· Street Trees For Living
· Brockley Max
· Deptford in the Pink: Development of Brookmill
· Breakspears Mews community Garden
· Brockley Street Art Festival
· FLOWER POWER- ArtHouse
Minutes:
· Street Trees For Living
10 trees to be planted for the year.
· Trees create cleaner air and greener streets for all of Brockley’s
current and future residents.
· Cleaning the air helps those with respiratory problems, children
with asthma, and helps to prevent premature death.
· Greener environments cultivate a greater sense of wellbeing for
all.
· Trees add beauty and grace to the urban environment.
· Guardian families learn about trees and become involved with a
wider community.
· Planting trees builds resilience against Climate Change for all.
· Brockley Max
The Brockley Max Opening Night is an outdoor event which took place in
Foxberry Road, near Brockley station on 1 June 2018. It constituted 6
plus hours of music and performance, showcasing over 12 local diverse
bands, performers and choirs of all ages, both amateur and professional. The Opening Night, like the vast majority of the festival, is free and all are welcome.
· Deptford in the Pink: Development of Brookmill
Friends of Brookmill Park formed in 2014 following redundancy of the Park Keeper. Since then we have organised summer community picnics, river clean-ups, litter-picking, bird and bat walks and alerted Glendale to anti-social behaviour and malicious damage. Redstart Arts, resident in the Park, has renovated the park-keeper’s hut, holds weekly sessions for artists with learning disabilities, designs and distributes Park information, organises exhibitions.
The Planting Group with the assembly funding is working to improve the appearance and biodiversity of flowerbeds through phased works.
· Breakspears Mews community Garden
Senior gardening club – we have run an 8 week gardening club for
senior persons in the ward.
Gardening for Schools – we have devised a program, which is being
sent out to local schools.
We have collaborated with the Brockley Cross Action Group and have
taken responsibility for the Herb garden and flower Meadow by Brockley Station.
Open Days – one in April with AGM and Summer Open Day due in July,
Shared meals with regular volunteers. Also planning meetings and informative skill sharing.
Due to deliver:
· Seeds, plants, compost and replacement of worn out garden tools and a
new strimmer – we buy these to support the gardening club and to be able to open the garden to local residents.
· Outings – to visit Private garden in Lee, Brixton Pop Up with Gapital Growth, Kent House Allotments Beckenham, Hall Gardens Bexley, Brogdale Apple Festival, Shannon Leigh Stables (for manure)
· FLOWER POWER- ArtHouse
‘Flower Power’, a series of free, drop in workshops, generously funded by
the Brockley Assembly, celebrated traditional art skills that connect us to the outdoors, encouraging us to appreciate nature and care for city green spaces.
Flower Power – Ceramic –May 2018
Local residents made clay tiles for the Rokeby Road planter in the first workshop, which attracted participants of all ages. It was fun and busy and warm in the workshop, despite the terrible weather outside. The clay tiles have been set aside ready to be installed as permanent decorations on the planter itself and the adjacent wall once the planter is in place.
Flower Power - Cocoons, Dens and Giant Insects - June 2018
‘Friends of Luxmore Gardens’ are working to improve the neglected Luxmore Gardens. In liaison with them, ‘Flower Power’ provided a weekend of family friendly events to increase public confidence in using the space. Two ‘Flower Power’ workshops focussed on flora and fauna, making cocoons, nests and giant insects to fill the trees.
This was so successful, that a local organiser, attending the event asked the Art House to do an extra workshop for more people to enjoy in the neighbouring Friendly Gardens.
Due to deliver:
· Bigga Blooms’ - 21 July 2018
Making, constructing & drawing giant, ‘friendly’ cardboard flowers in Friendly Gardens.
· ‘Still Life Nature Morte’ - July 2018
Married vegetable growing with the more traditional still life drawing in Breakspears Mews Community Gardens
· ‘Drawing Plants and Flowers’ - September 2018
in Heston Nature Community Gardens
· Let’s Paint Flowers - September 2018
Deptford X and Open House at Lewisham Art House
· The ‘Halloween Special’ – 27 October 2018
at Lewisham Art House
· A Winter Blooms - December 2018
Drop in workshop providing Christmas activities based on traditional nature based Christmas activities, such as wreath making and Christmas trees.