GreenPond Gardeners started because a group of friends and keen gardeners on higham hill common allotments in east london - wanted to make a difference to our allotment gardens and our community.

Our Aim is to promote Organic Gardening in a safe and friendly environment, to keep in touch with other like-minded gardeners, where ever you may be, to get together to swap seeds, skills, stories, pictures, recipes and whatever else you like!

To join our community group - click the link on the right to get involved!

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Higham Hill Common Allotments Association membership is required to view HHCAA pages

MANURE is HERE

Get your wheelbarrows!

PLEASE LOCK AND CHECK THE GATE PROPERLY BEFORE LEAVING

THE GATE HAS BEING LEFT OPEN

THANK YOU

The Gardening Season

Gets In To Gear This Month - and so should YOU!

Hello All!

I must start by saying what a wonderful weekend it was down the plot. So many people getting back to the soil. we were blessed with the weather too. They say that the cold snap maybe behind us now - fingers crossed. I lost a great variety of seedlings i raised in my propagator at home, i left them out whilst i went away for the weekend and when i returned - they had needed a blanket. They were no more - deep sadness.  If you get a chance make the time to walk around the site and look at spring coming to life. There are some wonderful bulbs. Have a chat with your fellow Gardener and av a cup of tea.

There will be some volunteers down the allotment at the weekends to do some tidying up of communal areas. If anybody is free to give a hand, it would be much appreciated. Jobs - Painting, Pressure washing areas, Sweeping, Gardening jobs. Sorting brown Bins and more. Hope to see you there!

Don't forget to check our other pages...

You will find useful content and members content. Click to enter the page

Whats On! -Keep up to date with whats going on!

This month's Garden Jobs - Current jobs to do in on the Plot and in the Garden

Gallery - Have a flick through the pictures. Add your own and comment on the ones you like. 

Projects -Learn how do stuff like transplanting seedlings, making compost.

Blog and Chat Room - Ask questions, post a topic, start a conversation CHAT with your GPG friends

Swap it! - This is the place to really help each other out. Swap seeds, plants, skills or whatever you want!

Recipes - Share your favorite recipes and try a dish you haven't tried before. Dont forget to leave a comment once you have made it!

HHCAA -

Get ahead and... 

Sow lettuce, summer cabbage and cauliflowers, plus round varieties of carrots, spinach, salad onions and turnips.

Germination temperatures of around 13 °C are adequate so a windowsill is fine to get these seeds going.

Seedlings will need to be pricked out intrays and potted on before putting out under cloches or in cold frames in February.

Greenhouse tomatoes are very reliable plant for the kids to grow now

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