Workshop Nov. 21 CANCELLED due to enhanced COVID risk
Hi everyone, We’re so sad to have to cancel the second socially distanced workshop in the Kitchen Garden this weekend, but we think it is for the best. Following extensive consultation with Islington Council today it was decided to cancel the session due to the enhanced COVID-19 risk in the area at the moment. It…
Happy Halloween from Wray!
Bita and Pepe have got into the Halloween spirit in Wray Crescent this year — so feel free to visit them in the Kitchen Garden!
What we’ve been doing, Newsletter, Working parties in November
We’ve published the latest edition of our irregular newsletter. If you’re already on our mailing list you should expect to receive it by email, but we’ve made it available here. Here are some of the highlights: Working parties November 14 and November 21, starting at noon. Green Flag Award for Wray Crescent Park Yvonne Conelly wins…
Wray Crescent park has won a Green Flag Award
We’re really pleased to share that Wray Crescent park has won the Green Flag Award. The award is an international standard that recognises parks and green spaces for: Ensuring everyone has access to quality green and other spaces, wherever they live. Working to make sure they are appropriately managed and meet the needs of the…
Our congratulations to Yvonne Conolly
We are so pleased to share the news that our very own Yvonne Conolly has been honoured with an important UK education award presented by Prince Charles. As reported in the Evening Standard, the Prince said: “Her place as a pioneer of the Windrush generation must be cherished by us all. I cannot begin to imagine the…
Join our socially-distanced working group on September 12
We are inviting people to join us in a socially-distanced workshop session in the park on September 12. We plan to work in the woodland copse to make good some of the damage done there over summer, distribute topsoil into the beds, move saplings and mend the wood chip path in time for the autumn…
We have apples in the orchard
It’s only a small reason for cheer, but we thought we’d share it as cheer is in short supply these days. Wray Crescent also has its very own (and small) orchard on the hill beside the kids area and opposite the community garden. Apple and friends You’ll find plum, apple and pear trees there, though…
We’ve been growing food for the food bank
A lot of people have asked us what we are doing with the crops we grow in the Yvonne Conolly kitchen garden, so we thought we should tell everyone: When we harvest what we grow we are donating it to the food bank at Brickworks Community Centre in Crouch Hill. We know we are not growing…
Wray Crescent Playground reopens by July 11, Islington Council confirms
Playgrounds in Islington will start to reopen on Thursday, 9 July, as the borough continues to get back up-and-running following the covid-19 lockdown. All 187 of Islington’s playgrounds will soon reopen, with all those in parks — including Wray Crescent — set to open again by Saturday, 11 July. The reopening of playgrounds in estates…
Poll: Should we install hedging around the garden?
Hello everyone, We hope you are faring well through this difficult time. We’ve noticed some damage to the garden area from irresponsible dog owners and people leaving litter. This is only a tiny minority of the hundreds people who regularly visit the park, but it does impact the project. As a response, some of our…