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Good Gardening – Recommended Reading

Beginners’ Guides

BBC Gardening Guides

Readers’ Digest Gardening for Beginners

RHS Beginners Guide

Medicinal Plants That Could Save Your Life

Wiki List of Birth Flowers

Organic

How to Plant an Organic Garden

Organic Pesticides

Flower Care

Hydrangea Guide

40 Drought Resistant Flowers

Vegetables & Fruit

Benefits of Broccoli

Plant a Salsa Garden!

How to Grow Celery

How to Grow Summer Squash

How to grow Potatoes

Design

Kitchen Gardens

Balcony Gardens

Garden Systems

21 Clever Uses of Tomato Cages

How to Collect Rainwater

Links

Royal Horticultural Society

Kew Gardens

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WOLVES LANE PLANT SALES resume after Jan 6th, 2023!!

Wolves Lane Plant Super Sales – every Sunday, 11am to 3pm

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Wolves Lane Cafe - open again after Jan6th, 2023 - every Friday 11am to 2:30pm, and Sundays 11am to 3pm. See you there!

PALM HOUSE OPEN SUNDAYS

PALM HOUSE OPEN SUNDAYS 11am – 3PM along with the Sunday Plant Sales, and Kids Crafts (12noon~2)

Come say hello to the flowers, fish, and terrapins, tour the Palm & Desert Houses!

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Friends of Wolves Lane’s 3,600th blog post!!!

Can you believe it? We’re celebrating!

Our 3,600th post was in January, 2023!

Friends of Wolves Lane’s site – here since May 25th, 2015 and still going strong!!!

WOLVES LANE ACTIVITIES

The facility is open to the public for visits every Friday from 10am~2:30pm (‘Bees & Buds’ childrens’ activity 10~11:30, and Cafe open 11~2:30pm) and Sunday from 11am~3pm (Plant Sale, Kids crafts 12~2pm, access to Palm & Desert Houses, and Cafe open).

Contact volunteer@wolveslane.org to learn more about opportunities. Updates at Palm House.

Read about activities at What’s On , Special Days , Celebrity Visits and About.

Wolves Lane prepared meals for vulnerable homes during pandemic

Wolves Lane Meal Project : Food waste and surplus produce was used to create meals by the volunteers every week. “So far they have distributed 6000+ meals for local residents struggling with food access and food poverty.

Crop Drop, London Grown and The Felix Project provided all the produce” for this important endeavour.

Wolves Lane grows food to support community

Wolves Lane Food for All

Wolves Lane grew “food to support the community for almost 20 weeks in 2020 and delivered over 400kg of beautiful produce to local schools, senior homes, local elderly and vulnerable residents in Haringey”.

Food for All continued in 2021.

Wolves Lane Seed Bank Project – donate a seed!

Do you have any seeds you could donate?

Gladly received in the seed donation box by the front gate at Wolves Lane! Put seeds into an envelope, and include a label with the type of seed & year that seeds were harvested. Thanks!

Wolves Lane Market Garden City Planning!

The Wolves Lane Consortium’s vision for Wolves Lane Centre is “a thriving space for sustainable growing, education, social enterprise and community engagement.”

Edible London feeds Haringey!

A recent Edible London project:

Edible London, one of the Wolves Lane growers, helped feed Haringey during COVID 19 crisis!

Learn how to support their work!

£1.19 MILLION awarded to Wolves Lane and Organiclea!

Organiclea and Wolves Lane have been awarded £1.19 million from the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund (the Market Garden City project).

Over 400 years of growing at Wolves Lane!

In 1611, Widow Pearson grew roses for both decorative and medicinal purposes on the site where Wolves Lane Centre sits today.

Her Rose Fields were recorded on a map of the area drawn for the 3rd Earl of Dorset.

And there have been growers, allotments and nurseries on this site ever since!

Celebrities at Wolves Lane!

Good things are happening at Wolves Lane – and celebrities are taking notice!

Take a look at our Celebrity Visits page to see who!

PETITION SIGNATURES GOAL ACHIEVED! – BAME communities and the impact of COVID-19

Your support of this petition meant the goal of getting enough signatures was not only met – it was exceeded!

This petition was in conjunction with ongoing efforts to raise awareness about this critical topic.

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JHUS Supports Wolves Lane!

JHUS visited Wolves Lane and his generous donation was an important part of the success of the Solar Power Fundraising Campaign!

Stella McCartney Ltd at Wolves Lane!

Stella McCartney Ltd chose Wolves Lane at the end of August 2018 for a fashion photo shoot!

London Mayor Supports Wolves Lane!

Wolves Lane received a big boost from London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the London Mayor’s Fund to support green infrastructure at Wolves Lane this year!

Friends of Friends of Wolves Lane!

St Cuthbert’s on Wolves Lane

London Grown

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Crop Drop

OrganicLea

Get Involved at WOLVES LANE

Visit the HOW TO GET INVOLVED page today!

Garden Centre Location

Wolves Lane, Wood Green, N22 5JD

020 8524 4994

Currently closed to the public due to lockdown.

Watch this blog for updates on when the following will return:

* Open Sundays (previously 12noon~4pm)
and
* Volunteering (previously on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays - see "What's On" & "Special Days" pages)

Wolves Lane is now managed by the Wolves Lane Consortium:
020 8524 4994
info@wolveslane.org

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SOLAR POWER FUNDRAISING – Goals Achieved!

Thank you, all friends and supporters of Wolves Lane for helping WOLVES LANE go solar and complete much needed repairs!

The fundraising drive will support the Palm House and cafe, so we can look forward to exciting new projects – including hosting school groups again in the new year!

Your pledge has made all the difference – every £ donated helps!

Find out more @Spacehive

SURVEY 2017 – Results now out!

London Grown’s WOLVES LANE COMMUNITY USE SURVEY results now available!

PETITION GOAL 2016 ACHIEVED!

Thank you! Your support of the Friends’ PETITION in June 2016 to save Wolves Lane didn’t just meet the goal of 2,200 signatures – they exceeded it! Final tally was over 2500!!

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