A tree branch falls in Wray
Sadly a tree branch fell today — or almost fell. It is currently hanging by a sliver of bark which makes it dangerous. So, please avoid the taped off area! Here’s a short image gallery.
Friends of Wray: AGM October 19
Hello everyone! We are pleased to announce our next AGM. It has already been around a year. The AGM takes place on October 19 at 11am at 12 Pine Grove N4. The agenda for the meeting at present looks like this: Report on our first year’s work and voting in the committee. A chat about…
Please help Sunnyside Community Gardens recover from damage
Many of you may know Sunnyside Community Gardens (Facebook link) just up Hornsey Rise. Sadly, their garden was vandalised a couple of weeks ago, and they’ve appealed for help. This is what happened, according to the Islington Gazette: Sunnyside Community Gardens in Sunnyside Road was so smashed up it looked like a “hurricane had hit”,…
Announcement: Corbyn Street Party July 14
Greetings everyone! We wanted to let you know two things: 1. We’ll be running our regular Saturday Kitchen Garden workshop at 11am this Saturday, and every Saturday in July — please join us!! 2. The super, brilliant Corbyn Street Party is back again this year on Sunday July 14. This is always a great event…
Photos from the Kitchen Garden launch party
A blustery Saturday afternoon became a sunny one for the official opening of the ‘Yvonne Conolly Garden’, Wray Crescent’s community kitchen garden project. What happened on the day? We saw three speeches, a bake sale, a barbecue and a chance to do a little gardening. We enjoyed a hilarious sausage catching competition for dogs and…
Planting the seeds: Workshop #1
Hello, The first seeds are planted! 26 people during the day worked together to plant the seeds in the new raised beds. We’ll be getting together again in a few weeks to plant some seedlings — though we’ll be watering our plants regularly until then! So pleased to hear so many positive responses from around…
Community Kitchen Garden Update!
After months of planning and some seriously hard work put in by our members, the Community Kitchen Garden and Tiered Wildflower and Herb beds are installed!! We moved the Earth! Well, to be fair, our fantastic community of volunteers managed to move 17 tons of earth into the plant beds in just over four hours!…
Wray Crescent Kitchen Garden. Funding achieved
Hello, we are proud to be able to announce that we have secured funding for the kitchen garden project in Wray Crescent from the Mayor’s Green Fund.
Hopeful shoots – and a Feb 9 meeting
Spring’s slowly on the way, so here’s an early warning that the next meting will take place on February 9
Cold weather action
Lots of people have mentioned that when it gets cold they sometimes see vulnerable people sleeping rough and wonder what they can do to help them. Islington Council recently published a report on what it is doing about the complex problem of homelessness. The report contains quite valuable information that should be useful to anyone…