

Tribute blooms for Garden stalwart
If you've been out enjoying the Garden recently you can hardly fail to have noticed this magnificent wisteria whose luxuriant blossoms...

Viv Robins
Apr 24


Farewell party stops the traffic
Dozens of local residents crowded into Formosa Street on September 3rd to say Goodbye to two of its best-loved & most familiar figures, ...

Viv Robins
Sep 10, 2023


All change at Dhigs....
....for a start it's not called Dhigs any more! The shop re-opened on August 29th under the new name of Shivam Convenience. The owner is...

Viv Robins
Aug 31, 2023


Farewell to a Formosa favourite
As residents may already know to their cost Hiten & Darsha Patel sadly put up the shutters at Dhigs on Monday July 31st as they headed...

Viv Robins
Aug 1, 2023


Maida Vale joins hero's send-off for WW2 ‘Pilot of the Caribbean’
Residents of the Formosa Garden were among hundreds of mourners who crowded into the central London church of St Clement Dane’s on May...

Susan Wright
May 27, 2023


Trees attacked by Mystery Bug
Some months ago now our gardeners Gravitas noticed that a number of trees in the Garden were showing signs of insect infestation –...

Susan Wright
Jan 19, 2023


Time to declare war on weeds
Now that the irrigation system in the garden has been turned back on you may have noticed a proliferation of weeds in our otherwise...

Susan Wright
May 17, 2022