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October 1, 2014

More vandalism on campus

We are sad to report another act of vandalism on campus, this time a young Catalpa tree has been completely broken at the entrance to […]

Streatham, Uncategorized by Mark
May 22, 2014

Sustainability podcast

A podcast is now available of a recent interview given by Iain Park, the Director of Grounds, to Hannah Ruth Wakeford of Xpression FM, the […]

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May 22, 2014

Sensory garden, Hope Hall

Will, from our Spreytonway Team has been working hard on a new sensory garden at Hope Hall.  Sensory gardens not only enhance the visual landscape, […]

Uncategorized by Mark
May 21, 2014

Did you know…?

Biological control keeps the University’s Nursery plants free from pests and diseases.  No chemicals are used.

Uncategorized by Mark
May 21, 2014

Beth Chatto garden – St Luke’s Campus

The Beth Chatto garden at St Luke’s is a special garden, created by the Grounds team in response to a request from staff at St […]

Uncategorized by Mark
May 15, 2014

Protecting our trees

New buildings going up doesn’t necessarily mean that trees have to be cut down.  In fact, the Grounds Team goes a long way to ensure […]

Uncategorized by Mark
May 15, 2014

Banana in flower

Streatham Campus is looking very lush and colourful at the moment as many of our plants and shrubs are coming into bloom.  In the nursery […]

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May 15, 2014

Horticultural Highlights

We are in the process of putting together a map detailing the points of horticultural interest on both Streatham and St. Luke’s Campuses.  The Streatham […]

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May 15, 2014

Did you know…?

St. Luke’s College was open between 1839-1978  … and these are some of the gardeners, photographed in 1860!

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May 15, 2014

Re-instated balustrades at Reed Hall

The Property Services Mason, Chris Price, has been busy re-instating the Italianate balustrades at Reed Hall gardens.

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