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…
Emergency Wray Crescent Festivals Meeting April 17
Please join an emergency meeting to discuss festivals in Wray Crescent this summer. We have the chance – and some budget – to run up to three, including the Big Buzz kid’s event, Summer Festival, and a (possible) Park Street Party in September. We’re looking for people to help organise the events, people to help on the…
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…
Announcing Big Buzz III: Return of the bees!
Hi everyone, We wanted to announce the Big Buzz Festival, which takes place on May 18, 2024. The festival celebrates World Bee Day, which takes place every year in May. We love the bees. We know how important they are to life itself. We were thrilled to win a Defra award recognizing our work on this…
Event: Pot a plant to take home
Hi everyone! We wanted to let you know that Islington’s parks team are back in Wray Crescent this weekend on Saturday, April 13 to give you free plants, part of the regular, Islington-wide Pot A Plant to Take Home series of park visits. What is Pot A Plant to Take Home? Each year, Islington’s lovely…
Public meeting March 23
We are inviting our friends, neighbours and fellow park users to attend the next public meeting of Friends of Wray Crescent. The meeting takes place on Saturday March 23 at 11am. During the meeting we will discuss Please join us to get involved and help build the park for the whole community. Please sign up…
Welcome to spring/summer in Wray Crescent
Welcome to spring in Wray Crescent! We wanted to update everyone on news and forthcoming events in Wray Crescent Park, and the introduction of a new secretary for the group. We also wanted to invite everyone to mark a date in their diaries as we will hold our next public meeting on March 23, at…
Wray Crescent Festival photos & thanks to all
Alittle later than planned, we wanted to share some images of the day, ask for some ideas, and invite people to get involved if we decide to put together another event like that.
Join us for Wray Crescent Festival July 29
We are thrilled to announce the very first Love Parks Summer Festival in Wray Crescent Park runs noon-5pm on July 29.
Help write a song for Wray Crescent
Come and help write a completely original song for Wray Crescent to be performed at the festival on July 29.