Next Meeting, Thursday 5 December 2024, 7pm

The Ladywell Fields User Group (or the 'Friends Group') will meet at 7.00pm on Thursday 5 December in the Community Hub meeting space, Church Grove, Ladywell.

We will discuss our successful Tree Council bid and the volunteering sessions required to plant new saplings in the north field.  It has also been confirmation that a Glendale representative will attend.

Do come along and help us ensure a wide range of park user views are heard.  

The meeting space is at the far end of Church Grove.  Follow to the path between the old and new buildings, the entrance is at the back.  There is no car parking available at the venue.  

Unfortunately, we have been notified that Lucy Houliston is not available for her planned presentation on urban orchards and insect conservation.  We will be inviting her to our next meeting instead.  

Orchard volunteering session, Saturday 16 November 2024, 10.30am

There will be another volunteer session at the community orchard on Saturday 16th November, starting at 10.30am. We have some trees to plant, including an Ashmead's Kernel apple tree to complete the new row that we started planting last year. It would also be good to resolve any rubbing from stakes and guards on the other trees as we enter the dormant season.

Join us in the orchard at the south end of Ladywell Fields, near the Bournville Road entrance. Under 16s only with close supervision. Boots and old clothes are recommended as it will probably be muddy. Please bring your own gloves if you have them, but some will also be available to borrow.

Please email ladywellfields@yahoo.co.uk if interested, so we can gauge numbers and let you know if we have to postpone due to wet weather.  

Next Meeting and AGM, Wed 11 Sept 2024, 7pm

Just a quick reminder that the Ladywell Fields User Group (a.k.a. 'the 'Friends Group') will meet at 7.00pm on Wednesday 11 September in the Community Hub meeting space.  (Follow the path along the brick wall at the end of Church Grove, Ladywell, to the outbuilding with the slanted roof). 

At the start of the meeting we will complete Annual General Meeting (AGM) business - i.e. election of committee officers, re-adoption of the Constitution and receipt of the Chair's annual report.

If you'd be interested in serving on the LFUG committee during 2024/25, please email your interest to ladywellfields@yahoo.co.uk

Please come along and help us ensure a wide range of park user views are heard!

Orchard volunteering session, Saturday 7 September 2024, 10.30am

There will be another volunteer session at the community orchard on Saturday 7 September, starting at 10.30am. This time we shall be working alongside Nature's Gym who are holding a session in Iona orchard. We will check trees for broken branches, look for pests and diseases, resolve any rubbing from stakes and guards, and cut comfrey. There may even still be some fruit to harvest, although it is disappearing fast!

Join us in the orchard which is at the south end of Ladywell Fields, near the Bournville Road entrance. Under 16s only with close supervision. Boots and old clothes are recommended as the grass is currently long. I have asked for it to be mown before our session, but this may or may not happen. Bring your own gloves, and secateurs if you have them, but some will also be available to borrow.

Please email ladywellfields@yahoo.co.uk if interested, so we can gauge numbers and let you know if we have to postpone due to wet weather.  

Park User Group 'walkabout' meeting, Tuesday 25 June 2024, 6pm

Rain forced us to call off the meeting on 13 June, so we've rearranged it for Tuesday 25 June at the earlier time of 6.00pm (finishing at 7.45pm to accommodate the England footie fans amongst us).

Meet at the cafe in the north field (the Ladywell end) at 5.55pm.  We'll stroll south to the Catford end of the Park and then back, stopping as necessary to flag maintenance issues and things that might be done to improve the Park.

See you there!