Today saw the very first Forest School session at Galleywall, with eight children from Southwark Park School coming to the reserve to explore and get to know it. They'll be back for another five sessions before half term, and we're hoping to run more.
Also this Sunday is our bee-keeping talk, starting at 13:30. Open to everyone and it promises to be really interesting. Feel free to bring along some lunch and explore the reserve a little -- our new Nature Trail should be available too.
September 16, 2014
August 07, 2014
New sign installed
After many coats of varnish, one of our new signs is up.
The second (larger) one will go up once the gate has been installed.
We're open again a week on Sunday (Aug 17th) from 1:30-3:30 for our free windowbox session -- take home your own windowbox planted up with seeds.
The second (larger) one will go up once the gate has been installed.
We're open again a week on Sunday (Aug 17th) from 1:30-3:30 for our free windowbox session -- take home your own windowbox planted up with seeds.
July 22, 2014
Summer sunshine
Many thanks to the people who came to help make our new Nature Trail last Sunday! There's still some work left to do (partly because the photos didn't arrive from the printer on time, drat), but we made a good start and enjoyed some more of this lovely weather.
Here's a few photos:
Thistle
Small (but tasty!) plums on the tree by the gate.
Beautiful orange montbretia.
Here's a few photos:
Thistle
Small (but tasty!) plums on the tree by the gate.
Beautiful orange montbretia.
June 23, 2014
New signs on their way...
Our new signs have had another coat of varnish (still a couple more to go before they're weather-proof).
For the corner of Galleywall Road and Lynton Road:
For the fence by the gate:
For the corner of Galleywall Road and Lynton Road:
For the fence by the gate:
June 20, 2014
Poppies and dampers
Another lovely afternoon last Sunday at Galleywall.
Cooking dampers on the fire.
Poppies in the grass.
And a slightly poor shot of our bumblebee nest with just a single bumblebee (that fuzzy black dot just to the high left of the nestbox) on its way in.
We'll next be open on Sunday 20th July, 13:30-15:30, when we'll be making a nature trail for the reserve.
Cooking dampers on the fire.
Poppies in the grass.
And a slightly poor shot of our bumblebee nest with just a single bumblebee (that fuzzy black dot just to the high left of the nestbox) on its way in.
We'll next be open on Sunday 20th July, 13:30-15:30, when we'll be making a nature trail for the reserve.
June 03, 2014
The Big Lunch 2014
Some lovely photos from the the Big Lunch 2014 at Galleywall. We had a great turnout, and lovely weather for it.
Boiling up the kettle for a brew using our new tripod.
Pond dipping with sticks!
Picnicking in the meadow.
More pond-dipping, with the proper equipment, on the hunt for aquatic mini-beasts.
Tipping out and identifying mini-beasts. Lots of life in our pond!
Hunting other mini-beasts in the meadow.
An insect visitor. Another sign that the reserve is doing what we want: providing habitat for all sorts of insects, plants, and animals.
Boiling up the kettle for a brew using our new tripod.
Pond dipping with sticks!
Picnicking in the meadow.
More pond-dipping, with the proper equipment, on the hunt for aquatic mini-beasts.
Tipping out and identifying mini-beasts. Lots of life in our pond!
Hunting other mini-beasts in the meadow.
An insect visitor. Another sign that the reserve is doing what we want: providing habitat for all sorts of insects, plants, and animals.
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