We will work with residents to create thriving, biodiverse environments on selected housing estates in Lambeth from June 2024 to June 2025. Many estates are “green deserts” with only grass and no other planting; others are teeming with life as residents grow food and flowers. We have employed a Biodiversity Estates Coordinator (Thea Wong) to support residents to design and carry out the changes they want to make.
Thea has put out an appeal for volunteers to help engage residents, create new plantings and generally make our environment more biodiverse! Contact her at thea.wong@incredibleediblelambeth.org to find out more.
Thanks to Lambeth Council for funding this through the Social Value Fund.
Residents gathered at Moore House Garden in Benton’s Lane Estate for a very relaxed afternoon in the sun on Saturday 28th June. They harvested compost (from IEL’s bins!), learned about the
We are delighted to announce that IEL will be supporting three gardens with regular sessions over this summer. Remaining funds from the biodiversity project will be used to deliver weekly
From June 2024 to June 2025, in partnership with Lambeth council, we ran the Estates Biodiversity Project aiming to create thriving, biodiverse environments on housing estates in Lambeth. The report
On Monday IEL worked with a group of 15 volunteers from Deutsche bank, together with Moorlands gardeners to level out the ground at the entrance to the garden. We used
Froglife printmaking at Hive Cafe We kicked off the Easter Holidays with two back to back workshops with Froglife on April 9th. Local artist Claire led a fantastic creative printmaking
Residents and foodbank volunteers at Moorlands made the most of the weather last week, exploring the nature garden on the estate and picking up herb, vegetable and fruit plants during
