New to the Albany in #Deptford : #FREE weekly #gardening sessions. Get outdoors and get growing with club Come‘n’Grow. No experience is necessary - plus all tools are provided. Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11am-1pm, starting 23 April Albany Deptford southlondon.co.uk/area/lewisham/…

Find out what's on on Thursday in London's community growing spaces! 🥕 ♻️ buff.ly/3xMY5Zc

Want to Come ‘n’ Grow with us this morning? Register for the session using this link: thealbany.typeform.com/to/Zi0p7fTV?ty…; then join us in the Albany Deptford garden at 11am.

To register for our Tuesday and Thursday Come ‘n’ Grow sessions in the Albany Deptford garden, click on this link: thealbany.typeform.com/to/Zi0p7fTV?ty…

Reception children loved gardening and looking at tadpoles and other living things in Albany. Thank you David and Izzy for your great workshops. GL #Albany #goodtogrow2024

Harvested a basket of broad beans earlier and dropped them into the Albany Deptford CaffA. Mm, wonder what they’ll make with them?

Our polytunnel is starting to take shape for summer with courgettes and 🍅🍅well on the way. Interested in growing your own food? Find out how at our gardening sessions Albany Deptford on Tuesdays and Thursdays. More info here: thealbany.org.uk/projects/come-…

Lots of green in the polytunnel today, including courgettes, cucumbers and tomatoes 🍅🥒 We use our fresh veggies to make salads in the CaffA, and also have a few tomato, strawberry and mint plants on offer for a suggested donation if you'd like to have a go yourself!

We’ve harvested our first cucumbers this morning for Albany Deptford CaffA and there are lots more to come. Plus an amazing kodu (bottle gourd) and lots of squash on the way.

Before vs After 🥒 Freshly harvested cucumbers TheAlbanyGarden this morning transformed into a delicious cucumber salad on sale in our CaffA. We’re open until 3pm!

There are FREE spots available on our Holiday Arts & Gardening Club for Lewisham Homes residents and children on free school meals. Sign up via the council's portal below ⬇️

Fun in the sunshine during our Come n Grow lunchtime session today, potting the tomato plants! 🍅

Bees 🐝 loving the lavender Albany Deptford garden.

#LondonBlueChain trainee, Mariam, delivered her first creative youth session at Albany Deptford With support of fellow trainees, Rose & Isabella, they provided knowledge on the importance of protecting amphibian habitats by making toad houses. The National Lottery Heritage Fund Natural England

Weird and wonderful things spotted in the garden recently... is it too early to mention Halloween? 🎃

Our friends The Orchard Project 's are launching a BBC Radio 4 Appeal on Sun 6 Oct to bring even more orchards into the heart of urban communities. Listen on BBC Radio 4 FM or BBC Sounds at 07:54 & 21:25, again on Thurs 10 Oct at 15:27. 👉 theorchardproject.org.uk/news/tune-in-t…

The Albany are looking for four new Associate Artists, one of whom will be focused on the garden, exploring the climate emergency and the importance of free access to green spaces. More info 👇🧵

Our frogs are enjoying their habitat of the logs around our pond - they're very shy but we managed to find this one earlier! 👀🐸 We're looking forward to a sold out workshop with our friends Froglife in half term!