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 …
Minutes of Meeting, June 2024
Venue: Kinveachy Gardens, SE7Date: Thursday 13 June 2024Present: (8) Christine (chair), Steve (secretary), Catherine, Alan, Mickey, Gulle, Hazel, John. Welcome : Christine welcomed a smaller gathering than recently, possibly owing to a clash with the quiz at the Bugle Horn. Apologies : (3)Vanessa, Rose, Natalie.  Minutes of AGM: Accepted. There was some confusion about the extent to …
Maryon Park Community Garden – Report for Friends of Maryon Parks: June 2024
Open Days The 2024 ‘Good to Grow’ Open Day Saturday 27th April was a success with over 80 visitors and £200 raised for the work of the Community Garden and Forest School. The next Open Day will be Sunday 30th June for the ‘Picnic in the Park’ event in Maryon Park when the Community Garden …
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AGM – Minutes of AGM 2024
Date: Thursday 25th April 2024 Venue: Nellie Raven Room, St Thomas Church, Charlton Present (15): Christine (Chair), Steve (Secretary), Natalie (Treasurer), Catherine, Gulle, Mickey, Jason, John (all committee), Hazel, Alan, Evelyn, Vanessa, Emma, Gary, Cllr Jo van den Broek Apologies (5): Ed, Jane, Jim, Andrew, Cllr Gary Dillon 1. Welcome: Christine welcomed a good attendance, …
AGM – Chair’s Annual Report – April 25th 2024Â
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. A tree was brought down in the deer pen by a storm early in the year, damaging the fence and putting the deer at risk. Dedication of Richard Gregory the …
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Maryon Park Community Garden – Report for Friends of Maryon Parks: April 2024
Gardening and Growing Plot-holders taking part in Capital Growth’s ‘Harvest-o-meter’ by weighing their produce, grew the equivalent of 448 meals during the 2023 season, 36 Kg produce, an increase on 2022. Forest School The Forest School has a full timetable with sessions for Windrush Primary School, our qualified ‘Forest School Leader’ Chevonne and the child-minders …
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Photos from the Storms (click for photos)
It was a rough winter with falling trees causing damage to the deer pen. Hopefully the new trees planted in November will go some way to replace the ones that we lost.
Friends Of Maryon Park and Maryon Wilson Park 