Fulfil your New Year resolutions by helping nature, wildlife and the local community by volunteering with us. Get outdoors and help improve your mental and physical health. Starts Thursday 6th Jan and then every Thursday afternoon and Friday morning the week after. Sign up on the whats on page.
‘Everyone can grow food (even without a garden) and for free’
Find out how to grow food in very small spaces, indoors in pots and growing for free. For Lewisham families including a vegan campfire soup. Book via the whats on page of our website. A big thanks to Lewisham Local and 4in10 London’s Child Poverty Network who awarded us one of six small grants for projects in Lewisham to run food growing workshops during October half term for families on a low-income to mark #ldnchallengepoverty . For details of the projects offering sessions click
Mud Club – Woodwork Skills– Saturday morning drop off Forest School
A fortnightly outdoor woodwork session for 4-10 year olds. Every other Saturday 9.30am to 1.30pm
Cost £25 run by Sue Dickson and Ellie Weldman. Sue is forest school trained and Ellie is a Designer. Their combined creative minds make for a really unique outdoor woodwork and craft session!
Please note that this is a drop off session so adults do not need to attend. We also have a number of free places available to local families on low income – for more info including how to book see the events page. Limited places available.
Urban Harvest Festival – Open day – Sunday 19th September 11am-4pm
Join us for a fun day out with workshops, activities, refreshments, things to buy. All welcome. We are asking everyone to make a minimum donation of £1 per person/ child or pay what you can to help raise funds for our new ‘Woodland for Wellbeing’ project.
Next year we will run our popular Chilli Festival but this year our urban harvest festival returns to celebrate everything we have grown and is a fundraiser for our wonderful charity project so please bring cash.
We have a limited amount of food and drink so do feel free to bring your own – but please take all your rubbish home with you. Sorry no dogs apart from assistance dogs.
Includes
Unveiling of wild wonder wall, community art project at 12
A children’s nature trail around the Wilderness
Apple pressing and juicing
Creative/ art activities – leaf printing and make pom moms
Make a hop wreath
Visit our garden and learn about organic growing
Refreshments – food and drink on sale
Buy our wilderness jams, chutneys and preserves
If you would like to volunteer on the day please contact Maria wcw@rgtb.org.uk
Join us this summer for all things wild. We have events and activities for all ages including volunteering, forest school sessions, cooking, learning about nature, arts and crafts and fruit picking. Visit the whats on page (there are several pages) and book your places.
Forest School – wool and stick crafts
Join Anna for a fortnightly forest school for children aged 4-11 10am-3pm
Morning entry from 10- 11 only, afternoon entry from 1-2 only. Latecomers will not be admitted. All children should be accompanied by an adult with up to x5 children per adult.
This week we will be making things from world and sticks, plus exploring, tree climbing and other fun nature activities. If you come for the morning you are welcome to stay and bring a packed lunch.
All welcome, we are a charity and entry is free but if you can afford to give a small donation towards our work then cash donations welcome on the day.
Please bring a phone to ring for entry. Wear outdoor clothes and a good pair of trainers or boots. waterproofs in case it rains.
Book via the whats on page and select the number of children’s places.
As places are limited if you book and then can’t come please let us know well in advance by emailing wcw@rgtb.org.uk so that someone can book your space/s. Thanks.
Saturday 29th May 10am-2pm
Entry every half an hour to allow for social distancing so at 10, 10.30, 11, 11.30, 12, 12.30, 1, 1.30 (1.30pm last entry).
Please queue by the allotment gate and we will let people in every half an hour.
Please make sure you have a bag to carry your plants home and some money preferably small change as we won’t be giving change back or you can pay by credit card. All our veg plants are grown using Garden Organic’s Organic Guidelines from seed and we use organic, peat free compost and recycled pots. We have herbs, tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, pumpkins and squash, strawberries and fruit bushes, dye plants and a whole host more of things for your kitchen garden, window ledge or indoor pot. Prices between £2-4. Plus nettle fertiliser and free gardening advice from the growers.
We will also be selling our homemade jams and chutneys using fruit and veg from the garden.
All money will support our charity project and provide resources and educational equipment for the garden and site overall.
