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
Nature’s Gym and Sustrans cycle path project
As reported earlier this month, Nature's Gym and Sustrans will be working at Lower Sydenham Cycle Path on 22nd October. If you would like to get involved and help us bring back this lovely but forgotten piece of land back to something wonderful and usable, please contact us.
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
Friends of Albion Millennium Green work days
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 … Continue reading Friends of Albion Millennium Green work days
Wildcat Wilderness – Rushy Green Time Bank
While on the phone to a colleague yesterday I learnt about a wonderful sounding project. I promised her I would feature it on the blog, so here goes! Wild Cat Wilderness is a community green space in Catford coordinated by the Rushey Green Time Bank. It is a natural wilderness on your doorstep, which you can … Continue reading Wildcat Wilderness – Rushy Green Time Bank
Volunteer in Lewisham’s Rivers
London Borough of Lewisham runs a number of river related volunteering opportunities. We are keen to get people involved in their local rivers and help us maintain them through bankside management and litter picks. We tend to work in 4 parks; Brookmill Park, Chinbrook Meadows, Cornmill Gardens and Ladywell Fields. Our new programme of events … Continue reading Volunteer in Lewisham’s Rivers
Nature’s Gym at Mayow Park
The Nature's Gym volunteers have been working in Mayow Park for quite a few years now. They have see the 'Triangle' area develop in to a really lovely area of bright flowers and scented herbs. The garden was originally inspired by permaculture principles and designed by one of the friends and his come on a … Continue reading Nature’s Gym at Mayow Park
Building a bug hotel in Albion Millennium Green
The Nature's Gym volunteers recently spent a very happy few hours at Albion Millennium Green. The Friends of Albion Millennium Green have been hard at work themselves recently, so there had been a lot of changes to the site. It was great to see it looking so loved and cared for and they really have … Continue reading Building a bug hotel in Albion Millennium Green