Category: The Mill
Help making planters at The Mill
Come and help making planters at The Mill garden. We have already created a woodland area and a linear mini orchard. The next task will be creating a vertical garden to maximise the space. On Saturday, 4th of Feb from 10am-1pm we will be making planters at the Mill with recycled scaffolding boards where we will [...]
Apple day at the Mill
On 1 October we held a hugely successful Apple Day at the Mill as part of the BAG Garden Squad that meets at the Mill every first Saturday of the month from 11am to 1pm. Early that day we collected the apples from the beer garden of the Ferry Boat Inn Pub on Ferry Lane, [...]
Annual bulb planting day
BAG Garden squad held their annual bulb planting event on the 5th of November. Thirteen keen gardens gathered together to plant 650 bulbs, of which 300 were donated by Waltham Forest council. In previous years we have planted bulbs in Coppermill Lane, Edward Road, the playground in Coppermill Lane and in front of Stoneydown park. [...]
Lease on “The Mill” Signed
The former St James Street Library building is now leased from the council for use by the community for the next 15 years (as opposed to sold off to a property developer). HUGE thanks and well done to everyone (and there are so many!) who has made this possible.
Job opportunities at The Mill
After securing access to the former St James Street Library building and a years funding through NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge project, “The Mill” now has two job vacancies. The first is for a Community Organiser to provide outreach and organisation to the community, making links, networking, organising events and bringing the community together to make The [...]
Come to The Mill – Saturday 16th April
The St James Street Library building is reopening as The Mill! So come to Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, on Saturday. Sorry about the short notice. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since we announced that Waltham Forest council was allowing us to return the former library to community use. Our original partners had to drop out, for [...]






