffodil bulb yesterday, a 4 metre high and gorgeous heavy standard Prunus avium 'Plena' , while light spring showers gave the ground a decent soaking in greeting, and the other preparations for Saturday's Open Day took shape around us.
Leader of the Council (Lambeth) Peter ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1079612022587887142004-03-18T12:00:00.000Z2004-08-12T05:27:32.853+01:00Among the delights on offer at the Open Day on March 27 (and after) are these designer (tee hee) t-shirts proudly announcing your contribution to the Doorstep Green - it could be a donation of time, skill, money or support - or available to buy through our email address (see links top right). We'll settle prices on the weekend, but somewhere around £10 for kids (ages 2-3, 4-5, 6-7) and £14.00 forianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1079021482127572872004-03-11T15:57:00.000Z2004-03-18T13:15:43.090ZDo you like parks, plants, gardening or just getting out in the open air? Well, whatever your level of skill or experience, the Lambeth Walk Doorstep Green is looking for helpers as we crack on to make our park a better place for locals to enjoy.
There’ll be lots of opportunities for children and adults of all ages and gardening abilities to help with the planting and preparation over the ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1079019695286165382004-03-11T15:41:00.000Z2004-08-11T13:50:13.956+01:00Between now and our first 2004 Doorstep Green Open Day (2pm- 4pm, Saturday, March 27, on the Space) we are looking for local people to help the Doorstep Green project really take off.
We’ve already found most of the money we need, hired the landscape architects to manage the project and started organising new fences, paths, planting, lights, signs and dog waste or litter bins.
The really heavy ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1079019440213857812004-03-11T15:37:00.000Z2004-03-18T13:17:09.670ZThe Lambeth Walk Doorstep Green is a partnership between Lambeth Parks and the Friends of Lambeth Walk Open Space (FoLWOS). It wasn't always that way, as most of you already know (see previous posts).
In late 2003, after six months of planning and intensive consultation with local people and the social organisations that surround our park (supported by the Countryside Agency's Doorstep Green ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-1070037288255198342003-11-28T16:34:00.000Z2004-03-18T13:18:12.340ZSUCCESS!
DECEMBER 2003: FoLWOS is awarded a major Doorstep Green grant – the maximum available in this round – of £75,000. With match-funding and other grant streams added-in we plan to spend at least £150,000 (probably closer to £200,000) over the next three years on improving our Open Space, transforming our local park from a neglected patch of grass mostly used for walking the dog into a ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255506.post-943861912003-05-15T13:47:00.000+01:002004-08-11T13:53:23.206+01:00Hello there. This is a simple website for Friends and Stakeholders in the Lambeth Walk Open Space to use and enjoy.
We are looking for the best locally-inspired and relevant ideas and support we can find as we begin to put the care, attention and effort into our local park that it has never received before. These weblogs are good for helping exchange ideas and information about almost anything,ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470296104879528070noreply@blogger.com