Autumn clear out and barbecue this Halloween

Calling all N2 guerilla gardeners! We're planning an autumn clear out of the East Finchley station bank this Halloween - harvesting the last of the produce and doing some much needed weeding. We're also planning on planting some spring bulbs. After a couple of hours of graft we hope to fire up the barbecue and serve up some roasted squashes (and maybe even some sausages!).

Please join us on Sunday 31st October at 1pm outside East Finchley tube station bank. Please bring your own gloves, trowels and nibbles (if you like). Witches and wizards welcome!

Harvesting produce at East Finchley station bank....

The N2 gardeners had a very productive evening at the station bank last Sunday 1st August, joined by 5 new recruits. We harvested lots of produce and managed a good lot of weeding and watering too. After all that thristy work some of us went to the pub!

We're planning another gardening get together in September - watch this space for further details......

A little help from the girl guides....

Have you noticed how good the East Finchley tube station bank is looking? Thanks very much indeed to the 11 girl guides and their leaders who helped us out on Thursday evening (July 1st)! Much weeding and watering was achieved - three trips of the trolly with the equivalent of 8 watering can each time! They were an inspiration for the rest of us. Only draw back of the evening was the presence of some persistent (and as yet unidentified) biting insects - we hope everyone has recovered! We are trying to work out what these insects were....

Festival success!

We had a great day on our stall at the East Finchley festival on the 20th June. Lots of people came over to chat and find out what we are about. It even became warm and sunny by the end of the afternoon. Thanks to everyone who donated money, plants and seeds! We have already put some of the new plants in the East Finchley tube station bank and plan to buy more soon.

Thanks especially to those of you who signed up to join us. We're making plans for future activities - watch this space!

N2 gardeners at East Finchley festival

Can you help? The N2 community gardeners would really appreciate any donations of seeds, seedlings or plants - please bring along anything you can spare to our stall at the East Finchley festival on the 20th June!

Tube station bank - update!

Tuesday 11th May turned out to be a good energetic day of digging and planting, with a rolling group of about 10 of us sharing the work and the fun of it. Digging on such a slope is challenging though - this participant could hardly walk the next day! We now have a water-storage butt installed at the top of the site, and lots of mixed planting of ornamental and edible things, most of which will hopefully grow despite the limited sun on this north-facing site.

Phase 2 at tube station bank

We'll be back at East Finchley tube station bank on Tuesday 11th May from about 10 am. We'll be joined by about 8-10 volunteer firefighters so we should get lots of digging done! We'll also be doing some planting. Please feel free to drop by and say hello.

Plant donations welcome! If you have any plants, seedlings or seeds that you can spare we'd be grateful if you could please bring them along to the tube station bank on Tuesday 11th May from 10 am onwards. Thanks.

Progress at East Finchley tube station bank

On Saturday 17th April a few of us spent a good few hours digging and planting part of the bank of land next to the tube station. It was a lovely sunny day and we made good progress, digging in topsoil and compost, and planting a mixture of fruiting and flowering shrubs, perennials, vegetables and summer bedding - but there is still much to do....!

We are really grateful to all the East Finchley tube station staff for their enthusiastic support (especially the cups of tea!) and for use of station facilities.