Lee Manor Society volunteers will be opening the Ice House in Manor House Gardens for the final time this year on September 15 between 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm. You can find out more here.
Community Garden
An update from Dan Griffin:
Meritxell and I have had a productive session in the garden today. We’ve harvested the onions (which look more like shallots!), the beans (not many!) and one courgette! There are about 50 black cherry tomatoes but they are not quite ripe.
We will leave four punnets of shallots in the shed – please help yourself if you want any. The same with the tomatoes. Just come in over the next few days and see if any look ripe enough for you to take.
We also swept and bagged (for mulch) lots of leaves. There will be more of this to do in the next autumn sessions. There should also be more beans and eventually lots of Jerusalem artichokes.
The next three sessions, all Sundays, 2.30-4.30, will be:
September 29th
October 20th
November 10th
We think we should plant out some autumn onions and garlic. The bean frame will also need disassembly.
Planning Updates
A key part of the role of the Lee Manor Society is to monitor planning applications, and where appropriate tell Lewisham planners if a proposal would be at odds with the character of the Conservation Area.
A new feature of this website will be a summary of the latest planning applications. You can see those covering June to July here.
Tree Walk – October 5th

The Lee Manor Society Autumn Tree Walk will be on Saturday October 5, 2024. The walk will start at 11am at the Lee Green crossroads by the history panel. We will be looking at autumn colour in the wide variety of species in the Burnt Ash Road tree avenue, including our recent plantings, and other local streets. Time permitting, we will walk into Manor House Gardens with its wealth of historic trees, many dating back 250 years to the original planting when today’s public park was the private garden of the Lucas and Baring families. No advance registration needed – all welcome. Just turn up!
