SE27 Beds and Planters
In February of 2024 we took on an exciting new project to maintain the nine depaved beds along Norwood Road, the main shopping street of West Norwood. We will also be looking after the planters on the Norwood Works industrial estate where Bzz Garage is based. We are working in partnership with Station to Station, our local Business Improvement District and are following through on the great work of our friends at South London Botanical Institute who were responsible for creating the beds in 2021. The beds are a tough environment for plants and the beds have suffered due to the drought of 2022, wet winters and plant theft. However, we are looking forward to the challenge of renewing the planting.
SE27 Citizen Gardeners
We aim to build a dedicated team of citizen gardeners to nurture these pockets of greenery. If you are into urban greening, want to have a space to garden and would like to connect to your neighbourhood, get in contact! This is an emerging project so there will be an opportunity to have a big impact on greening our shopping and industrial area.
In February of 2024 we took on an exciting new project to maintain the nine depaved beds along Norwood Road, the main shopping street of West Norwood. We will also be looking after the planters on the Norwood Works industrial estate where Bzz Garage is based. We are working in partnership with Station to Station, our local Business Improvement District and are following through on the great work of our friends at South London Botanical Institute who were responsible for creating the beds in 2021. The beds are a tough environment for plants and the beds have suffered due to the drought of 2022, wet winters and plant theft. However, we are looking forward to the challenge of renewing the planting.
SE27 Citizen Gardeners
We aim to build a dedicated team of citizen gardeners to nurture these pockets of greenery. If you are into urban greening, want to have a space to garden and would like to connect to your neighbourhood, get in contact! This is an emerging project so there will be an opportunity to have a big impact on greening our shopping and industrial area.
What is Depaving?
Depaving is the process of removing hard surfaces such as concrete and tarmac and replacing them with materials such as soil and gravel (and sometimes permeable paving which allows water to move through it).
Benefits of Depaving
- Reduces flash flood risk, an increasing issue because climate change is causing more frequent and intense rainfall. Green areas in streets slows dwon the flow of rainfall into our sewers. This also reduces the need to release polluting sewage into waterways (this is what water companies do when the sewage system is overwhelmed by heavy rainfall).
- Adding more greenery in West Norwood cools down our streets; reducing urban heat which is becoming a health threat as the planet warms
- Adding more greenery reduces air pollution. We can’t see it but poor air quality is a serious issue for London.Trees and plants act as filters for urban pollutants and fine particulates by trapping the nasties in their leaves and bark.
- Adding more greenery to the high road and industrial zone makes our area a more attractive shopping destination and place to live and work
Depaving is the process of removing hard surfaces such as concrete and tarmac and replacing them with materials such as soil and gravel (and sometimes permeable paving which allows water to move through it).
Benefits of Depaving
- Reduces flash flood risk, an increasing issue because climate change is causing more frequent and intense rainfall. Green areas in streets slows dwon the flow of rainfall into our sewers. This also reduces the need to release polluting sewage into waterways (this is what water companies do when the sewage system is overwhelmed by heavy rainfall).
- Adding more greenery in West Norwood cools down our streets; reducing urban heat which is becoming a health threat as the planet warms
- Adding more greenery reduces air pollution. We can’t see it but poor air quality is a serious issue for London.Trees and plants act as filters for urban pollutants and fine particulates by trapping the nasties in their leaves and bark.
- Adding more greenery to the high road and industrial zone makes our area a more attractive shopping destination and place to live and work