Update from the Kew Bridge Eco Village

Week 2…

Since arriv­ing on the 6th June, we have cleared the site of most of the rub­bish, put our tents up, built a com­post toi­let and a kitchen, and have built a half round­house as a com­mu­nal struc­ture!

We have opened the gates to the local com­mu­ni­ty and so far we have had full sup­port from the neigh­bours and those in the near­by com­mu­ni­ties, as well as the local busi­ness­es and some unof­fi­cial sup­port from cer­tain local coun­cil­lors. So far we have received a load of dona­tions, includ­ing plants, wood, tents and build­ing mate­ri­als, but we are always in need of more things. Please check our wish list in the dis­cus­sion page of our face­book group!

Our gates are open every­day as we are essen­tial­ly a com­mu­ni­ty gar­den. We encour­age every­one from the local area to pay us a vis­it and share their ideas about what we should do with the land, as well as get­ting them to help us plant our veg­eta­bles and also just to chill out and get to know us all.

We will hold a pub­lic meet­ing every Thurs­day night at 7pm on site, and we shall try to make every Sat­ur­day an event filled open day.

Need­less to say, we still wel­come every­body from all over Lon­don and the world. We have had quite a few inter­na­tion­al vis­i­tors late­ly! Every­one is wel­come to come and stay as long as they fol­low site rules which include no drugs and alco­hol, as well as being con­sid­er­ate to oth­ers and you must active­ly par­tic­i­pate as a mem­ber of the com­mu­ni­ty.

We espe­cial­ly wel­come any­one with any skills or knowl­edge which may be use­ful or inter­est­ing. We encour­age peo­ple to hold work­shops to share their skills, whether it is about com­mon law, herbal reme­dies, yoga, or even how to make didgeri­doos or repair bicy­cles! Or even if you know noth­ing but just want to learn, come along too!

We are in the process of set­ting up a prop­er web­site where we can pub­lish our wish list, pod casts, and an event diary for all the work­shops we will be hold­ing.

Until then, please fol­low us on twit­ter! http://twitter.com/KewEcoVillage

Please come and vis­it us! We are open between 11 am and 8 pm, and are locat­ed at 2 Kew Bridge Rd, Brent­ford. Our near­est sta­tion is ‘Kew Bridge’ and the near­est tube is ‘Gun­ners­bury’.

Kew Bridge Eco Vil­lagers