Wyvil Estate
Residents Association
Estate Improvement & Gardening Club
Status of Estate Improvement Plan post walkaround
16/05/2017: Cllr Jack Hopkins and Estate Housing Officer Muhem Miah recently joined a group of residents, including representatives of the TRA, on a widely advertise estate walkaround. The purpose was to look at the current estate improvement plan. This plan and the results of the walkaround can be viewed here.
Estate Improvement: Update
05/01/2017: Latest version of the landscaping plan for the areas between M,N,O and P blocks is available here along with the draft brochure to accompany the proposal for funding for this development.
Estate Improvement: Update
25/01/2017: Click here to see the current vision of how the space between Martin, Norman, Oliver and Peter House will be landscaped - this follows on from the latest estate-wide consultation on January 18th.
Gardening Club: Community Bulb Planting Day
17/9/2016: The Gardening Club has organised a community bulb planting day next Saturday (24th September, 11am) for people of all ages and all abilities. Everything is provided: bulbs, tools, gloves and advice on how to do it. Where you plant (as long as it is in the communal areas of the Estate) is up to you!
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They are also providing refreshments and invite you to bake a cake and bring it along for the Great Wyvil Bake Off!
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This is a children friendly event but for health and safety they should be supervised and consent forms will need to be filled in, so please can children bring their adults along to sign them!
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Please join us at the committee room hut (between Edgar and Frank Houses) to pick up bulbs and equipment, have a cup of tea, and get further information.
Estate Improvement: Update
20/11/2015: Round 2 of consultation on an Estate Improvement plan is now taking place, with residents having being invited to drop in sessions and invited to participate via letters dropped through their mailbox and email. More information available here.
Estate Improvement: Update
06/08/2015: Over the summer of 2015 the TRA undertook a survey of residents about car parking, green space and ideas on landscaping. As 17th July, a large majority of residents are in favour of pedestrian and vehicle access controls and having more greenery on the Estate. Please click here for the graph showing also the actual figures. Please click here to see the views that were expressed.
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Estate Plan: prior to the AGM the TRA circulated plans and options to landscape our Estate and we showed these options at the AGM. We were pleased to receive constructive comments and ideas to further refine the Estate Plan at the AGM on 18th July. The key points that came out of this consultation included that there were preferences for both increased greenery and good parking facilities. Here is an outline draft plan of our Estate with ideas on parking, gates, greenery, and other improvements as proposed just before the AGM.
Meadow Garden: Project well underway, your help needed!
16/06/2015: The landscaping project is now well underway. We need volunteers to do some watering while the grass grows and bushes bed in. Where do we do the next greening project? Do you want your part of the Estate greener? You need to show support for this project to get more funding from Lambeth and you need to be involved in the project where you live - we will help and support. Please click here to see a newsletter with more information from residents in the gardening club. Want to join the gardening club or get involved? Email: wyvilgardening@gmail.com Or put a note in our post box outside the meeting room between Frank and Gilbert Houses Now that the better weather is coming why not consider joining the gardening club?! Be part of growing an even nicer Estate.
Meadow Garden: Update
Meadow Garden: Thank you for your feedback
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15/02/2015: We have now completed the following:
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Meadow Garden Planting List 2015
Meadow Garden Planting Plan 2015
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Click on the links above to review each of these documents and contact us with any comments you may have. Your opinion is important.
Meadow Garden: Update
01/12/2014: LL has assigned 40K (Estate Pride Focus budget) for a "Meadow Garden: in Wyvil Estate and the revamp of the gardens alongside Wandsworth Road. Both projects are aimed to be completed by March 2015 in order to be eligible for this grant. The Meadow Garden proposal was designed by the Gardening Club (26 members) in the Summer of 2014 and made public at our Public Meeting at that time where it was welcomed by majority consensus. This proposal has been available for comments on our website since July 2014. We welcome any resident who would like to engage with this project so please feel free to contact us. View the original plan here.
Gardening Club: Update
11/09/2014: The Gardening Club was founded by the The Residents Association in 2014 with unanimous voting in a public meeting in June 2014. The club is composed of 22 members and works with participatory methods and processes. Its DNA is diverse in terms of ethnicity, age and gender. The club is an open club for all current residents in the Wyvil Estate. The club is is advertised on the TRA website and in the TRA newsletter, LL newsletter, in public meetings and by word of mouth.
The following proposal has been developed by the Wyvil Estate Gardening Club during the Summer of 2014: click here to view.
Money available for estate improvement
04/06/2014: The TRA is about to start a landscape project based on the feedback form we received from the social event in May this year. Lambeth Living has put aside approx. £40K to support a landscape project on the estate.
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- The budget needs to be spent before March 2015.
- Proposals should be completed by October 2014
- Implementation before March 2015.
LANDSCAPE GROUP – We are setting up a group to generate ideas, feedback and to have a true representation of the estate. The aim is to have a proposal for both areas by September 2014. The TRA has recently met with Caroline Fraser in LL (landscape architect Programme Manager). LL has suggested us to work in stages in specific zones. Caroline identified two key zones for proposals/ areas that LL has already identify as key areas for intervention. The aim to to develop hard landscape and a planting scheme for both areas. ZONE 1 - Tarmac area near Quinton House Frank House and David House. ZONE 2 – Parking area in front of Martin and Norman House.
TIMETABLE: JULY – set up the landscape group AUGUST – develop ideas SEPTEMBER – present the proposal to Lambeth Living.
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GARDENING CLUB: In parallel to the Landscape project, the TRA are planning to set up a gardening club in the estate. Other estates have done this and improved their immediate environment such as Vauxhall Gardens for example. Lambeth Living is keen to support us, donating plants as necessary.