Pics of Plaistow Festival week 2018














From small acorns, mighty oaks do grow – Report from the Barbers Alley community meeting 22nd March With six local people, we came up with some AMAZING IDEAS FOR BARBERS ALLEY. 🙂 To get things rolling, it was agreed thebest step would be to establish a ‘Friends of Barbers Alley’ group. This is under way, it’s…
We are delighted that residents are taking over an unloved street corner and turning it into something beautiful and special! Following some inspiration from local resident Ian Noon and what we’ve seen happening in Hammersmith and Fulham, we have identified 5 tree pits. Four of the five have now been adopted. Take a walk down…
We thought we’d like to show our trees some love this December! Trees are everywhere in Plaistow and with a little bit of ‘tree dressing’ we may all notice them and appreciate them a bit more. National tree week is 25th November to 3rd December and Tree Dressing week is usually the first week in…
Gardening club turns to community cooking club! It is that time of the year when leaves fall off the branches, hot drinks are preferable to cold ones, and gardeners turn to cooking… On Wednesday,21st November from 10-11.30, we will gather in The Mix,1 Cumberland Rd,E13 8LH, and mix up a Community Xmas cake- first one ever made by…
We had 34 nominations for 2017’s “Bloomin’ Plaistow” awards. With such an amazing collection of nominees the judging was a lively and challenging session for our Steering Group The award winners were announced at the Plaistow Summer Market Place Festival in July 2017 in Plaistow Park. Congratulations to Mechelle Duffy of Palmer Road (Gold), Saher Arzoo of…
We were so pleased with our Wassailing event in the Greenway Orchard on a drizzly, cold Saturday in February (click here to see) that we want to find more ways for the children of Plaistow South to play outdoors, experience nature, and to be on the wild side! Coffee, Thinking and Playing morning Thursday 12 April 10.30…