There us lots of blossom in the Orchard at the moment which promises good fruit later in the year. We are planning to buy a strimmer with some of our grant money as the grass is getting very long so expect a work party soon. Meanwhile, the brick beds in[…]
Read moreResidents from Totterdown came together to enjoy the traditional Westcountry ceremony, wassailing, at the Community Orchard and Park Street Community Space on Sunday. Wassailing is an ancient tradition thought to help ‘wake up’ fruit trees for spring, to ensure good growth in the common year. It involves making as much[…]
Read moreTake a stroll around Totterdown and enjoy the decorated windows. See the list of windows, with the dates when they are ready for your enjoyment, below: 1 126 Oxford St 2 30 Summer Hill 3 32 Stevens Crescent 4 The Oxford 5 60 Stanley Hill 6 Totterdown Canteen 7 76a[…]
Read moreOn Sunday 5th November, local residents held another work party on Bushy Park/Zone. Following the success of the wild flowers we wanted to plant some more perennials and keep the area looking tidy. A team of seven adults and three children gave the area a good litter pick, weeded loads[…]
Read moreLots of lovely apple juice produced from the apples in the community orchard. Thanks to Richard for bringing along the equipment and to everyone who came.
Read moreOn Sunday TRESA held another work party on Bushy Park/Zone N to continue our work of improving this public space. Our work focused on weeding the wildflower embankment that we had previously cleared. This really highlights the colourful flowers that brighten the area. We also cleared back bushes along Wells[…]
Read moreWe were a small gardening group on Monday 11th September meeting in Oxford Square but cleared some weeds and planted saffron crocus bulbs. These will flower next autumn and if you have the patience can provide saffron. Meanwhile many of the plants are continuing to flourish and flower. Next Gardening[…]
Read moreThank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s GARDEN FESTIVAL! It was a whole heap of fun. A chilled out afternoon for friends and family to enjoy – the sun shone and we all relaxed and took time out from our busy lives. We enjoyed music from The[…]
Read moreTRESA is now ready to start collecting ‘stories’ for our multicultural Totterdown book. We are asking people who live or work in Totterdown, and were born or have ancestry in another country, to tell us something about their heritage and how they came to be living or working in Totterdown.[…]
Read moreOn Sunday 21st May, we held another work party to build on previous efforts and improve the area. 10 people came along to get digging. Attention was focused on the embankment along the path as weeds were starting to take over since the previous effort. We also continued to push back the[…]
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