Next Seasonal Activity Day

Our next seasonal activity day is planned for Saturday December 12th 11am-2pm. All are welcome to join in the activities, including bulb planting, pond clearing, minibeast identification, compost turning.

We'll also be celebrating the success of our rainwater harvesting scheme. Come along!

Peppercorn rent

One of the most successful events of 2009 has been the campaign to persuade Southwark Council that we should not need to pay the £200 license fee. We have succeeded in persuading them that we only need to pay what is called a peppercorn rent, a nominal fee, and this has greatly cheered us all. Thanks to Southwark councillors for making this happen.

Annual general meeting

We have just had our annual general meeting. These are the people that make things happen in the reserve:
Alan Chadborn – Chair
Jane Stokes – Secretary
Juliet Kemp – Treasurer

We are greatly assisted by several people who do not hold official titles. Celia Cronin has been a loyal friend of the reserve, and latterly Ben Dewhurst and Reuben Hawkwood have done some fantastic work with volunteers which has resulted in a tidier and much more efficient layout. We have plans to do more over the next 6 months with the aim of keeping the reserve easier to manage with routine mowing and tidying up sessions.

If you would like to come along and get busy in the reserve, please do get in touch. If particular, if anyone feels they would like to help to recruit and organise volunteers, we'd love to hear from you.

We are harvesting rainwater

Alan engineered this system to use the water from the building next door.

The collected rain water going to a bucket, which was bought with the money we fundraised:

Sep 5th 2009 - Gardening and Nature Day

Friends of Galleywall Nature Reserve would like to invite you to our Gardening and Nature Day on Saturday September 5th ’09 11am – 1pm.

All Welcome! please wear old clothes.

Location: At the corner of Galleywall and Lynton Road.

Activities: Reserve Maintenance

For more information, please call or text 07943 373720 fognr@yahoo.co.uk

Jul 25th, 2009 - Gardening and Nature Day

Friends of Galleywall Nature Reserve would like to invite you to our Gardening and Nature Day on Saturday July 25th ’09 11am – 1pm.

All Welcome! please wear old clothes.

Location: At the corner of Galleywall and Lynton Road.

Activities: Reserve Maintenance

For more information, please call or text 07943 373720 fognr@yahoo.co.uk

March 2009 Planning meeting

We have regular planning meetings held at Bede Centre in Abbeyfield Road. If you are interested in getting involved come along to our next one. Dates for 2009 are as follows: Tuesday 10th March at 7 pm.

Feb - May 2009 Gardening and Nature Days

Dates in 2009 when the Galleywall Nature Reserve will be open for Gardening are:

Saturday February 7th gardening and nature day

Saturday March 7th gardening and nature day

Saturday April 4th gardening and nature day

Saturday May 9th Seasonal Activity day (11am - 2pm)

Come and join us from 11am till 1pm unless otherwise specified