gardening

Sushila is the borough’s first lady 0
- News
- 21st May 2021
Berrylands ward councillor Sushila Abraham has been made the new mayor of Kingston. Sushila, who was deputy mayor last year, took over from Cllr Margaret Thompson at the annual council meeting on Tuesday. The borough’s 186th mayor is looking forward to her new role especially at a time when people are coming together again after
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Library’s giant willow crashes to ground after trunk splits 0
- Environment, News
- 19th April 2021
The century-old willow in Ewell Road, by Surbiton war memorial and library, split and keeled over at around 8am on Friday last week (April 16). No one was injured, and it appeared the library annexe and hall were not damaged by the tree although an assessment by Kingston Council contractors’ Engie will be done to
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Gardening club grows new shoots 1
- Gardening, News
- 7th April 2021
Keen to swap plants and seeds, share gardening tips, and go on outings to stunning gardens? Then why not join a Surbiton-based gardening group? Membership of the English Gardening Club is free and there’s an active WhatsApp group where suggestions for visits to National Garden Scheme, Open Gardens or RHS venues and garden centres are
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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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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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Berrylands solicitor becomes lockdown deputy mayor 0
- News
- 11th May 2020
Berrylands has a new deputy mayor in its midst. Sushila Abraham, who has represented the ward since a by-election in 2013, has replaced Cllr Munir Ravalia in the role. Kingston council’s mayor-making was due to take place tomorrow (Tuesday) but due to the lockdown, the Annual Meeting, at which the mayor and deputy are selected, was
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