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Shhhh! Let’s hear it for the barrier method 0
- Gardening
- 19th June 2020
Garden designers are well versed in problem solving, coming up with creative solutions for boggy gardens, dry gardens, too much shade, too much sun, and so on. But what can be done about a noisy garden? In the streets of Surbiton, we have to deal with construction work, sirens, the constant hum of traffic and,
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Market hosts foodbank appeal 0
- Environment, Food, News
- 18th June 2020
We won’t have the scheduled farmers’ market in Maple Road this Saturday, as organisers work to resolve social distancing issues… BUT there’s an alternative activity that sums up the spirit of Surbiton’s popular monthly event. Market volunteers host a pop-up drop-off foodbank collection point outside Gordon Bennett! at the corner of Maple and Cleaveland, to
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Grant deadline is looming 0
- News
- 17th June 2020
Surbiton businesses which want to apply for a share of grant funding from Kingston Council need to get their skates on! The deadline for the first tranche of grants available for small and micro businesses in the borough is THIS FRIDAY! With the deadline looming, the council has issued a final reminder that it has
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Online festival for green fingers with £300 worth of prizes 0
- Arts, Environment, Gardening, News
- 16th June 2020
Garden festivals and flower shows may have been cancelled left right and centre, but Tolworth is blazing a trail with its very own online show. The Tolworth Garden Festival, organised by The Community Brain, celebrates all that is best (and oddest!) in growing – with a chance to win £300 worth of prizes! “Over the
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Shoes at Last reopens 0
- News
- 15th June 2020
Surbiton fashionistas are breathing a sigh of relief. Shoes at Last is back! The upmarket, designer-label, boutique in Maple Road, Surbiton, run by Sarah Taylor, pictured, is open for business. Sarah closed her fashion store which sells clothes, shoes and accessories, on March 21 because of the coronavirus crisis. Twelve weeks later she’s back with a one-in,
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Event ideas sought for Farm of Futures community project 0
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 13th June 2020
Your ideas are needed for a sustainable community hub at Tolworth Main Allotments off King Charles Road. They will form a key part in how The Farm of Futures project is taken forward. “We really want to hear your ideas for activities and events which the farm could host, and are also keen to hear from people
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