Woodlawns Centre, Leigham Court Rd
Sunday 25 March 2012 3pm-8.30pm

Come and cook for your supper with us at a fun and informative open cooking session where we will make a shared meal from food saved from being wasted.

Download the flyer (pdf)

Part of Streatham Food Festival 2012

There is another day on site on Sunday 19th Febuary, 12-3pm. If you can help just come along, bringing any tools and gloves you can, wearing sturdy shoes and warm clothes and bringing waterproofs. You’ll find us through the door in the wall at the bottom of the Rookery.

http://groupspaces.com/StreathamCommonCommunityGarden

Sainsbury’s Cafe, 480 Streatham High Road, Streatham Common

Download the flyer (pdf)

The SCCG Team will be sharing progress so far on setting up the Streatham Common Community Garden (in the old nursery garden in the Rookery, Streatham Common) and discussing opportunities for getting involved next year.

The team be asking how you think the garden can benefit the community and how you would like to be part of the project.

If you can’t make the meeting, you can still sign up for regular updates at
groupspaces.com/StreathamCommonCommunityGarden

There is another day on site on Sunday 8 January, 12-3pm, as long as the weather isn’t too awful to spend a few hours digging. It will be a last push to clear the big area in the middle of the site from grass and roots. If you can help just come along, bringing any tools and gloves you can, wearing sturdy shoes and warm clothes and bringing waterproofs. You’ll find us through the door in the wall at the bottom of the Rookery.

http://groupspaces.com/StreathamCommonCommunityGarden

chutneyA Chutney Workshop will be taking place from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Saturday 17th December at Woodlawns on Leigham Court Road.

Bring a chopping board, a knife, an apron and a peeler – everything else will be provided, though you may want to bring along any unused fruit. The workshop will be run by Sue Sheehan and is part of the Lambeth Sustainable Communities Project which is running until March 2012. Please let us know if you are interested in attending by emailing us at info@transitionstreatham.org

Fancy something different ? Find out how and where you can volunteer locally. Transition Streatham will have a stand too.
Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, Streatham, SW16 2PJ
http://www.streathamaction.org.uk/node/236

Venue : The White Lion Pub

Participants will learn how to identify and eliminate draughts from their home. Support will be given to anyone from Streatham who wants to start up their own draught busting group in Streatham.

This is in partnership with TTBrixton Draught Busters. Find out more at

ttbdraughtbusters.co.uk/

Transition Streatham are delighted to be running a compost awareness event this Saturday between 11am and 2pm on Streatham High Road, on the pavement just outside the Odeon. The event should be useful for anyone interested in composting. Compost games and fingerpainting will be available for the kids too, so why not bring the whole family along ? Some of the highlights will be:

  • Loads of useful (and free!) information on composting for composters of all experience levels
  • Advice on how to build your own compost bin
  • Details on where your local compost bins are
  • Games for kids – what is and isn’t compost?
  • Fingerpainting

It should be a great day, we hope to see you there!

www.incredibleediblelambeth.org
Saturday 8th October from 10am to 4pm
Venue : The Garden Museum www.gardenmuseum.org.uk
All Green Community Champions and community gardeners get free access to the Museum on Saturday, and their new exhibition ‘From Garden City to Green City’

Meet at the Rookery Café
The top of Streatham Common at at 12pm or 2pm. Please register your interest first: follow the link to subscribe and you will be sent further information.

http://groupspaces.com/StreathamCommonCommunityGarden

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