FRIENDS OF MARYON AND MARYON WILSON PARKS AGM Minutes of AGM 2025 Date: Thursday 3rd April 2025 Venue: St Thomas Church, Charlton Present (17): Christine Anthony (Chair), Steve Tongue (Secretary), Natalie Zarb (Treasurer), Catherine, Gulle, Mickey, John (all committee), Hazel, Emma, Gary, Elen, Glenda, Anthony, Matthieu, Alice, Tina, Cllr Jo van den Broek. Apologies (4): …
Chair’s Report 24/25
AGM, April 25th 2025 Once again, our parks have continued to provide a vital service to the local and wider community but have also been hit by the weather. The Red Chestnut in the deer pen was brought down by a storm early in the year - luckily it was so rotten that it caused …
Maryon Park Community Garden Report
Maryon Park Community Garden Maryon Park Community Garden: Chair’s Report for the Friends of the Park 2024/2025 Gardening and Growing Plot-holders taking part in Capital Growth’s ‘Harvest-o-meter’ by weighing their produce, grew the equivalent of 295 meals during the 2024 season, 23 Kg produce. Forest School Windrush Primary School have four sessions Monday to Thursday. …
Minutes of Meeting, February 2025
Venue: St Thomas Church Hall Date: Thursday 20 February 2025 Present (25): Christine (chair), Steve (secretary), Catherine, Gulle, John, Jason (all committee); Vanessa, Matthieu, Jane, Trevor, Iris, Elen, Jose, David, Tina, Anthony, Susan, Glenda, Carol, Hazel, Julie, Emma, Gary, Jim, Owen 1. Welcome: Christine welcomed our largest gathering since January 2011. 2. Apologies: (4): Natalie …
Maryon Park Community Garden
Report for Friends of Maryon Parks: February 2025 Gardening and GrowingAfter the Christmas and New Year break volunteers have been planting bulbs and plot-holders sowing seeds. Kalvis, the Community Garden gardener, has started to introduce more colour and flowers in the Community Garden. Plot-holdersCatherine and Ruth Tongue have joined the Community Garden as plot-holders. Forest …
Animal Park Saved From Closure … Again
Thanks to a huge effort by the local community, Greenwich Council has agreed to continue running the Animal Park in Maryon Wilson Park. Financial cuts threatened the closure of the much loved part of the park, which houses almost 100 animals. Nearly all would have had to be rehoused. But pressure from SOAP  - Save Our Animal …
Drinking fountain in Maryon Park
Finished in November! New drinking fountain in Maryon Park. Humans at the front, dogs at the rear!
Maryon Park Community Garden – Report for Friends of Maryon Parks: November 2024
Gardening and Growing It is the time of year for winter planting with garlic and winter salad popular with plot-holders. Those taking part in Capital Growth’s ‘Harvest-o-meter’ by weighing their produce, have grown the equivalent of 295 meals so far this year, 23.6 Kg of produce. Forest School Windrush Primary School have booked morning session …
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Minutes of Meeting, November 2024
Venue: Kinveachy Gardens, SE7 Date: Thursday 17 November 2024 Present: (8+3) Christine (chair), Steve (secretary), Natalie (treasurer), Catherine, Mickey, Gulle, Hazel, John. Plus SNT members Matt, Lydia and Anna. 1. Welcome: Christine welcomed our three special guests from the Safer Neighbourhood Team serving the Charlton Village and Riverside ward, which covers Maryon Wilson Park, Maryon …
Minutes of Meeting, September 2024
Venue: Kinveachy Gardens, SE7 Date: Thursday 19 September 2024 Present: (8) Christine (chair), Steve (secretary), Natalie (treasurer), Catherine, Alan, Mickey, Gulle, Vanessa. 1. Welcome: Christine welcomed a smaller gathering than recently. 2. Apologies: None 3. Minutes of previous meeting (June): Accepted. 4. Parks updates: a) The Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting jointly with Friends of Charlton Park was held at the end of July. The main points were that …
