I must have cycled past the Calthorpe Community Garden a hundred times. I’ve been considering venues for the launch of “The Garden”, and I thought it might be a good place, so resolved to go inside and have a look around. It was a lovely, hot day, in the middle of August.
This “Green Oasis in the Heart of King’s Cross” has been open since 1984.
One walks in across a wooden bridge suspended over a shaded hollow.
It’s a large enough site to have its own signpost!
And map.
Right at the back there are raised beds, a poly tunnel, and a double-bayed compost heap.
There’s a corner where one can buy plants. I picked up a Helichrysum italicum. A curry plant.
Pride of place must go to an impressive Ridan Composter which is great at processing food waste. You add an equal measure of wood chip to your waste, crank the handle, and two to four weeks later you get a partially composted soil out of the bottom. This then needs to compost more on a heap.
Goodbye, Calthorpe Community Garden! Maybe I will be back again soon.