Vinnie O’Connell FLS, is a gardener, plant historian and
youth worker, he founded new Leaf in 2006. Using wasteland either side of the platforms at West Dulwich station, new Leaf is creating a garden as a resource for the local community to enjoy.
We hope it will become a place where local people of all ages can come and learn about the plant and insect life on our doorstep in Dulwich and Southwark. If we can find some funding, we would like to run gardening workshops for locals and children. Based on the simple fact that the more you know about the environment,,,the more you will care for it.
new Leaf is a voluntary community group that depends on the generosity of local people and businesses to survive. new Leaf won the South London Press’s Community Project of the Year 2010 and has the official backing of the Linnean Society, the oldest biological society in the world. Huw Edwards, new Leaf’s President, says “I am impressed by what new Leaf is doing to make the station a better safer place for us all, and with its work for young people. Please support it so it can do more”.
If you would like to help please send us an email or link to our Facebook page.