tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81441896204332420632024-03-05T00:41:46.151-08:00Tideway VillageDon't tow away the TidewayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144189620433242063.post-32640384565029896532015-10-07T04:01:00.000-07:002015-10-07T08:51:06.331-07:00London's new oasis of calm.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1rJShEwFecSL0D_ew0tsHwqCu1The86o5mvbNeKcnc6GGTV8mMRpr9q05ur04L6IHBbdd0SaGZssedEBIVxYzGf5U01ecXXrAtCrjWWr8hM2HmcjhU0nQRUroqq4CC864hRL4R38ohg/s1600/20150723_153624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1rJShEwFecSL0D_ew0tsHwqCu1The86o5mvbNeKcnc6GGTV8mMRpr9q05ur04L6IHBbdd0SaGZssedEBIVxYzGf5U01ecXXrAtCrjWWr8hM2HmcjhU0nQRUroqq4CC864hRL4R38ohg/s320/20150723_153624.jpg" width="180" /></a>It's been a wonderfully relaxed summer here at Tideway Village. The combination of the Riverlight pocket park and Tideway Village gardens has provided a peaceful green haven that is now a real feature of the London south bank. Flowers, grass, trees and boats have combined to produce one of those unexpected peaceful corners that London still provides, appreciated by both humans and ducks.<br />
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Tideway Village has extended this green space down to water level, with the gardens on the boats backed up by an automatic self watering system. This conjunction of land with water continues with our floating island of water plants that also acts as a refuge for water fowl. The island had a pair of nesting swans this summer who hatched seven chicks. Ducklings were also raised on the island.<br />
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Houseboat residents noticed a huge interest in the dock from the passing public, to respond to this we have now placed plaques with a brief history about each boat on our quayside gates. These and the boats are now much photographed.<br />
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The public response to this new open space has been very enthusiastic; summarised by the wonderful overheard remark, from someone on the quayside next to the new Nine Elms Tavern, "How clever of St James to put the boats here it makes it so much more attractive".<br />
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Images created by Charles Lambert, Spatial Designer and resident of Tideway Village.<br />
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INCORPORATING FLOATING BIOHAVENS, SELF WATERING PLANT TROUGHS AND HOUSEBOAT GARDENS.<br />
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Our idea for the transformation of Tideway Dock, the location of Tideway Village, into a harmonious conjunction with the new River light developments Pocket Park.<br />
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The developer St James originally proposed replacing the houseboats of Tideway Village with a giant floating garden, but this plan was then abandoned in favour of retaining the community, though no guarantee of the village’s future has yet been given.<br />
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Our solution is to provide a habitation for both the existing community and nature through gardens on the houseboats, self watering plant troughs on the dock walls and floating gardens for plants and water fowl (floating biohavens).<br />
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This combination will provide a unique feature on the river for the wider community to enjoy; a nature enclave featuring water plants, flowers and a nesting and roosting sanctuary for the large population of resident water fowl.<br />
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The water garden would link with The Riverlight development’s Pocket Park so providing a natural green space where the river meets the land. It would incorporate information tablets on the plant and bird species present and a controlled feeding station for the birds. Encouraging public access and interaction with the river, one of the aims of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon plan for the river.<br />
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The design of the floating islands has sourced some of the materials - plastic bottles- from the pollution currently floating in the dock.. Plant life in the form of Reeds and Water Iris are supported by natural Peat beds on the islands, with route structures reaching the water source below. The wall mounted troughs are placed a foot above the high tide mark with lengths of cotton cord drawing water into the trough at high tide through osmosis. A new independent report commissioned by Thames21 reveals huge potential for reedbeds to boost biodiversity, reduce the effects of pollution and improve the social and amenity value of the river.<br />
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Our houseboat name The Newark, rather lends itself to a scheme that helps sustain and promote the breeding population of birds and insects in the dock.<br />
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Birds that currently breed at or visit the dock: Plant Species on the wall troughs and islands<br />
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Mallard ducks (Nesting) Turn Water Iris<br />
Diving Ducks Wren (nesting) Reed Mace <br />
Canada geese (Nesting) Heron Norfolk Reed<br />
Yellow Wagtail (Nesting) Coot (nesting) King Cups<br />
King fisher Moorhen (nesting) Vinca Minor<br />
Cormorant Swan Virginia Creeper Greylag geese (Nesting) Pochard Duck <br />
Great Crested Grebe Yellow Wagtail (nesting) <br />
King Fisher Cormorant. <br />
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Tideway Villagers come together to celebrate another sunny day, although the building site takes a lot of sunlight away. BBQs are fixed parts of our weekend life and it is a great opportunity to meet new people and to catch up with our neighbours.<br />
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We decided to take a proactive approach to what can be done with the dock to make it look more attractive and in harmony with the St James Pocket Park alongside. Our solution is one of providing a combined habitat for the village and nature to support bird and plant life. The result should be a very attractive garden based feature for the public to enjoy from the river path. This follows the lead of the mayor's Blue Ribbon plan for the Thames in London which encourages public access and interaction with the river.<br />
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The computer generated plans we have developed for the dock have been generated with the help of our own interior and landscape designer Charles Lambert. We are also entering a Southwark and Lambeth Council competition with our designs and hope to show how life can be brought back to what is now a rather lifeless sterile river. We hope to convince people like the PLA and the Environment agency that change is possible and the banks of the river can support wildlife and not interfere with river flow and traffic.<br />
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We hope to show that humans and nature can live on the shores of the Thames and support each other whilst providing an attractive living landscape for all to enjoy.<br />
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David WaterhouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299111592932948432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144189620433242063.post-60881592891083237912013-06-14T08:22:00.004-07:002013-06-14T08:22:33.770-07:00Wandsworth Guardian ArticleThe Wandsworth Gueardian demonstrates that some people in Wandsworth do care about Tideway Village, even though Wandsworth Council doesn't.<br />
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View the article <a href="http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/10480194.River_Thames_houseboat_owners_could_be_cut_adrift/">http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/10480194.River_Thames_houseboat_owners_could_be_cut_adrift/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299111592932948432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144189620433242063.post-10657365687551890222013-06-03T03:38:00.002-07:002013-06-03T03:38:27.796-07:00Our latest supportive article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299111592932948432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144189620433242063.post-79813673618616034032013-05-29T09:18:00.001-07:002013-05-29T09:18:18.456-07:00Lambeth Watchdog!<b> Our latest bit of publicity:</b><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Our wonderful office on the houseboat at Tideway Village is under threat again.<br /> <br />
Following an article in the Guardian on Tuesday it seems Tideway
Village, the marine village we created 12 years ago is in the
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The story and our side of it should be on BBC London news on Saturday
at 12 noon and at 5pm. We need all the support we can get to save our
unique community, and of course <a href="http://www.thehonestyshop.com/">the honesty shop</a> office too.</span></span></h5>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299111592932948432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144189620433242063.post-64207884550053591252010-07-06T05:39:00.001-07:002010-09-07T15:32:56.010-07:00Save Tideway Village<div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBh2U5bopC7bebjS_zCC8VZqxfbOBXaSbKb-c4W68b_PR2rc5-YpkttPDraZgoFvcsGRuil-vKYE9OVOe5Vw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /> var _gaq = _gaq || [];<br /> _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17537021-1']);<br /> _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '.tidewayvillage.com']);<br /> _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);<br /><br /> (function() {<br /> var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;<br /> ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';<br /> var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);<br /> })();<br /><br /></script></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><p style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Tideway Villagers all share a common interest – a passion to keep houseboat moorings in London alive.</p></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><p style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">We are one of the floating village communities along London's great artery the Thames. It's a wonderful, rare type of community to find in today's London. A culture-binding independent people who live, work and play on the river or canals.
<br /></p></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><p style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Sadly our houseboat community is under threat from development but we are all passionate about saving it. To protect our community and others we would like to link the various houseboat communities along the river into one voice and open our doors to all friends of the river.</p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><p style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Please support us, come and visit our 'special place' and <a href="http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/37577.html">sign the petition to save this hidden treasure of central London.</a></p><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/37577.html">Come, explore our site. Find out </a><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://tidewayvillage.blogspot.com/p/history.html">the history</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, the </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://tidewayvillage.blogspot.com/p/situation.html">latest updates on the situation</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, take a look at the </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://tidewayvillage.blogspot.com/p/about-this-site.html">fantastic support</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> we've already received.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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