We have gained our first Green Flag…well done everyone involved with park.
a date for your diary
We are very pleased that the Bubble Theatre will be on tour at Hilly Fields this summer, 11th to 14th August 2010.
http://www.londonbubble.org.uk/see_stuff/sirens_of_titan
evening birdsong walk
Our resident bird champion has kindly arranged the following with Lewisham’s People and Rivers Project. The weather forecast is cloudy but as long as it doesn’t rain, we should be okay for hearing the birds.
the story tellers
Drums and masks set the scene for our story telling event last Saturday for our official opening. Finding a spot of shade, “Inpired Word” rose to the occasion with their story of Anansi the spider.
There were busy children and a few adults too making clay bugs and butterflies
at the other end of the playground.
Next Friends Meeting 8th June
Just a reminder that the next Friends Meeting is on Tuesday 8th June at 7.30.
We have someone from animal welfare attending and probably the green space regeneration manager from Lewisham.
It will be held as normal in the park keepers room at the top of the hill.
For minutes of last meeting click here (it will download onto your desktop):-
OFFICIAL OPENING
There will be the official opening of the playground during the Brockley Max event on Saturday 5th June.
We have arranged for a story teller for the under 8s from 12.30, probably doing two sessions over the following hour.
From 1pm we have arranged for a craft workshop.
We received funding for these events as part of our Changing Places grant from the Big Lottery.
The mayor turns up at 2pm.
…and finally
We are pleased to announce that our new playground has opened. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so full.
Gates Arrive
The playground gates returned to Hilly Fields today for fitting. The original artwork was done by last year by a year 2 class from Gordonbrock. Artist Sally Adams translated it into a gate design, and then Heather Burrell at APT studios in Deptford has worked the design into the gates.
Flowering Tulips
Last Autumn we were busy planting the tulips donated to the Friends group by the Big Bulb Plant. They are now flowering and brightening up the entrance to the bowling green.
Spring bulbs in Bowls club
Nearly there….
They were all back on site this Saturday, watering the grass and over seeding the gaps, making small adjustments to the timber work and sanding down. The rubber matting which goes over the grass and the gates are due next week. So fingers crossed for more rain to help the grass grow and deter late night revelers from rearranging the turf.
and just in case you forgot where we have come from…here is the scene last year.
Spider at Hilly Fields Playground, April 2009