Campus is looking beautiful at the moment, with all the trees in blossom and the flowers starting to bloom.
Magnolia at Reed Hall
Magnolia at Reed Hall
Daffodils – car park D
Magnolia Lawn – Xfi
Magnolia lawn – Xfi
Have you seen our Instagram account lately? Find these and many more photos of the grounds there.
We are ever positive here at the Grounds team. We may be in the depths of winter, but we are looking forward to summer! In anticipation of long sunny days by the outdoor pool at Streatham campus we have been improving the planting scheme poolside.
Terry, our Grounds Manager from the Spreytonway Team sent us this great picture of fungus growing in the grounds at Lafrowda. These are Coprinus comatus, or Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer’s Wig.
Fungi at Lopes
Local company Chunky Monkey have made us some lovely new benches, there is one at Hope Hall sensory garden, Lopes Hall front entrance and the Streatham Sports park.
The pine wood came from a tree that was felled at the Sports Park after being damaged in the storms earlier this year. We are replacing the tree with native broad-leafed trees.
To celebrate a successful graduation week and being re-awarded Green Flags for both Streatham and St. Luke’s the Grounds staff were treated to a celebration barbecue at the end of July. We also had an award ceremony and Peter, the Assistant Grounds Manager for the Central Estate Team won Gardener of the Year!
Grounds staff at the celebration barbecue
Peter – Gardener of the Year receiving his award from Norrie from the Green Impact Unit and Iain Park, the Director of Grounds
We are delighted to be able to announce that both the St Luke’s Campus and Streatham Campus have been awarded the Green Flag, recognising them as being among the best green spaces in the country. The Green Flag judges assessed us against eight strict criteria including horticultural standards, cleanliness, sustainability and community involvement. Our Grounds Teams work extremely hard to ensure the grounds are looking their best, so it is great to get this award in recognition.
We will be having our flag-raising ceremonies in the next couple of weeks, so we will post more photos when we get them, until then, we can show off our certificates!
Our new Horticultural Highlights – Streatham Campus leaflet will soon be available to download from our website – here is a sneaky peek at the front page.
The front page!
Sad news to announce that eight plants were stolen from the Taddiforde Valley War Memorial rockery on Rennes Drive last week. This was clearly a premeditated attack as it looks as though the plants were removed with a trowel. Its upsetting for the Grounds staff to have their hard work vandalised, especially in such a sentimental location, and shows complete disrespect for a war memorial.
Stolen Rockery Plants