Tag: Wray Crescent

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

An Important (Little) Success for the Park

You may have completely missed it as you walk through the park, but a small and significant success is taking place in Wray Crescent Park… We have a Snakes-head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris)! It’s a success because this small, fragile, yet beautiful little plant is classified as ‘Vulnerable’ on the Vascular Plant Red Data List for the…

By Editor 2025-04-10 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