What’s happening in the bushes?
These hawthorn shrubs have been air-layered. Air layering is a technique used to clone a section of a tree while it is still attached to the parent plant. Each bag contains a little damp compost held around the branch to encourage new roots to grow. This process will enable us to add new native plant…
Wray Crescent’s first dog show, September 19
We will host a small dog show with Islington Council’s dog experts on September 19, 12-3pm.
Announcing: Wray Crescent Festival, July 25
The Wray Crescent Festival returns on July 25, 2026, your free community festival in Islington North. Click here for full event details and running order.
Thank you for Big Buzz. Countdown to Wray Crescent Festival on July 25
Time to dust off your festival hats and get ready as we announce the next Wray Crescent Festival, which takes place Saturday July 25 from 12-5.
What’s On at Big Buzz Five, May 23
Please join us on May 23 for our annual event to celebrate World Bee Day in Wray Crescent Park. Expect food, entertainment, and more.
Friends group general meeting May 13
We will hold a general meeting on May 13 to elect a new committee and agree a membership structure.
April 12: Gardening and mosaic making session
Please join us this Sunday April 12 at 11:30am. We are looking for gardeners, and people who want to do more gardening, who want to get involved in preparing and building a lovely new space in Wray Crescent Park. We will follow this with a mosaic workshop during which kids will design pieces for Simi’s…
Learn how to do topiary on March 8
We wanted to let everyone know about our next special gardening workshop in Wray Crescent Park, which takes place on March 8 from 12, noon and is focused on topiary
Winter Workshop: Fruit Tree Care at Wray Crescent, Feb 28, noon
You will learn about how and when to prune the different trees, and help give them a nice bit of mulching to help them flourish this summer.
Community Bulb Planting Day in Wray Crescent Park
Working with Islington’s parks team we’ve arranged to host a bulb-planting day in Wray Crescent Park when we hope to plant hundreds of bulbs to set the park ablaze with colour next spring. We’re inviting the whole neighbourhood to come and join us in planting bulbs in the park from midday on Saturday, November 1.…