Albion Millennium Green Autumn workdays

Saturday 12/09/2015, 10.30am – 2.30pm: Organising dumped garden waste on half container site into habitat piles; cutting summer meadow grass strip and grass around fruit trees. Meet at main entrance to AMG, at the end of Albion Villas Road, SE26 4DB Saturday 10/10/2015, 10.30am – 2.30pm: Sawing recently felled hawthorn trunks to use as path edgings or … Continue reading Albion Millennium Green Autumn workdays

Hither Green Station: Community Meadow Sowing Day

HGCA & Fuss at Hither Green say; Hello! You may have seen the ground works being carried out at the train station last week in preparation for seed sowing. We're super excited to invite Hither Greeners to join us for the Community Seed Sowing Day THIS Saturday 14 November! Streetscape are our Chelsea award-winning landscape designers and will be leading the session. Drop in any time between 8- 4pm, rain or shine. We provide safety footwear and hi-vis gear. Over … Continue reading Hither Green Station: Community Meadow Sowing Day

Pond, Trees, Steps and Meadows

The Nature's Gym volunteers along with member of the Friends of Hither Green Triangle spent a wet but enjoyable few hours working in the nature reserve between platforms 4 and 5 of Hither Green Station.  It is important to keep an open mosaic of habitats in the site to benefit the wildlife on site and … Continue reading Pond, Trees, Steps and Meadows

Springbank Road Community Garden

Josie and Anne from the Springbank Road Community Garden write; Hello Everyone, Posters: We are preparing to print some posters to promote the Springbank Road Community Garden. We're proud of becoming a Mayor of London 'Pocket Park' and of wining an RHS 'Developing Award' so please help us choose a Garden_Poster. Email us and say which poster you prefer! Regular Gardening Date: The second Saturday of the Month is our … Continue reading Springbank Road Community Garden

Wildlife Gym at Old Tidemill wildlife garden

Grow, Cook Eat, Meet Connect with people and nature and get ,active at Wildlife Gym. Combining food growing, conservation and cooking. Develop new skills and knowledge about wildlife and food growing. Improve your health and wellbeing by cooking and eating fresh healthy meals and have fun, whilst meeting new people. Find out more at their … Continue reading Wildlife Gym at Old Tidemill wildlife garden

Successful day at the Lower Sydenham Cycle Path

The Nature's Gym volunteers have worked with Sustrans on the Lower Sydenham Cycle Path project on a number of occasions now.It is a project that we all like and are keen to be involved in.  In the long term, Sustrans London, with the help of London Borough of Lewisham are looking for funding to make … Continue reading Successful day at the Lower Sydenham Cycle Path

This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens Week!

Join the Friends of Dacres Wood Nature Reserve to find out how you can help our hedgehogs. This is a family friendly event as part of the Wild About Gardens Week, which we wrote about earlier this month. What you can do! Make a clay hedgehog to take home Hedgehog trails around the reserve for … Continue reading This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens Week!

Halloween at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve

The Friends of Devonshire Road are looking for volunteers to help with Halloween at the reserve, both on the day and before (posters, baking etc.). The last two or three years have seen this becoming a really popular event, they get up to 200 people now, so they need plenty of helpers on the night. … Continue reading Halloween at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve