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Come see the allotment and meet the bees

Posted on September 7, 2012 by admin

CHUG will be opening the basin up as part of the Capital Growth Edible Open Gardens day, on Saturday the 15th of September. It’s a combined event with Capital Bee, so we’ll be running little boat trips to see our … Continue reading →

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CHUG in London Open House

Posted on September 6, 2012 by admin

On Sunday the 23rd of September we will be opening the basin as part of London Open House. We’ll have tours of a few boats, boat rides, and tea and homemade cake on the tranquil communal floating pontoons. Drop in … Continue reading →

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Residents’ Tea Party

Posted on September 1, 2012 by admin

Neighbours – come and say hi over a cuppa and a piece of boat-home-made cake! Residents have now moved into to the first completed blocks around the basin – Downham Wharf, at the north east side of the basin, and … Continue reading →

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Skill Sharing 01 • Tying Knots

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

As part of our new Outreach & Education program, CHUG offers a series of Community Skill Sharing Sessions this summer. Our first session is giving practical advise on tying knots. By James Hewson. Tying Knots • Thursday, 12th July • 8pm • at … Continue reading →

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Allotment again! … in food documentary “Best Before: The London Food Revolution”

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

A documentary that hopes to ‘change the way Londoners buy food’ uses CHUG’s work with the allotment as an example of people who are working to make healthy, local and sustainably produced food accessible to everyone. The film will premiere … Continue reading →

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“Gardening Against the Odds”: Allotment features in The Telegraph

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

An article announcing the Telegraph’s third “Gardening Against the Odds Awards”, describes the Allotment barge, which was enabled in collaboration with the Shoreditch Trust and Capital Growth, as a good example of gardening in an inhospitable environment. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/9365944/Gardening-Against-the-Odds-a-place-where-hope-purpose-and-flowers-shall-bloom.html  

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CHUG in the Hackney Gazette

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

CHUG recently appeared in the Hackney Gazette, in a none-too-pleasant article (Luxury flat owners’ horror as Regents Canal boats moor up outside their homes, May 17th, also posted below). The Gazette pursued as inflammatory an angle as they could, and … Continue reading →

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Floating Forest is hosted by CHUG

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

CHUG was happy to be asked to host this beautiful floating forest and glade during the 2011 summer.  The huge amount of effort and creativity behind the project came from the inspirational Kindest Group. Passers-by were invited to take a … Continue reading →

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CHUG wins Edible Green Corners award

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

EDIBLE GREEN CORNERS – The Floating Allotment, Kingsland Basin, Hackney – Courtesy of Edible GreenCorners Website A community of 14 Hackney boat dwellers has turned one of the old boats into a floating allotment on which herbs, perennials and annuals grow. … Continue reading →

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Hackney Citizen on CHUG – ‘Away from the Hackney main stream’

Posted on July 14, 2011 by admin

Kingsland Basin resident Hannah Engelkamp Photo: © Bruno Conrad ‘Some of the borough’s more adventurous residents share the secrets of life on the river’ Jenny Stevens Monday 5 July 2010 ‘Tucked behind Kingsland Road and encased in a rickety black … Continue reading →

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