What are your wishes for Wray Crescent Park?
We are asking local people (defined approximately as the N7/N4 areas) to share their wishes for the future of Wray Crescent Park. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to our lives and means the entire community has been sharing our precious park, sometimes for the first time. The picture above is a typical illustration…
Quiz: Help us spot all 17(+) bird species in Wray Crescent
We think we have identified at least 17 species of bird that live around Wray Crescent Open Space — plus the amazing bats who you sometimes see at night! Have you seen these (or other) birds? We’ve been watching them to try to put together a list of species we are seeing here, and we’d…
Wray Crescent Licensing put on hold
After a meeting at the council building last week, Islington Council agreed to withdraw its licensing application for the park pending further consultation with park users. Council officers took pains to explain they had no intention of doing anything other than making it easier for community events to take place, but agreed they needed to…
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…
Kitchen Garden, official launch event: June 8, 1pm
We are proud to announce the official launch party for the kitchen garden project takes place on June 8 at 1pm. The special fund-raising event will feature a yummy cake bake sale, barbecue and special surprises. We’ll explain more about the project, give everyone a chance to get together, and hear from people who support…
April 27: The first kitchen garden workshop
We are thrilled to announce that the first kitchen garden workshop will take place at 11am on April 27. During the workshop we will: Learn about crop planting and cultivation Find out which plants grow well together and which don’t Put protection in place to prevent foxes digging things up. The session will be free,…
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!…
Islington In Bloom Launch March 30
Islington In-Bloom launch events are taking place in three parks across Islington Saturday March 30 from 11am – 3.00pm.
The trees are alive!
We were most surprised this morning to find that the trees have decorated themselves for the season – or one has. Wray Crescent has its own seasonal tree. How lovely 🙂