lifeisland – Manor Garden Olympic Allotments

Jan Stradtmann’s photographs of eerily lit sheds at the Manor Gardens site were taken in the last months of public access to the site. 6 months later, all trace had been erased, the soil itself being removed in the symbolic cleansing of the area of every sign of history or previous human activity.
The freshfacedandwildeyed08 New [...]

Allotment gardener and Evening Standard report Valentine Low has reviewed Thomas Pausz’s Community Shed reconstruction on his blog, ‘One Man and his Dig’.
It has a photo of the recreated shed, and the story of how Thomas discovered Manor Gardens – after wandering in and getting locked inside. At the time he didn’t encounter the fabled [...]

PRESS RELEASE 28TH JAN 08 IMMEDIATE
Manor Garden Allotments, demolished in October 07 to make way for a footpath in the Olympic Park continue to inspire.
The Community Shed, once hub of the allotment community, has been reconstructed by M.A. student at the Royal College of Art, Thomas Pausz, using the memories and stories of plot holders.

Young artists, including new Goldsmiths graduates and DAAD scholars, review the pathos of city living at Seven Seven Contemporary Art, 77 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH. Open Thu-Sun 12 till 5.
Artists showing work are Jörg Obergfell, Yo Okada, Debra Scacco, Jan Stradtmann and Rachael Weitzman.
Jan Stradtmann’s ghostly images of illuminated Manor Garden allotment sheds [...]

A two-day event to mark the launch of WE SELL BOXES, WE BUY GOLD.
This ongoing project explores the 2012 Olympic site and the Lower Lea Valley as a context for interdisciplinary research and artistic intervention.
The event takes place at various venues near the Olympic site in Stratford and includes performances by Mark Wayman, a symposium [...]

Gesche Wuerfel – Shed 4

Gesche Wuerfel’s images of Manor Garden Allotments form part of the Roof Unit ‘Foundations’ group photography show, which reveals a variety of approaches to the disappearing world of the Lower Lea Valley.
Peter Marshall reviews the show here
26 October – 15 December 2007
At SPACE
Opening times: Wednesday – Saturday 1pm-6pm.
Address: 129-131 Mare Street, [...]

Yesterday, the community garden went wireless with the expertise of the team, who constructed an ad-hoc mast for the Silver Surfers event. Many older plot holders came along to use computers and the internet for the first time. Including Albert who uploaded photos of his plot onto the album right here!

Getting ready…

Solar Panels power the [...]

Transport to the allotments:
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by Train or bus: Silverlink Train to Hackney Wick Station then 267
bus or walk for 15 mins via Carpenters Rd. Turn left onto Waterden
Rd. Entrance is on the right next to the bus depot.
by Car: Along the North Circular and towards London on the A12.
At the signposting for [...]

Yesterday evening at People’s Question Time: Julie asks Ken Livingstone why the allotments, along with its sustainable community, are to be sacrificed. She invites him to visit the gardens, meet with other plot holders and share the home-grown food and hospitality which is the allotment experience.

A supporter asks the Mayor what reason he can [...]