Category: Events

Park events and Friends group meetings

Celebrate Bees at the Big Buzz party, May 24

We’ll be holding our annual Big Buzz event celebrating World Bee Day on May 24 – that’s this coming Saturday. The party begins at 12 noon and ends at 4pm. What to expect The big attraction is a kid’s magic show at 2:30pm, with Nutty Magic Ravioli. His shows are great fun and very lively from…

By Editor 2025-05-17 0

Free ‘Grow Veg’ workshops for kids

In homage to the life’s work of the community garden’s inspiration, local resident and teacher, Yvonne Conolly OBE, the Friends of Wray Crescent is proud to announce the Children’s ‘Grow Veg’ Workshop, a series of summer educational workshops for young people aged six to twelve years of age, starting May 10. What the workshops will teach The…

By Editor 2025-04-23 Off

Orchard advice to download right here

Thanks to the Orchard Project we now have three short guides to share with anyone who wants to take better care of their fruit trees. The guides explain good practise when pruning young trees, what to think about when planting new trees (and what to do to help them settle in), with a useful seasonal…

By Editor 2024-09-24 Off

A new acting secretary

With regret, Hettie has this weekend stepped down as secretary of FoWCoS. I think we all want to thank her for all her efforts and look forward to continuing to work with her in future. Thank you Hettie, your genuine sincerity and care mean so much and I’m so glad you will keep doing things…

By Editor 2024-09-16 Off

Announcing the Wray Crescent Festival, July 27

We’re thrilled to announce the second Wray Crescent Festival will take place on Saturday, July 27 in Wray Crescent park. The festival, supported by Islington’s parks team, is completely free to attend and will run from 12-5. And in the run up to the event you can join our free yoga and tai-chi sessions in…

By Editor 2024-07-07 Off