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The Phoenix Garden
The Phoenix Community Garden is managed by the Covent Garden Open Spaces Association and is the last of the community gardens in the Covent Garden area.
We have had a busy 2000/2001. To ensure a safer area, we have allowed an attendant at St Giles Church yard to use our office space, and he helps to keep an eye on the garden and discourage undesirable use.
Our green house is now up and running, and, thanks to the green fingers of Peter, our gardener, we are able to provide herbs and wild flowers for sale. Local children also planted sunflower seeds along the Stacey Street fence, providing a fantastic display during the summer.
The frogs' new home is currently being finished and earlier on in the year, we were lucky to have a fox visit us. She took advantage of a beautiful winter afternoon to lay basking in the sun, allowing children to have their first view of such an animal.
We had our annual Halloween party in the autumn and were joined by children from Soho Parish and St. Joseph's Schools for our Christmas Carol evening. For the first time, we held a May Fayre this year, with the opportunity to play giant chess and draughts, watch the frogs and have a sack race. Many thanks to Boots and The French House for their support.
We have also had welcome donations of plants and tools from local workers and residents, but we were unlucky to loose the wonderful compost bin that Peter our gardener had made. For the time being, we have had to put a small one in our potting shed.
We hope that local people will continue to join in with their ideas and support our beautiful green oasis in the heart of the West End.
Sharon Peppard
Covent Garden Community Association Annual Report 2000-2001
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