HGCA’s open meeting & AGM – Wednesday 10 October

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jess kyle

NEW Committee Members needed!

HGCA’s next meeting will be held at Hither Green Baptist Church, Theodore Rd/Radford Rd, SE13. Map on Wednesday 10 October, 7.30pm-9pm.

Come along to hear local community news and put your suggestions and questions forward. Get updates on HGCA’s activities, hear about ideas to improve Hither Green Lane, news from the Police, St Mungo’s, other local groups, your Councillors, and question local housing developers. Everyone welcome!
HGCA are also looking for, and will be electing, new Committee members. If you are interested in being on the Committee or, would like to volunteer in other ways.
Please email HGCA or come along to the meeting.

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Work day at Hither Green Embankment

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Jess kyle

Next Embankment and Community Gardening, Saturday 13th Oct, 11am-2pm

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All are welcome! Meet at the steps leading to Platform 1 of Hither Green Station on Springbank Rd or at the Community Garden, bus stop 225 on Springbank Rd. Refreshments and tools provided. Email them for details and if you are interested in coming along. Lots of volunteers are needed! 

New Developments 

Lots has been happening at the Station Embankment !  They now have environmental charity Groundwork on board to help them, so come along and give them a hand. The community garden is also holding strong, despite the building work going on behind it. The developers have been liaising with the group to ensure that no plants are damaged and once the building work is completed they have promised them a new fence!

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Hither Green Community Gorilla Clean Up, Plant Swap, Garden and Embankment Saturday, 18th August, 11am-2pm

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Jess kyle

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Fed up with looking at that mess everytime you walk past? Want to lend a hand to improve your area?  Why not join HGCA on Saturday 18th Aug, 11am-2pm. They need volunteers to

  • Tidy & weed the Community Garden, by the bus stop, Springbank Rd. There will be a Plant and Seed swap too.
  • Station Embankment: clear the overgrowth and tend our wild food bed, Platform 1/Springbank Rd
  • Gorilla Clean up: corner of Nightingale Rd/Springbank Rd. Clearing the rubbish and putting in planters.

Refreshments and tools provided. No experience necessary, just come along!  Meet at the steps to Platform 1 of Hither Green Station on Springbank Road. Email HGCA if you would like to come along

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Community Gardening, Plant & Seed Swap, Embankment and Gorilla Clean Up

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Jess kyle

Garden helpers needed – even small ones
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HGCA  are looking for help to clear the Station Embankment, tend their wild food bed and tidy the Community Garden. Lots to do! There will also be a Plant and Seed swap at the Community Garden, so bring along your plants and seeds to exchange. They will also be continuing our Gorilla Clean Up by the old Lee Ash Pre-School on Springbank Road. All are welcome Meet at the steps leading to Platform 1 of Hither Green Station on Springbank Rd or at the Community Garden, bus stop 225 on Springbank Rd. Refreshments and tools provided. Please email them for details and if you are interested in coming along.

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Embankment & Garden session with HGCA 28 April 2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jess kyle

 

HCGA have been doing great work along Springbank Road

The Hither Green Community Association (HGCA) will be holding a work day at the Embankment Saturday 28 April, 11am-2pm.  Safety equipment, working boots, and the appropriate tools and gear are provided.  You can find out more about them and the work they do here and here.  If you would like to get involved please contact them.

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Volunteers Needed

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Jess kyle

Volunteers are needed at the Hither Green Embankment on 3rd and 24th September.  If you would like to get involved, please contact the Hither Green Community Association or visit their website.

Tools, boots and refreshments provided. (For the Embankment, over 18 years only).

They’ll be clearing away the overgrown vegetation, monitoring the bio-diversity, clearing litter and making the place look fab!

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Rain, Rain and more rain (with a little step building thrown in)

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Jess kyle

A group of hardy volunteers braved the elements to continue the work at Hither Green Triangle.  We were joined by members of the Hither Green Community Association who have been doing their own sterling work along the railway embankment at Springbank Road.

The steps were started last year in the bright sunshine (!) and we continued with this work on Saturday 16 July.  Despite the pouring rain 5 new steps were built, but there is a way to go and were are hoping these will be done in November.

Thanks also needs to go to Carl from Glendale for bringing his scanner and expertise.  Before any digging is done on site the area had to be scanned to make sure our mattocks/spades/forks did not hit anything they shouldn’t.  Fortunately, the only thing it picked up were our steep toe capped boots and a few pegs from the previous steps!  As you can see from the photo below, we were all very happy (and a little soggy) with our achievements!

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