Anna French – landscape architecture and ecology practice designer of the park refurbishment in 2007
Balfour Street Housing Project –
The Conservation Volunteers – laid the first part of Nursery Row Park’s Wildlife Hedge
Dionysis Kouris – multimedia video of the park in 2010
Elephant Amenity Network – local community members’ group in response to The Elephant regeneration project. Elephant Amenity Network’s submission to the Elephant and Castle Supplementary Planning Guidance consultation in which Nursery Row Park is located. This is the Adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance.
Elephant and Castle Urban Forest – Active Campaign to protect the 500 mature trees on the Heygate Estate site from the new masterplan development
Friends of Burgess Park – Walworth’s biggest open space
London College of Communication – a team of students re-branded the Friends group in 2012
London Orchard Project – provided ten old English apple, pear, and plum species in our Community Orchard and are helping us care for them
London Permaculture – a record of urban permaculture, urban food production and sustainability in London
Mobile Elephant Gardeners – Informal group of local people making use of the gardens of Heygate Estate flats whose residents have been evicted to grow vegetables
Mobile Gardeners at Wansey Street – The first successful Meanwhile Use project on part of the Heygate, looking for new volunteers and gardeners
Pembroke House – an active local community centre with Gardening Club, Pocket Garden, and a Play Project.
Peoples’ Republic of Southwark – independent community information resource
River of Flowers – We are pleased to be part of this project which is looking to connect urban meadows such as ours with ‘pollination streams’ or ‘green corridors’ to help our pollinators – bees, butterflies and hoverflies – find forage in the city
Save the Crown – Unsuccessful campaign to preserve the Crown pub in Nursery Row Park – demolition plans now being reviewed by Southwark (July 2012)
Southwark Council Park and Open Spaces – owners of Nursery Row Park
Southwark Friends of the Earth – provided us with lots of expert advice
Southwark Living Streets – a key supporter of the nearby Salisbury Row Streets for People scheme
Southwark Notes – excellent blog about the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle and its effect local people
Surrey Square Park – who have achieved Borough Open Land states for their park – a key goal for the Friends of Nursery Row Park
Tom Wolseley – Haystack Project
The Walworth Society – campaigning to protect Walworth’s heritage
Walworth past and present – Hundreds of photos Walworth