Wassail – celebrate our fruit trees 18/1/25 2-4pm.
Everyone welcome and suitable for all ages.Did you know that the Wild Cat Wilderness is classified as a veteran orchard because of our many old trees, plus we planted a new orchard?

Our first community event of 2025 will be a wassail which is an ancient custom of visiting orchards and reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. There will be instrument making, music and singing and a procession to visit our old and new apple trees. The Rushey Green Timebank choir will be singing and encouraging you to join in some traditional wassail songs. This will be followed by storytelling and mulled cider and apple juice around the campfire. Please bring any instruments.
All welcome but booking essential. Donation for drinks so please bring cash. Entry from 1.30, last entry 2pm sorry no latecomers.

RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch 10.30-1pm. Last entry 11.30
Join us at the Wilderness to record what birds we have on site. All welcome.
Learn about birds and help make some bird feeders. We have a limited number of binoculars available to use but if you have your own please bring them. Vegetarian campfire stew available so please bring cash. Please book a place for everyone attending inc adults and children.

We have three wreath making events this year on the mornings of the 6th, 8th or 13th December – just make a donation to our Woodland for Wellbeing project

Make a wild Christmas wreath or table decoration for the festive period using natural materials from our community green space. This workshop is suitable for adults and children and will take place in our kitchen or classroom depending on numbers (these are covered spaces but open to the elements so wrap up warm). We will provide the materials and you can hunt around the site for things to add to your creation. This is a fundraiser for our Woodland for Wellbeing project launching next year which will help recovery from mental health problems, so please be generous. The suggested donation is £15-£20 per wreath but if you can’t afford this then please pay what you can afford or get in touch for a free place wcw@rgtb.org.uk. Please note this is for a two hour drop in session and you will need at least an hour to make your wreath. If you want to make more than one wreath then please book another space. You are welcome to bring someone with you to help and children can play in our safe space.

Hot drinks and our homemade chutneys for Christmas will be available to buy on the day so please bring cash/ loose change.

Booking via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wreath-making-2803219

We need your feedback so please fill in our survey. As a local charity this will help us plan for the future and provide feedback to our funders – The National Lottery Community Fund. Your answers will help us understand the benefits people experience from coming to the Wild Cat Wilderness so we can help more people to take part in future and make it a better place for you. Take part here and you could win a hamper of Wild Cat Wilderness goodies. Thank you

Thank you for celebrating our 10th birthday with us at the weekend. Whether you joined in the adult wild workshops on the Saturday or enjoyed our festival on the Sunday – thanks for coming.

We had 480 people join us for the festival – the most we have ever had visit in one day! We also raised £850 from the generous donations, raffle, sale of drinks and food and our homemade jams – all of which sold out.

We would like to thank the local companies that supported our raffle with some fabulous prizes including:
including Amrutha Lounge, Perry Hill Pub, Van Dough, Mud Club, Tubemapper – London Photography and Soma Space

Its festival time – Sunday 15^th September 11am-4pm

We are having a party and you are invited. This September the Wild Cat Wilderness is 10 years old so we are celebrating our community green space with a festival on Sunday 15^th and have x10 adult Wild workshops on Saturday 14^tW

10^th birthday festival
Join us for a fun day out with workshops, activities, refreshments and things to buy. All welcome. We are asking everyone to make a minimum donation of £1 per person/ child (or pay what you afford) to help raise funds for our charity project. Please bring cash for entry. Assistance dogs only.

Includes:

Music – African drumming and the Timebank Choir
Nature trail – across the site
Forest school activities and music with the Mud Club
Apple pressing and juicing
Creative and art activities in the orchard
Make a hop wreath
Visit our garden and learn about organic growing
Refreshments – food and drink on sale
Buy our homemade jams and chutneys
Face painting

Workshops on the 14^th include – Wildlife gardening and growing in a changing climate, Hatha Yoga, Natural Dyeing, Whittling/ green woodworking, Nature photography, A summer forage, Cyanotype workshop, Reiki tasters sessions, Seasonal pickling/ preserving. Book via our Eventbrite page

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-workshops-3581759

Saturday 14^th September 10-4.30pm

10 nature based workshops for adults/ young people aged 16+ to celebrate 10 years of the Wild Cat Wilderness, community greenspace in Catford

All workshops have a suggested minimum donation to cover costs and help fundraise for our charity project or pay what you can afford.

Including – Wildlife gardening and growing in a changing climate, Hatha Yoga, Natural Dyeing, Whittling/ green woodworking, Nature photography, A summer forage, Cynotype workshop, Reiki tasters sessions, Seasonal pickling/ preserving

Book via our Eventbrite page – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-workshops-3581759

Wild Explorers

Join us for a summer of fun outdoors.

Wild Explorers with 15 events over the summer with activities including: campfire cooking, minibeast hunt, fruit picking, meet the bees, den building, whittling, creative activities and lots more.

As a charity we welcome everyone to our wild community space (sorry no dogs aside assistance animals). All activities are free but some have a small fee to cover costs but donations towards our charity really welcome and there will be a cash collection tin on the day or you can make a donation to our charity here https://localgiving.org/fundraising/wildcatwilderness Join in with your child/ren and meet other local people and families.

To book go to the What’s On page of the website and use the drop down menu to book places. Please book for all adults and children coming.

July

Sunday 14^th July 10-1. Last entry 12 Minibeast morning with Kyra

Sunday 28^th 10-1 July Last entry 12 Den building, balancing and tree climbing with Angela

Weds 31^st July 10.30- 1 July Last entry 11 Meet the bees with Maria

August

Thursday 1^st 1-3pm August. Last entry 2pm Fruit picking

Friday 2^nd 10-1. Last entry 12 Weaving – make a wand, dream catcher, weave a stick…

Monday 5^th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Nature Art with Kyra

Weds 7^th August 10.30-1.30. Entry between 10-10.30 only. Last entry 10.30 Campfire pizzas with Maria

Saturday 10^th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Stick fun with Angela

Tuesday 13^th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Leaf printing and bark rubbing with Angela

Saturday 17^th August 10-1. Last entry 12 Making bubbles with Angela

Tuesday 20^th 10.30-1.30. Last entry 11am Wild cooking and pickle making with Maria

Thursday 22^nd 10-1. Last entry 11am Whittling with Maria

Friday 23^rd 1.30-3.30. Last entry 2pm Clay creatures with Maria

Sunday 25th 10-1. Last entry 12 Stories and adventures with Kyra

Wednesday 28^th 10-1. Last entry 12 Campfire cooking and creative activities with Ellie and Emily

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