One of our most visible successes of the last few years was encouraging the Council to replant the beds by the Stroud Green Road and Upper Tollington Park junction (by Nandos). The area was looking really rundown until it was given a bit of long-overdue attention a few years ago.
However, getting Haringey to maintain these area is always a challenge. I walked passed earlier this week and noticed the plant beds were getting really overgrown again – with weeds now spreading on to the pavement and pushing up through the gaps in the paving stones. I’ve contacted the Council asking them to get their gardening gloves on – and to make sure this little green spot gets put back on the maintenance rota.
A resident once dubbed this area the ‘Stroud Green Piazza’ – a nickname which has stuck with Ed, Laura and me. This is the centre of the shopping and restaurant area on the Stroud Green Road and our Labour-run Council needs to give it greater priority than it currently does.