Thanks to everyone who came to the Plant Swap on 28th March. Lots of plants were swapped and lots of gardening conversations were had. Hopefully everyone has had a chance to plant up. The next Plant Swap will be on 6th June 12-2pm on Zone A again. This time it[…]
Read morePlant Swap – March 28th 12-2 Zone A (corner of Wells Rd and Firfield St). Bring along healthy plants to swap with others, or come along and share what you’re doing in your garden to encourage biodiversity and nature in your garden. Come and have a look even if you[…]
Read moreWe’re lucky to have Victoria park at one end of our patch and Arnos Vale Cemetery at the other but our gardens are also green corridors for nature between the parks and green spaces in the area. In a world of concrete and noise, our gardens offer shade, water, shelter[…]
Read moreOn Sunday 21st September 2025, TRESA held its fifth annual apple pressing event in the Community space on Park Street, Totterdown. Local friend, Richard Jones, brought along his apple scratter and press. Many local people then came along with apples from their gardens and allotments ready to be pulped and[…]
Read moreThe judges have been out and about, and over 300 homes received a Totterdown Front Garden Award this year. We are grateful to everyone who has been making an effort to brighten up our streets – whether you have a front garden, a ‘green roof’ on your bin store, a[…]
Read moreTRESA awarded 350 Front Garden awards this year. Congratulations to everyone who received an award – and thank you for brightening up the streets of Totterdown. This year the prize winners are: Front Garden Planting – 9 Hill Street Nature Friendly – 25 Green Street Small Garden – joint winners[…]
Read moreSituated on Zone A at the junction of Wells Road and Firfield Street This mosaic is in memory of the homes and businesses knocked down for an ill-fated 1960s road scheme. In the 1960s town planners enthusiastically embraced the explosion in car ownership that took place after the war. Bristol[…]
Read moreSituated on the grass verge near the junction of Bellevue Road/Wells Road (Very close to Three Lamps) Ravenswell is the source of a medieval water pipe in Bristol. In 1370 the monks of Austin Friars who werebuilding a religious house in Temple Parish (the area around Temple Meads Station and the[…]
Read moreApril 13th 2024. members of Tresa gathered in the orchard for a ‘hanami’ session or ‘viewing the flowers’ to celebrate the wonderful cherry blossom. There was a work party followed by a short picnic under the cherry blossom.
Read moreTotterdown Community Orchard was mostly planted in 2011 on waste land although work on clearing rubbish from the area and some planting had been started in 2006. The land is very steep, facing west and had previously been the site of two houses at the end of a terrace. The[…]
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