Tolly Talks: Foraging in urban spaces
We’re delighted to host urban forager, Anita, who will guide us through Wray Crescent to explain the kind of things that are good to eat and to use that we find all around us in urban spaces. The talk begins at 2pm on August 20. What is foraging in urban spaces? Anita is bringing food…
Announcement: Meet your local council candidates at Tolly Talks
We would like to announce the first Tolly Talks event, presented by the Friends of Wray Crescent, on June 25 at 7pm on Zoom. We have invited all four of the candidates standing for election in the Tollington Ward by election to join us at this event. At time of writing, all four have agreed…
Tolly Talk: Join us for ‘Tales from the Trees’, 2pm June 16
Coming up really soon, please join us for the next event in our Tolly Talks sessions. This talk is all about the trees, featuring noted plant and tree expert and author, Bob Gilbert. He will take us on a walk through the park and tell us about all the trees the park contains. The talk takes place…
Tolly Talk for Big Green Week, October 1, 2pm
You are warmly invited to our next Tolly Talk to celebrate Great Big Green Week with Rachael Halliday on Saturday October 1 at 2pm
Photos from the Tolly Talk
We had a really great time hosting the Tolly Talk around the park. We think people were really interested to learn about the topic and our speaker, Anita, showed us so many things we did not know and had prepared some amazing things to eat using ingredients she had foraged for. The Tolly Talk began…
Thanks for coming to Big Buzz 2023
During the first Big Buzz event to celebrate Bee Day we estimate over 200 local residents and kids showed up for fun in the sun.
Our AGM takes place February 10
Friends of Wray Crescent will hold our Annual General Meeting on Friday February 10, 2023, at 6pm.
Who we are and what we do
We are the Friends of Wray Crescent Open Space, local volunteers who work together to improve our local park. Our constitution says we, “Help manage and generally look after the park in a manner which enhances its value to the community.” We are all volunteers who share a community vision for what our park can…
What we learned about the trees of Wray Crescent
We wanted to report back on some of the fascinating things we learned about some of the trees of Wray Crescent during a brilliant hour-long walk through the park with tree expert and author, Bob Gilbert. He told us so many things – what follows are just four of the amazing things we learned. What we…
Sign the petition for a better plan for our park
We are announcing two petitions in which we ask Islington to walk back on its current plans, engage in a credible survey of local need and deliver a more imaginative project that helps meet the complex needs of Tollington ward. The first petition is at Change.org. Please sign this now. We also have a petition…