Lorrimore Square Community Park is at risk of development.

It needs your support!

Come along to meet your neighbours and hear from a
Southwark Council Green Spaces Rep on how to protect the park.

St Paul’s Church, Lorrimore Square,

7.30pm, 3rd April

Free Walworth Garden Farm Bee Keeping Courses

Details of day courses on bees and bee keeping at Walworth Garden Farm...

The role of bees in supporting wildlife and agricultural production and a taster of what it would be like to look after bees. Courses are held on most Sundays and some weekdays, from 10.30am until 4.30pm (with a break for lunch) and are open to anybody aged 19 years or over.

In one day we can only offer a range of topics for consideration, together with the chance to have a practical session working on the Garden’s hives with the Garden’s experienced beekeepers.

Some of the basic topics covered will include:

· the importance of beekeeping

· bees and honey-bees; the life cycle of queens, workers, drones, and their division of labour

· the life cycle of a hive: swarming and swarm control

· the products of the hive: honey, wax, propolis and royal jelly

Dates:

Wednesday 28^th March 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday 15^th April 10.30am – 4.30pm

Wednesday 18^th April 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday 22^nd April 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday 29^th April 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday 6^th May 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 20^th May 10.30am – 4.30pm

Thursday 24^th May 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 27^th May 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 17^th June 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 24^th June 10.30am – 4.30pm

Thursday 28^th June 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 1^st July 10.30am – 4.30pm Special Skep making session

Sunday 15^th July 10.30am – 4.30pm

Friday 20th July 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday 22^nd July 10.30am – 4.30pm

Please note: The course is FREE but you may only attend once.

To book your place contact the Farm on 020 7582 2652 or email alessiabolis@walworthgardenfarm.org.uk. Please state the date you wish to attend, along with your full name, contact telephone number and postal address.

Please note that dates may be subject to change in exceptional circumstances.

Alessia Bolis

Beekeeper

Walworth Garden Farm

Manor Place, Braganza Street

London

SE17 3BN

Cleaner Greener Safer Bid Successful!

Our bid for CGS funding would be funded in full. So we have £13,000 to build a new garden and seating area in a fly tipping grot spot on Lorrimore Road. Opposite number 91 and between 78 and Churchward House.

A great start to the re-established TRA. I'm applying for funding for plants separately. So keep your fingers crossed and if anyone has other ideas where we might apply for funding then please let me know.

113a Lorrimore Road Trees Cut Down

The developers of the new homes on Lorrimore Road have cut down two trees on the left hand side of the plot.

One of these trees was deemed to be worthy of keeping during the planning process, although it wasn't a protected tree. The developer called Southwark Council to say that the tree roots had been damaged and that the tree was unsafe.

Unfortunately Southwark agreed and two trees have been cut down today. This is despite all of the TRA efforts to ensure the trees would remain after the development.

Southwark are insisting that a substantial tree is planted to replace the ones that have been cut down. We can have a say in what replacement tree is planted. But the deadline for the decision is 29th February.

What do you want to do? Would you like a meeting or an online discussion? If there is to be a meeting the most likely date would be a week from today - 21st February.

We need to act quickly and make our views felt, so please let me know via the website or reply to the email I'm sending to the mailing list.

Andrew
On behalf of Surrey Gardens TRA

Recycling Forum Meeting

The next meeting of the Recycling Forum will be on Thursday 16th February, from 6.30 - 8.00 pm at:

Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility
43 Devon St
London
SE15 1AL

The focus of the meeting is to provide information and support with applications to this year's EnviroGrant scheme, which offers funding and practical support for Southwark-based community groups and projects - along with the opportunity to ask any questions about recycling in Southwark. Refreshments will be provided.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on the 6th March at 7.30 at St Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square.

The AGM was to have been held in November last year but this was cancelled by Southwark Council at the last minute. Please come and take part - it is important that you do come as we need as many people there so that we keep our funding and because we will be electing a committee to carry on the work of the Association to improve area where you live.

There's also a lot to talk about:

• The TRA is working on making a concreted area on Lorrimore Road in to a green space.


• We need to set plans in place for the Annual Summer Picnic in Lorrimore Square - should we make it a celebration for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee? We might be able to get additional funding for this.


• There's also our ongoing campaign to establish Lorrimore Square as a Protected Green Space to prevent it being built on.

Our Resident Services Officer from Southwark Council, Suzanne Matthews, will be there so it's an ideal opportunity to talk about issues with her.

Put the time and date in your diary. It's a great way to meet your neighbours.

Refreshments will be provided.

Development of Manor Place Terrace

The TRA has often discussed the run down terrace on Manor Place, and plans for redevelopment. It seems that, finally, something may be about to happen! A public meeting on the subject is due to take place at St Paul's Church, Lorrimore Square on Tuesday 24th January - from 7.00 pm. See the poster below:

Meeting to organise a new AGM

There will be a meeting to organise a new AGM for the TRA next Tuesday (10th Jan) at 7.30 pm in St Paul's Church office. The office is under St Paul's Church, the door to the office is directly opposite Carter Street (there's even a gap in the railings to save you walking round to the main gate).

Items for discussion include the leafleting and other ways to make sure everyone who lives in the TRA area knows about the AGM to ensure we achieve a successful meeting.

If you can't come, but you are willing to help with leafleting to make sure we can hold a successful AGM, then please get in touch (surreygardenstra@gmail.com). The aim is to hold the AGM in March, but the date will be confirmed at the meeting on Tuesday.

Hope to see you on Tuesday!