Yesterday marked one year since Tidemill Garden was destroyed by Lewisham Council. One year since 74 beautiful, healthy and mature trees were felled in the name of regeneration. One year since the Tidemill Garden Community lost its precious and much-loved green space that mitigated air pollution by half on one of the most polluted roundabouts …
Today’s post was written by Ruby Radburn, resident of Reginald Road and member of the Save Reginald! Save Tidemill! campaign. Witnessing the violent eviction of Tidemill Garden from her front door and concerned about what is happening in the area, Ruby joined the campaign the same day. Since then she has become a key figure …
Continue reading Whose Garden? Tidemill and the Hierarchy of Violence
Text written in collaboration with Diann Gerson and Ruby Radburn Life hasn’t been the same on Reginald Road since the violent eviction of Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden on 29 October 2018. Not only has bearing witness to the heavy-handed eviction by over 100 bailiffs and security guards and the subsequent boarding up of the much-loved …
Continue reading Dealing with the effects of the Tidemill eviction
This post is a collection of creative responses to the destruction of Tidemill Garden. It consists of comments and artworks created by local residents, artists and campaigners to express their feelings about the loss of this green oasis in the heart of Deptford. Defend Green Spaces: painting made in and for Tidemill Garden by a …
On Monday, 29th October 2018, the occupiers of Tidemill Garden were evicted by heavy-handed bailiffs and security guards ordered by Lewisham Council. At 6am, a total of 120 bailiffs and security guards with balaclavas, as well as 3 local police officers to ‘prevent a breach of the peace’, arrived and without any warning or attempts …
Performer, musician, community development worker, local activist, volunteer and campaigner Heather Gilmore has lived in Deptford for 24 years. Together with other campaigners she is resisting the demolition of the currently occupied Tidemill Wildlife Garden and the 16 council flats of Reginald House on Reginald Road in Deptford, which are to be replaced with …
Continue reading “Tidemill Garden is part of the cohesiveness of Deptford”
Check out the fantastic summer programme of free events in Tidemill Wildlife Garden, until middle of July anyway (programme for the rest of the summer will follow). Also check the Facebook page for further updates: https://www.facebook.com/savetidemill/ While you are in the garden, why don’t you leave a note about your experience of the garden on the …
Continue reading Save Tidemill – Reginald House and Tidemill Wildlife Garden II
Last Sunday (29 April 2018), the community at Tidemill Garden and the housing campaigners who are fighting to stop the destruction of the garden and the demolition of 2-30A Reginald House (a council-owned low-rise block of flats next to the garden) organised a community event that saw people from all around the area gather together …
Continue reading Save Tidemill – Reginald House and Wildlife Garden I
The end of April 2022 saw the film premiere of The Battle for Deptford, a feature-length documentary film by local campaigner and film-maker Harriet Vickers. It was shown in St Nicholas Church in Deptford as part of the New Cross and Deptford Film Festival (the online premiere took place a week later). The event attracted …
Continue reading The Battle for Deptford – the film premiere
Deptford is changing 