LONDON’S GARDENERS RETURN TO THE ‘GARDEN’
Presentation of London’s Green Corners Awards 2008
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The world’s best known ‘garden’ was filled with award winning London gardeners recently for the presentation of London’s Green Corners Awards. Many came to Covent Garden equipped with the tools for the job – albeit broken ones for repair in the workshops of HMP Wandsworth as part of the Foundation’s Tools Shed project. The presentation, at which the Conservation Foundation’s president David Bellamy, right, was a speaker, took place in a specially created Green Corner within the world famous gardeners’ market normally reserved for customers of a wine bar and opera singers.
Find our more about the winners here and click to see pictures of the top 15 receiving their awards.
O2 VOLUNTEERS SPRUCE UP SLOUGH’S CANAL
Over 50 volunteers from O2’s Slough headquarters got together to make Slough’s canal a green and pleasant place again. Find out more here.
TOOLS SHED LAUNCHED
Children presented Ian Mulholland, Governor of HMP Wandsworth (seen here with Conservation Foundation director David Shreeve), with a broken trowel in urgent need of repair in Wandsworth’s workshops.
If you could change one thing about where you live, what would it be?
Turning derelict land into a playground. Planting trees where none grew before. Creating a wildlife pond where there was once a puddle. Turning an abandoned building into an arts centre for young people…O2’s It’s Your Community awards programme helps people come together to make a real difference to the communities in which we live..
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Every month more than 60 good ideas receive an award of up to £1000 in O2’s £1,000,000 community programme, managed and assessed in partnership with The Conservation Foundation.
The Conservation Foundation is looking for someone…..
….. to develop its existing and future programmes and build links with sponsors and funders. This could suit someone interested in a part-time opportunity. For more information please contact info@conservationfoundation.co.uk
The views below are of the changing seasons in Kensington Gardens from The Foundation’s offices at 1 Kensington Gore
About
Founded in 1982 by David Shreeve and David Bellamy to provide a means for people in public, private and not-for-profit sectors to collaborate on environmental causes.
Since 1982 The Foundation has created and managed a wide range of environmental initiatives, often with the support of commercial partners. Over the years its programme has included award schemes, conferences, promotions, special events, field studies, school programmes, media work, seminars and workshops etc.
The Foundation, one of the first organisations to link business and the environment, celebrated its silver anniversary in 2007.
