Grove Park Nature Reserve, situated across the railway from Hither Green Cemetery, contains a good variety of habitats, including the only substantial area of grassland with a calcareous influence in the borough. These habitats support a wide diversity of plants and animals, including a number of locally rare species. The reserve is greatly appreciated by … Continue reading Get Involved At Grove Park Nature Reserve
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Halloween at Devonshire Road
Come and visit Devonsire Road on 31st October for some Halloween fun. The day will start at 5pm.
Changes at Burnt Ash Pond
Successful Bid to the Mayor's Fund brings improvements to Burnt Ash Pond After an unsuccessful attempt at applying for an Awards for All grant, the Burnt Ash Pond Friends, were finally successful with a bid to the Mayor’s Fund. This fund is intended to help wards make improvements that cannot be delivered through the existing … Continue reading Changes at Burnt Ash Pond
NEW NATURE’S GYM PROGRAMME AVAILABLE
The latest Nature's Gym programme for October-December. There are lots of interesting walks and talks happenind this quarter, so why not try something new? These include Wildflower Walks and River Wades with the Rivers and People Project, and Apples Days at Devonshire Road and Woodlands Farm.
Devonshire Road Apple and Pear Day 3rd October 1pm-4pm
Celebrate the wonderful variety of our apples and make Apple & Pear juice, make cider, or have a warm apple punch! Join the Friends of Devonshire Road to celebrate these wonderful fruits! For more information visit http://devonshireroad.blogspot.com/2010/09/apple-day.html
FREE WILDFLOWER COURSE THIS SUNDAY Wildflower Identification Course - How to go about identifying the wildflowers in London Sunday 10th October - 11 am to 4pm - Creekside As part of the latest Rivers & People programme we are giving Lewisham residents the chance to get to know their local wildflowers for free. … Continue reading
New Devonshire Road Newsletter Available
The new Devonshire Road is now ready for you all to read. In it you will find information about Muddy Boots, an under 5's club and the Living Roofs talk given by Dusty Gedge and John Little. To see a copy click on the link DevRoad newsletter Autumn 2010 Gor more information about Devonshire Road … Continue reading New Devonshire Road Newsletter Available
Wonderful Wasps – Stop Swatting Wasps Pledge
Buglife is encouraging the public to learn to appreciate wasps, and to stop swatting them! The new campaign hopes to challenge common-held beliefs that wasps are dangerous, aggressive and of no use. Buglife is asking people to take a new look at wasps and to sign up to the Stop Swatting Pledge. Click on the logo … Continue reading Wonderful Wasps – Stop Swatting Wasps Pledge
London Wildlife Trust’s Garden for a Living London
As their website says 'Help transform the capital's 3 million gardens in to a network of nature reserves The London Wildlife Trust has come up with 7 gardening actions that you can pledge to do on their website These ideas include; planting drought resistant plants, making a pond and adding a green roof to you … Continue reading London Wildlife Trust’s Garden for a Living London
Canaries, Cormorants and Crabs in the Creek
This evening (Wed 15th Sep) the Rivers & People Project will be hosting a guided walk from Canary Wharf to Creekside in Deptford. We will stroll along the River Thames to see Lewisham from a different perspective, with local conservationist Nick Bertrand interpreting some of the history and natural history along the way. Walk … Continue reading Canaries, Cormorants and Crabs in the Creek
Nature Conservation Lewisham 