We are hosting this annual lunch at the Wilderness on Sunday 7th June 12-4pm
Just bring some food to share – salads, nibbles, tarts, pies, cakes etc
We will be cooking some food on the open fire
Plus games and activities for everyone
Lunch from 12.30pm so come anytime and stay as long as you like.
All welcome. Let us know you are coming by booking on our events page.
We have been shortlisted for the Aviva Community Fund to support the younger generation.
We want to run nature based creative activities for Lewisham’s young people in at The Wild Cat Wilderness.
If we win we will run free creative, nature-based workshops for young people in Lewisham during the 2015 summer holidays. At the Wild Cat Wilderness we can combine art with the great outdoors. Vote for us if you love – art, nature, being outside and Lewisham.
Click the link below to register and vote for us.
https://community-fund.aviva.co.uk/voting/Project/View/973
The aim of the activities is for young people to be naturally creative in this urban wilderness. They will play, learn and create whilst being outdoors and connect to the local natural world. They will discover an urban wilderness and learn about nature and wildlife, whilst being creative using natural and recycled materials and gain an understanding of the importance of conservation & the environment.
We will run 20 half-day creative workshops during August for young people aged 4-18 targeting different age groups and abilities. We aim to have 10 participants per workshop so we will reach 200 local children. The workshops will also allow parents, family members, guardians & carers to come & enjoy the space whilst the sessions are happening.
Watch the video above where Olive and Honour explain about the last willow weaving session they took part in and what it’s all about.
Click the link below to register and vote for us.
As part of the Big Dig, we have dug a hole and put a bath in it. This may not sound very sensible, but it is in fact the modern way to create ponds.
We had a fab day building a few benches and tables
We have planted over 200 willows along the fence by the sports ground called a fedge and dug a path from the gate to the wilderness.
A path has now been laid down from the entrance of the allotment to the entrance of the wilderness, as agreed with the allotment tenants.
We have had a compost toilet installed. It has two containers underneath it, for obvious reasons, and you can pour wood chippings instead of flushing to reduce odour. For some technical reason you have to sit on it, and personally, I found the bushes slightly easier, but women may disagree, and at least it is more civilised.
