Tree: Arbutus x andrachnoidies ‘Strawberry Tree’
Position: End of Rosewood House in Vauxhall Grove
Planted: 1995
History: The only survivor of 5 specimens planted in Vauxhall Grove/Bonnington Sq at the same time in the mid nineties. One was stolen, two blew over, the other transplanted to the other end of Rosewood House. One of now three Arbutus species [...]
Many thanks again this year to Lambeth Council’s Dave Paul for liaising with Viva Vauxhall and planting some specially requested new trees in our streets. As well as belonging to the Bonnington Square Garden Association, Jimmy Fraser (in photo) is a VV committee member and knows more about the individual trees in our area [...]
Something Bonnington Square Garden Association (BSGA) clearly had in mind when it planted a new heritage tree this weekend at the end of Langley Lane where it meets South Lambeth Road.
The tree is a Agathis australis and is a rare specimen of a podocarp called the Kauri tree. Brought back from the colonies by James [...]
Here’s a photo and how to lock your bike up to them:
This is Draeyk’s initiative (not Viva Vauxhall’s) and he has identified 13 potential sites for these containers:
Lambeth Council would supply and bolt the containers to the pavements. Draeyk wants to know what you think before going ahead with this, so please:
e-mail him on draeyk@yahoo.co.uk
comment [...]
A perfect example of Council and Residents’ Association working together. As previously agreed, Lambeth Council rang us to agree a date and time. A supervisor turned up with two operatives. A VV representative walked around with them the whole time while they did the spraying, ensuring that it was kept well away [...]