Parkside Gardening Project

Parkside Gardening Project Parkside Gardening project provides supported volunteering opportunities for people in Newham and surrounding areas who experience mental ill health.

Parkside Gardening Project uses gardening and food growing to improve mental wellbeing. Our team cares for the Sensory Garden in Stratford Park, E15. Our aims are to: promote the physical and mental well-being of residents; improve the landscape for wildlife and the community; and raise awareness of mental health issues.We are part of the Custom House & Canning Town Community Renewal Project.

We hope you are all keeping cool and safe in the heat! At Parkside, we have been using different ways to keep our plants...
15/07/2026

We hope you are all keeping cool and safe in the heat!

At Parkside, we have been using different ways to keep our plants well watered in the dry weather.

As well as watering every Wednesday, we have trays with gravel for potted plants, that we fill with water. This alone can keep the plants going from one week to the next!

We have drip feeders for plastic bottles that water our potted trees.

And we have irrigation tubes from a large water butt that our resident fox likes to pull out to get to the water.

Everything needs water!

Our Roses needed a little lift following the wet weather. They're now off the path, but still with all their buds waitin...
12/06/2026

Our Roses needed a little lift following the wet weather. They're now off the path, but still with all their buds waiting to burst into fragrant bloom!

Our first harvest of 2026!This garlic was grown from a bulb donated by one of our wonderful volunteers and we're really ...
12/06/2026

Our first harvest of 2026!
This garlic was grown from a bulb donated by one of our wonderful volunteers and we're really pleased with the results!!!

The weather has been a challenge... Dry... Wet... Dry... But we have been trying new irrigation methods and we're now looking forward to the purple sprouting broccoli and carrots to mature!

If you love Stratford Park and would like to learn or share ideas about a new Friends of Stratford Park group, come alon...
30/05/2026

If you love Stratford Park and would like to learn or share ideas about a new Friends of Stratford Park group, come along to Newham Poetry House (Old Pavilion) on Saturday 18th July at 11:30 am. Hope to see you there!

The sun shone for us this Wednesday. The flower bulbs we planted at the end of last year are showing and the birds are g...
28/02/2026

The sun shone for us this Wednesday. The flower bulbs we planted at the end of last year are showing and the birds are getting busy! It feels like Spring is just around the corner!

Thank you to the wonderful volunteers who pruned the roses and potting up the cherry trees!

We look forward to more sunny days in our new home at the bowls pavilion.

A great big THANK YOU to the team from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for all your help in Stratford Pa...
26/01/2026

A great big THANK YOU to the team from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for all your help in Stratford Park!

The team cleared and organised the old service yard and even had time to w**d and mulch in the Sensory Garden. The transformation is amazing!

Happy New Year from Parkside Gardening Project! We are now open following our Winter closure. Thank you to everyone who ...
15/01/2026

Happy New Year from Parkside Gardening Project!
We are now open following our Winter closure.
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and ice last week and contributed to our plan for 2026!

Our wishes for this year are to:
1. Add more colour to the garden.
2. Attract more wildlife.
3. Make the former bowling green safe and more visually pleasing.
4. Grow some tasty fruits and vegetables to share.

This week we planted lots of sweet pea seeds, so we're on our way to bringing more colour to the garden!

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St. Luke's Community Centre, 89 Tarling Road
Canning Town
E161HN

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