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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved
Posted by: Karen Liebreich
Date/Time: 14/01/15 00:27:00

The green wall could have worked - with the correct selection of plants, but it would have needed maintenance, probably with access from trackside, which was obviously hard for TfL. 

Having organised the Edible High Roads (fruit trees and herbal boxes outside lots of shops) over the last couple of years, we have a pretty good idea of which local businesses would support us and approximately how much we could expect. TfL said they might help us with services in kind, but they had no money - guess that £30million + £3.5million a year maintenance they are offering for the Garden Bridge is using up a lot of our fare increases...

We had hoped for a big starter push from the S106 money, partly to show some enthusiasm from the authorities for the project to inspire us to go raise the rest. But heyho, at least we don't have to spend the next year fundraising and organising something that really TfL and the council should be doing themselves.

We'll be mulching the flower beds along the High Road (opp. KFH, Chestertons, Sandeman & Lea, Fosters Bookshop) tomorrow morning if anyone wants to say hi - the ones that we have filled with bulbs, fruit bushes and flowers that the council used to look after. Unless it snows... 


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Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 09:22:00 Rima Jones
   Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 09:30:00 Michael Moran
      Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 09:46:00 Rima Jones
         Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 10:28:00 Rima Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 10:35:00 Jenn Irvine
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 10:40:00 Rima Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 10:39:00 Richard Jennings
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 10:51:00 Karen Liebreich
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 12:43:00 Rima Jones
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 13:30:00 Gordon McDonald
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 14:14:00 Rima Jones
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 15:25:00 Rima Jones
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 17:57:00 Mark Talbot
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 18:02:00 Richard Greenhough
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved12/01/15 18:58:00 Rima Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved13/01/15 19:51:00 Lucy Chambers
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved13/01/15 20:48:00 Julian Pavey
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved13/01/15 21:21:00 Richard Jennings
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved13/01/15 21:58:00 Peter G Boardman
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved14/01/15 00:27:00 Karen Liebreich
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved14/01/15 07:48:00 Paul Fisher
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Abundance scheme for Turnham Green bridge shelved14/01/15 09:34:00 Rima Jones

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