WANSTEAD DAILY PHOTO: MARION TEMPLE

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Friday, 17 June 2016

WHAT....WATER TANKS !!!!

What do you do with old, unwanted water tanks that you have salvaged from skips? Wanstead guerrilla gardner Marion Temple had a fabulous idea, you fill them with plants, paint them up and hey presto it's going to be another wonderful displays of lovely flowers next year. You can see them at the junction of Harrier Avenue and Mansfield Road just by Wanstead Station.....

Sunday, 11 October 2015

SPRING IS IN THE AIR...

Wanstead's guerrilla gardner Marion Temple popped in the Gallery the other day, she had news and the leaflet in the picture above. As you may well know Marion lovingly plants up the odd patches of otherwise unloved earth around Wanstead. Her plan for next year it to take on Nightingale Green, on Sunday 18th October 2015 11am onwards everyone is invited to join her in planting spring bulbs! Marion says 'families are more than welcome' so the more the merrier just bring along tools if you have them and help bring some colour to Nightingale Green next spring. Donations toward the cost of bulbs welcome, do try to come along...

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

COMMUTERS...

If you use Wanstead Station on your daily commute you may have noticed a container or two at the entrance. Wanstead's guerrilla gardener Marion Temple has come up with a great idea. In the containers are the stems of geraniums she has collected and giving away for free. On the wall above are the instructions of how to look after them to give you a lovely geranium plant next year. Sounds good to me, well done Marion.

Friday, 7 November 2014

FORK HANDLES...

One of the things I like about Marion Temple's approach to gardening is the way in which everyday objects appear in her landscapes. Marion,as you may know is Wanstead's guerrilla gardner. She is the lady who, with some help from Wanstead's other residents, takes care of all those odd spots of earth that would otherwise remain unloved. Remember the chair or the lavatory cistern in the Corner House garden? Well now it's the handles of old garden spades and forks supporting plants in a bed in the High Street. Brilliant..

I was going to use the Ronnie Barker/Ronnie Corbett joke about four candles, anyone remember that ?

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

ICE CREAM..

I spotted this beauty as I passed Marion Temple's garden last week. I have no idea what it's called but it reminded me of one of my favourite Italian ice creams with those layers of colour.

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

MARION'S GARDEN...

I had the pleasure of visiting Marion Temple's garden the other day specifically to photograph this beautiful Iris Sibirica. In case you don't know Marion, amongst other things she is Wanstead's guerrilla gardener. All those patches of what would be bare earth spring to life under Marion's care. As if that's not enough she also opened her garden to the public the other weekend and raised several hundred pounds for Amnesty International. As you will probably have realised by now following this blog, I also like to find the unexpected. In Marion's garden I discovered these wonderful weathered oak posts which fitted in perfectly with her planting. Almost next to these stands a post covered in padlocks, bolts and locks, a little unusual but I like it.

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