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I was wondering if anyone in our area have visited The Centre for wildlifegardening ,Marsdenroad lately.

I was there at the weekend for a birthday party and noticed a skip in the garden with the contents of plants, compsot and resonable reusable items.

I also noticed soil,plants and trees in the skip.Aren't they promoting a free tree scheme soon,Why are they skipping trees? They have just been awarded a medal at one of their shows with A 3r's 'gardening for wildlife',Now most of it is in a large skip.This is the London wildlife trust I thought they should show us how to recycle and haven't they got compost bins,this is an education centre for all the local schools I have two kids who tell me they go to school visits ,by seening wildlife in a skip and things that could be easliy reused and recycled I think they sending out a wrong message to our children, any members who support London wildlife trust will be very dissapointed to see ornatmental grasses ,hosta's and a big skip appearing in the garden.I hope Soutwark and green people will take action .

have a visit ,I would say Very Soon.

I have taken some photo's.

Exactly, Taper.


Why not ask one of the volunteers what was being done, or calling to find out, instead of jumping in with a speculative and hostile post?


Or better yet volunteer some of your own time and help them make the best use of their resources?


The Garden is a fantastic thing to have nearby.


Btw, for all you keen gardeners out there, they'll gladly accept any old plant pots- I never knew what to do with them before.

I really hope not, it's a lovely little oasis, many times I've headed over there to escape the hustle and bustle of SE22/SE15 and they run great educational programmes for local schools and nurseries.

As with most things run on a voluntary basis, if we want it to continue we may have to step up our own voluntary service - just depends how much we want it i guess.......

Thanks for the heads-up anyway, I will wander down this week and ask for some more details. x

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