Daffodils are "springing" up all over the street. If you would like to be a daffodil, click here

I am not entirely sure what size bird used to live in this cage, But it was not easy stuffing mature plants through such a small door. Attra...

This years Bumper crop of Passion Fruit The vine now spans two houses and is inching towards a third. Did you Know ?

I am pleased to announce that Holbeck Row has won a Silver Gilt Award In the Best Front Garden category. Which is nice. More Here

A New Public Art work for Peckham ? Possibly a comment on the 2012 velodrome, or perhaps a caution to the dangers of cycling in London. Or j...

On the plus side, Vertical Gardens brighten up my street. But, This does leave my shoe collection rather disorganized. All about Mr Blanc

The name tulip is the Latinized version  of the Persian word "Dulband" (Turban), so called because of the flower's resemblance...

The largest of the plant pots in our street can be found outside the house that I like to call Number 5. which is reminiscent of : This

Two new residents of Holbeck Row. It won't take long for them to melt into the community. Get the Look

Traffic has come to a standstill in Holbeck Row Due to the Extreme Weather Event Sweeping the country. Best/Most Snow in London for 18 year...

Well that chain seems quite substantial. With a "doff of the cap" to Slinkachu, The original tiny street art project.  More little...

Is this a "Ghost Bike" in Holbeck Row If it is not chained securely to that lamp post I fear it may be stolen ! Ghost Bike ? 

Once upon a time there was a little house, and all around the house was a beautiful garden.... and just behind the flowerpots was a little w...

Two enormous cats  (& a small moose) have moved into the new window box of the empty house in the street. Lost Cats

The Guerilla Gardeners have struck again, Audaciously adding a window box full of hardy plants to the recently vacated No.16

some of the houses in this street are lucky enough to have retained many period features in this case the charming and practical wooden shut...

And so the beginning of Autumn. I was saving this picture of the last of the summer crop A bright red Canna.

Some of the larger plants in the street manage to grow  without the need for a pot, growing as they do, straight out of the concrete. How lo...

I bought this plant about ten years ago I have dug it up and split it every couple of years and now there are several dotted about some more...

The first of this years sunflower crop. Native to America. Worshipped by the Aztecs. Mainly grown in Russia. Painted by Artists

Hollyhocks - Bold and Blowzy. Certainly more so than the Showy, yet dignified, Sunflowers of previous years. Not to be confused with...

Can't get a tenant for your Brayards Road Flat ? Then put a picture of a Holbeck Row Flat in Southwark News Property pages. Running an ...

This is an interesting idea,  A planter slotted together around a post outside No.19. Planted with a vigorously climbing Honeysuckle  ( Loni...

A new display of conifers from the residents of No.1 an excellent all year round Plant. All about conifers

There are an estimated 15 million hanging baskets in the UK, 12 of them are in Holbeck Row, This is one of them. Fruit Basket anyone ?

The Tenth basket to be hung in our street  appears to weigh slightly more than the Eleventh basket.  Of course, they do things differently u...

The message is clear, These houses are for decorative purposes only. Not to be Lived in. No wonder the birds fly North.

If you like this Blog and you would like to join us in our "quaint residential cul de sac" here is a bright, spacious, period conv...

Two more Baskets Hanging out in Peckham A Global Phenomenon Apparently

Purple Foxglove, folks glove, witches gloves, dead mens bells, thimbles, fairy cap, fairy glove, fairy thimbles, fairy finger, fairy bells, ...

Another two baskets have been added to a post on the other side of the street, But, is it safe ? Only the HSE can say for sure.

Two Hanging baskets have been attached to a lamp post at the end of my street. I have done some research and have found The BBC Gardening si...

Today we had a street party for all the residents of the street,  it was well attended by neighbors bearing tea & cakes.  we decorated t...

So, i am looking forward to a nice spring morning, but when i wake up it is snowing, IN APRIL. What is up with this planet ? I am currently ...

The Tulips have made an appearance outside No.6 We added these planters back in August 2006 and the bulbs last year. I am currently Interest...