conservation

Hither Green Station- Tree Planting Day
Sunday 6 March, 11am – 1pm Meet at the Platform 1 entrance to Hither Green Station on Springbank Road. We are lucky to have acres of woodland in the middle of our town centre. The woods surrounding the 6 platforms of our train station are home to birds, bats and hedgehogs as well as inverbrates …

New Tree Avenue in Mountsfield Park.
Avenue tree planting at Mountsfield Park The Friends of Manor Park are asking for help to create an avenue of trees next to the main path at Mountsfield Park. Twenty-four trees will be planted between the George Lane and Brownhill Road entrances. Planting Dates: The community tree planting events will be at 11am on Sunday …

River Ravensbourne Citizen Science Project- Volunteers needed!
Lewisham has three local rivers which eventually flow into the Thames- and there are several groups which manage the river banks checking on wildlife, invasive plants, pollution and lots more. This spring/summer they are inviting people to sign up for training for an exciting new volunteering opportunity – the Ravensbourne River Monitoring Initiative (RMI). Are …

Messing about on the River!
Take the chance to explore your local rivers this summer- late June means the 3 Rivers Clean Up! Saturday 21 June – Saturday 12 July. This is an annual celebration of The Quaggy, The Ravensbourne and The Pool- a Festival of Rivers! Volunteers are invited to join local conservationists and experts in woodland management on the river banks …