Long Ditton

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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Brief, but glorious 0
- Environment, Gardening, News
- 6th April 2021
What a brief, glorious flourish! Surbiton’s magnolia trees bloomed in the last days of March, hit their peak on March 30… yet within days prompted shouts of: ‘Mind where you put your feet, Tarquin, those slimy petals make the pavements slippery.’ This stunning specimen is on the Long Ditton/Surbiton boundary, where Balaclava Road, St Mary’s
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This Easter-themed house will put a smile on your face 0
- Arts, News
- 5th April 2021
Where is that white rabbit disappearing off to? Looks like he is in a terrible hurry. He seems to have got stuck in a door-shaped rabbit hole which has appeared in Kings Road, Long Ditton, over the Easter holidays. Just below him, and standing sentinel either side of the bunny-themed door mat, are two March
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Long Ditton is yarn bombed for schools’ Easter fundraiser 0
- Arts, News
- 4th April 2021
Happy Easter! The lychgate at St Mary’s Church, Long Ditton, and other sites around the area have been yarn bombed to raise money for two local schools. The Friends of Long Ditton Infant and Nursery and St Mary’s Junior Schools have organised the yarn bombing by various community groups including parishoners and the local guides
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Try a vegan burger and other treats at Tolworth station pop-up 0
- Food, News
- 1st April 2021
Emma Egerton will be holding her next vegan pop-up takeaway/drive-thru at Tolworth railway station on Saturday (April 3). On the menu at the Baking Ideas community kitchen next to the station is homemade burgers (chickpea masala, mushroom and black rice, black bean), fries and slaw, a hot dish of the day (roasted veg stew with
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Donkey is special guest at St Mark’s Palm Sunday service 0
- News
- 27th March 2021
Look who is going to be greeting children as they arrive at the Palm Sunday service at St Mark’s Church tomorrow! “Usually, we can have donkey rides after the service, but this year, for Covid regulations, we can’t offer that: nor can we do a procession,” said Rev Robert Stanier. “However, we will be incorporating
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