Campaign to Save Old Tidemill School Wildlife Garden

The future of this beautiful community wildlife garden hangs in the balance by a thread. Lewisham Council’s Strategic Planning Committee is set to decide it’s fate tomorrow night (7.30pm at the Civic Suite, Catford). To date, only one of the Committee members, the Chair, Amanda de Ryk has taken the time to come and look at the Garden and the grounds to see for herself how the plans will impact upon the garden, grounds and local residents. All sorts of wildlife can be found in this small piece of heaven in Deptford which boasts a outdoor ampitheatre, a workshop cabin, a mosaic standing stone, vegetable plots and even a festival type loo (hole in the ground which you throw sawdust in afterwards!).
A famous Indian Bean tree can be found in this large natural habitat which spans some 2,000 sq m. As a real community garden should – it appeals to young, old and in-between – “a piece of magic”(a friend of mine calls it) in an otherwise very deprived, urban area which is surrounded on all sides by heavy traffic, resulting in dangerous levels of air pollution – it is South Deptford’s Green Lungs. Lungs that should be given the breathing space they need to keep everyone in the local community happier and healthier.