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Nov 12, 20151 min read
Hedge planting at Mitcham Orchard
On 31st October, 42 volunteers braved the wind and rain to help plant around 400 hedgerow whips (hazel, dog rose, elder and blackthorn)...


Nov 2, 20151 min read
Community engagement: Getting it right
The focus of last month’s Environment Sub Group was Community Engagement. The big attendance at this meeting shows how important this...


Oct 27, 20151 min read
Public Health Team Volunteer Day!
On 30th September, Merton Council’s Public Health Team joined Sustainable Merton at Lavender Avenue Community Gardens for a sunny...


Oct 23, 20151 min read
It’s a Win for Mitcham Community Orchard & Gardens!
I am very happy to report that one of our Dig Merton projects, known as Mitcham Community Orchard and Gardens (located on Fieldgate Lane,...


Oct 16, 20151 min read
Sustainable Merton received generous donation from Indigo Planning
Sustainable Merton was overjoyed to receive a donation from our friends at Indigo Planning. Indigo Planning is an award winning planning...


Oct 6, 20151 min read
It's official! You CAN be green and cool!
Congratulations to Crown Lane Studio for winning “Best Green Business” and “Best Overall Business” at the Merton Chamber of Commerce Best...


Oct 5, 20151 min read
Fruit Day 2015
Congratulations to Abundance Wimbledon for another very successful Fruit Day! Delicious cakes, chutneys, jams and other treats were...


Sep 28, 20151 min read
Team Eco-Sexy dig deep for Merton
On Saturday 26th September, team ‘Eco-Sexy’ joined Sustainable Merton volunteers for a community gardening day at Phipps Bridge...


Sep 15, 20151 min read
Bringing Eco-Sexy back
The Challenge MRK is the local National Citizen Service (NCS) provider in Merton, Richmond and Kingston. ‘NCS aims to bring together...


Sep 11, 20151 min read
Tamworth Farm Allotments garden party
Plot holders came together on 6th September for the Tamworth Farm Allotment Society’s annual garden party! Guests enjoyed a delicious BBQ...


Jul 28, 20151 min read
Shine Project: Summer 2015
Sustainable Merton worked with The Shine Trust to deliver healthy school activities to students in Mitcham aged between eight and eleven...


Jul 20, 20151 min read
Community Champions: The launch
On Saturday 11th July, at the Love Your Street celebration event hosted by Merton Council, Tom Walsh of Sustainable Merton announced the...


Jul 3, 20151 min read
Style Junkies: Exhibition launch
Style Junkies is a recycled costume competition run by Merton Council as part of Merton’s Mega Recycle campaign. The winners have now...


Jun 25, 20152 min read
Permission granted for Merton's first Passivhaus
In December 2014, we were disappointed to share the news that the Sewell family’s plans to build Merton’s first sustainable home had once...


May 28, 20151 min read
Creating a food strategy for Merton
Building on the success of the Abundance program and the outcome of the Food Summit hosted by Merton Council, Sustainable Merton are...


May 22, 20152 min read
Benefits of allotment gardening
In a recent survey of National Allotment Society members, ‘nearly every person said their love of allotment gardening comes from the...


May 19, 20151 min read
Mitcham Orchard: Community action day
“There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met”, so opined W.B. Yeats and this certainly proved to be the case on...


Apr 29, 20151 min read
Mercy4Manking Charity Challenge
On 25th April, Sustainable Merton were in Hyde Park, London, to support the annual Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Charity Challenge....


Apr 21, 20151 min read
Colliers Wood Remembrance Woodland
Remembrance Woodlands are being planted all over the UK to remember the hundreds of thousands of young men who were killed during the...


Apr 21, 20151 min read
Mitcham Orchard: The transformation
On Thursday 9th April, we saw a wonderful example of your support of the work we carry out in this borough, when 50 people gave up their...
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