Orchard volunteering session, Saturday 29 March 2025

On Saturday 29 March there will be another volunteer session in the community orchard and, if we have sufficient numbers, in Iona Orchard (nature reserve) close by also.

Please 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 contact ladywellfields@yahoo.co.uk if you'd like to take part. This helps us gauge numbers and/or let you know should we have to postpone due to wet weather.

Next Meeting, Wednesday 26 March 2025, 7pm

The next Ladywell Fields User Group meeting will be held at 7.00pm on Weds 26 March.

• We'll hear from Lucy Houliston of Royal Holloway, University of London, about her research work on Urban Orchards and Insect Conservation.
• We'll have a discussion with Lewisham Parks Manager, Peter Maynard, about the park user survey to be launched this summer, a piece of work which will help steer and support developments in Ladywell Fields over the coming years.
• We'll pick up on any key park maintenance issues and past and future volunteering sessions.

The meeting is held at the Church Grove Community Hub, at the far end of Church Grove, Ladywell, SE13 7UU.  Follow the path between flats and bicycle parking.  There is no car parking available at the venue.  

All who are, and those who'd like to become, friends of Ladywell Fields are welcome.  Make a diary note, and see you there!

Take part in the North Field hedge planting weekend, 25-26 January 2025

 

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!