Tag: volunteering
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Rutland Road plants rescued ahead of changes
The council plans to replace the raised flowerbeds on Rutland Road with rain gardens to help reduce flood risks. Local volunteers have been saving the very established plants including euphorbia, valerian, cornus midwinter fire and roses. The community gardeners dug them out for re-use around our neighbourhood such as to finish a hedge line and…
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Cemetery gardeners get gold at London in Bloom
In only our 2nd year of entering the competition, Friends of Queens Road Cemetery has won a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society’s London In Bloom competition! We came in strong in our first year, winning a Silver Gilt, but somehow we’ve topped it. The judges said: A real oasis for wildlife. The cemetery…
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Vieve stands down as Chair
Today is my last day as Chair of Queens Boundary Community group. I took up the position in January 2020, just before the pandemic struck. You can imagine, it hasn’t quite been what I expected! You should all be proud of the ways the QBC community has stepped up during the pandemic: We’ve struggled too…
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Cafe in aid of Pakistan floods
The latest opening of our pop-up park cafe raised £1,102.80 for flood victims. On Sunday 2 October people came to Stafford Hall to enjoy drinks, cakes and savouries made by local volunteers. You could also buy seeds from our most successful plants in the changing climate, plus get henna tatoos! All proceeds were be donated…
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Winners of London in Bloom 2022
QBC scored gold and won the Small London Village category of the 2022 London in Bloom competition. Queens Road Cemetery also earned a silver guilt award. Residents were quick to heap praise on those who had grafted so much for this accolade and their beautifying effect on our area. Thanks Caz and Clem for your…
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Cafe raises £9,000+ for Ukraine
Our park cafe, run and stocked by local volunteers, generated £9,115 for those suffering from the war in Ukraine. Residents queued in Thomas Gamuel Park to buy a spread of cakes, snacks and soups, made and gifted by their neighbours. This included people with relatives in Ukraine, whose fate is distressingly unknown. The proceeds, including…
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Pop-up park cafe
Gallant local volunteers are running a delightful monthly cafe in Thomas Gamuel Park. On the first Saturday and Sunday of each month between 12 and 5pm they will be serving tea and coffee, cakes and snacks. The first opening of this year was on 4th & 5th September. Lovely weather meant lots of people in…
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Snow angels clear paths
Snow angels valiantly cleared snow from pavements to prevent ice
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QBC AGM 19th January 3-5pm Foster Hall
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QBC Annual General Meeting 26th November 2017
Queens Boundary Community 