Ye who have a spark in your veins of cockney spirit, smile or mourn acccording as you take things well or ill;— Bold Britons, we are now on Shooter's Hill!
Madeleine from the Friends of Eaglesfield Park wrote with the latest news about the pond, and about a Pond Dipping event this Sunday, from 10am to 12.00 Noon. This will be combined with the first weeding and tidying session of 2013 for the wild flower garden around the pond. Madeleine wrote: Finally Spring (and the …
Eaglesfield Park Lilly Pond is looking good at the moment; the lilies are now well established, with a number of flowers forming, and the wild flower meadow is showing the benefit of its last tidy-up in August. The next Friends of Eaglesfield Park monthly meeting at the Lilly Pond will be on Sunday 3oth September …
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The Friends of Eaglesfield Park are holding the second of their monthly meetings at the Lilly Pond on Sunday 26th August from 11.00am to 1.00pm. They are looking for help with the maintenance of the pond and its surrounding wild flower meadow, and there is an opportunity to do some pond dipping. Madeleine from the Friends …
This summer’s record-breaking rainfall has had at least one benefit – The Eaglesfield Park Lilly Pond is thriving. The wild flower meadow around the pond, planted by volunteers earlier in the year, has grown tall and the Lilly plants in the pond seem to be well established, though no sign of flowers (yet). The Friends …
The Eaglesfield Park Summer Festival will go ahead on Friday whatever the weather, an e-mail from the Friends has told me, and they have hired marquees for shelter and children’s workshops. The weather forecast is for “Light Rain Showers” through the afternoon, according to the BBC web site, so the Friends are wise to prepare …
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Eaglesfield Park has two events coming up; the official opening of the restored Lilly Pond on the 15th June and the fifth annual Community Fête, on the 16th. The Friends of Eaglesfield Park have organised a Summer Festival celebration and official opening of the restored Lilly Pond on Friday 15th June; this is the successful culmination, …
There was an excellent turnout of gardeners to help plant a wildflower meadow at Eaglesfield Park Lilly Pond; there must have been between more than 20 people (of all ages) at different times. The gardeners, led by the Friends of Eagesfield Park, transformed the area round the pond, clearing, raking and preparing the ground and …
The Friends of Eaglesfield Park are looking for help to create a wild flower meadow around the new pond in Eaglesfield Park on Sunday 25th March from 10.00 to 12.00. As their poster, pictured above, says: all are welcome. This is the latest stage in the Friends’ refurbishment of the Lilly Pond which started last …
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The latest Friends of Shrewsbury Park events e-mail was forwarded to me – details below and also on the Friends’ Information and Events page: ACTIVITIES Where to meet 19thFeb 12 1.30 – 2.30pm Cut back brambles through old allotments. Bring stout gloves and loppers Junction of Green Chain Walk and Dothill 25thMarch …
I hear that Greenwich Council have decided not to proceed with creating the Trim Trail that was proposed for Eaglesfield Park following the consultation. Nearly 90% of members of the Friends of Eaglesfield Park who voted were opposed to the outdoor gym. Personally I think this is good news – my observation of such outdoor …