One of the unexpected things about writing this blog is the emails I receive. I’ve met (in the virtual sense) lots of interesting people since I started, from people who used to live in the area to people looking to relocate. This morning I received a message from a woman in Canada. Her family name is Levenshulme and she’s looking into the origins of the name. Her husband’s grandfather was from England but she doesn’t know exactly where.

Does anyone know anything about the origins of Levenshulme? Could you point me in the right direction? Any insights greatly appreciated.

No, not the slippery, slimy little critters that ruined our plants last year.  But the ‘Safeguarding Levenshulme’s Urban Greenspace Society’ variety. Paradoxically these slugs (formally Secret Levenshulme Underground Gardeners) are on a mission to save Levenshulme’s green spaces.  They have recently applied for a license to turn the old  Chapel Street Community Centre space into a garden.

Want to get invovled?  This is how you can help:

• Keep an eye on their community website at www.slugsociety.wetpaint.com for details of their next working day.
• If you have any spare plants, please consider donating them.  In particular, cuttings of honeysuckle, clematus, virgnia creeper, roses and other climbers will be gratefully received.
• If you have the time, you might want to put a group together to work on smaller projects such as setting up a herb garden.
• If you have any experience in fund raising, get in touch!

Further details can be found at www.slugsociety.wetpaint.com

I received a lovely postcard today from Matt at Love Levenshulme. His blog is all about Levenshulme and the positives of living here. We often hear negative reports about the area but his blog celebrates the good stuff. Matt sends out postcards to people he’d like to thank for making Levenshulme that bit better. Like the people behind the ‘beautiful front garden on Broom Avenue’ and the people at Village Stores. Take a look at some of the replies at www.lovelevenshulme.com.

And thank you Matt, it was a good start to the weekend.