2016 Planning Meeting

All is quiet down at Galleywall Nature Reserve at the moment -- but

we're starting to think about events and activities to offer during

2016.

If you would like to help out, if you have any ideas, or if you're just

interested in finding out what's happening, please come along to City

Hope Church (121 Drummond Road, SE16 2JY) at 7 PM on Tuesday 19th

January. All are welcome! 

If you would like to help out but can't make that date, please do email

us or get in touch on Facebook or Twitter. 

Happy New Year!

Christine's daughter's birthday party!

Christine's daughter's birthday party!

Autumn Celebration

The rain held off last Sunday afternoon at Galleywall, though we had the awning and a gazebo up just in case! We got the kettle on, and Christine and Juliet brought cake and biscuits, as well as some marshmallows to
toast on the fire. 

It's definitely autumn now with leaves falling, and the rain does mean that the pond is filling up again after getting quite low during the dry summer. Hopefully all the frogs have found somewhere safe to see out the
winter and will return to lay frogspawn in the spring! 

The reserve won't be open in December or January, but our AGM is likely to be on the 19th January. All are welcome to attend in order to contribute ideas and energy for running the reserve. We're particularly looking for someone interested in permaculture, and individuals to plan our spring/summer 2016 events. Please do get in touch if you are interested.

Sun 15th Nov: Autumn Celebration!

After a fantastic fungi and foraging tour last month, join us again at Galleywall this coming Sunday (15th November) between 2 and 4pm for an Autumn Celebration. We'll have tea and cakes; as ever you can try out our Nature Trail and do some pond-dipping; and we'll do a bit of tidying up around the reserve as winter approaches.

The reserve won't be open in December and January, so this is your last chance for this year to come and enjoy our little bit of urban greenery. The weather is predicted to be mild so do come and join us.

Fungi and Foraging, Sunday 11th October

Fungi and foraging expert Roland Neal will be leading a tour round the nature reserve next weekend, at 2pm on Sunday 11th October. Come round to find out about the edible plants and fungi we can find in our little patch of urban greenery -- and the ones that you can't eat!

If you look carefully (they're very small...) you might also see some of this year's baby frogs still hanging out in the dark damp patches near the pond.

And as ever we'll get the kettle on the hearth for tea.

See you there, 2pm onwards, next Sunday!

Pop-Up Parks and Forest School this Sunday

Two events coming up at Galleywall this Sunday (26th July)!

Pop-Up Parks will be visiting between 10am and 4pm, bringing their fabulous play equipment and huge enthusiasm with them. It's absolutely free, so bring your kids along to try it all out.

Jenny will also be running another Forest School taster session between 2pm and 4pm, also absolutely free, and aimed at children aged between 2 and 12. Expect to investigate our mini-beasts (hopefully we'll get to see how the tadpoles are doing), explore the reserve, and cook some marshmallows over the fire!

As ever adults are also very welcome just to come and enjoy the space (and perhaps cook the odd marshmallow too), any time between 10am and 4pm. Hope to see you there!