It’s been an epic journey for our sunflowers!
A Grow Wild & New-XING collaboration formed in late April…our vision: to create a haven for bees with beautiful sunflowers, to transform New Cross Road (A2) and other nearby urban areas into an extraordinary bee-friendly environment!
We didn’t have long to get the target of 1000 sunflowers planted…so activities started immediately…
Here is the story so far in pictures:
Preparing the ground and transplanting:
- The beginnings…so many seeds!
- Preparing the beds besides Goldsmiths
- Sowing at Goldsmiths site
- Preparing the ground
- This is the largest site for the sunflower planting
- And now we’re transplanting!
- The kids were a great help!
- Many hands make light work
Transportation!
- Sunflower transportation!
- Our many many bags being relocated to the high street
- Thanks to Dan and his van 🙂
Events helped a lot – here we are at the Big Lunch on Telegraph Hill:
- Our stall at the Big Lunch
- Our grow bags – soon to be seen on New Cross high road
- Kids getting their hands dirty
- Fun times!
- The final pile…120 was the count!
And the final results:
- Grow bags on the high road
- Coming up strong
- Our billboard
- The first two blooms spotted
- And now many more!!
- Another sneaky pop up location
- What a bloom!
- Bee-autiful
- A feast for the bees
- And even sunflower in the press!
So keep an eye out for our sunflowers as you’re out and about in New Cross, and stay tuned for more details on further events coming up soon!
David Wild
Wildlife Photographer at Growwild.org.uk
I'm obsessed with photography, taking on projects involving animals, environmental causes and gardening projects. I live in London, in the United Kingdom.
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