preparing the community orchard for winter

We will have a work session on Friday 12th October 2012 from 10am to midday, to prepare the community orchard for winter. We planted the orchard early this year and the trees have survived  drought and excessive rainfall since spring.
The damp weather has encouraged other plants (i.e. weeds) to encroach round the tree pits so we will be removing weeds both inside the netting and in the mulch outside the netting. After that we will put a thick layer of woodchip mulch around the tree pits.
It would be good to have a few energetic volunteers to make a big impact. In addition, Glendale managers have agreed that some of their staff will be in the park to assist us at the orchard. This gives us a unique opportunity to work together with Lewisham's park maintenance contractors.
If we  finish the work at the orchard, then there is autumn tidying up to be done at the Triangle too.
Do try to  join us for a short while or the whole session.
If you have any queries, contact us on friendsofmayowpark@ymail.com

work session with Glendale in October

No date has been finalised yet but Glendale managers have offered a work session alongside park volunteers at the community orchard in October 2012. It will have to be a weekday and is likely to be a Thursday or Friday morning.
With autumn arriving, this will be an opportunity to weed the area round each fruit tree and tidy each tree pit, finishing with a good layer of woodchip mulch.

Work session with Glendale 13th Sept 2012

We have previously had work sessions in Mayow Park alongside Nature's Gym and we are now planning to have a work session with Glendale. Our Community Orchard needs some time spent to remove weeds round the trees and put a fresh layer of well-rotted woodchip. Friends of Mayow Park are delighted that Glendale managers have agreed to provide some additional  help. It will be an great opportunity for grounds maintenance staff and park volunteers to care for the area together.

The session will be on Thursday 13th September from approximately 10am to midday. Glendale will, in fact, be there before that time and continue after. This will be a weekday and many of you will be unable to attend. However, it would be great if some of our volunteers can come along, lend a hand or simply show your support.

Theatre: a beach near you

Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre came to perform in Mayow Park today, their theme - a beach near you! They set up and were ready for the first performance shortly after 1pm.

Soon the audience was getting into the spirit of the British beach scene: there was a boat, a mermaid, sunbathing, trying to put up a deckchair (which caused a few chuckles from older members of the audience, remembering their own experiences in the past!).
But when the dancing beach huts performed, the rain decided it wanted a share of the action. So, unfortunately, rain stopped play. The rain persisted, so that the 4pm performance was also  cancelled.

Hopefully the performances over the next few days at Beckenham Place Park, Bellingham and Mountsfield Park will have better weather.

Thank you to Cllr Susan Wise for providing this photo of the cheque for the pavilion. The photo was taken at the pavilion, on the same day as the Green Flag was raised in Mayow Park.

Funding for pavilion refurb

.Thank you to Judith from Glendale for her hard work  in putting in the bid for the funding - she is in the photo, 2nd from the right. Thank you also to Sport England without whom there would not have been funding to apply for.   Many local people are looking forward to the improvements that will now happen as a result of the funding.

GOOD NEWS - funding for Pavilion refurbishment

We've been waiting to learn about what will happen to the Pavilion in Mayow Park and now we have some good news. Lewisham Council, in partnership with Glendale, have secured £65,000 from Sport England 'Inspired Facilities' (National Lottery funding) to renovate the pavilion with sports changing rooms upstairs and a café on the ground floor for the general public. The facilities will also include public toilets. The café will be able to serve as an information hub and community space.

The bid was supported by the Friends of Mayow Park as well as local schools and clubs using the cricket facilities in the park. Match funding will be provided by Lewisham Council to complete the project. The development of the pavilion will transform the unsafe, derelict building into an attraction, whilst conserving some of the attractive features.

The refurbishment will help to encourage sustained participation in sport, providing a permanent facility for cricket matches and other sports played in the park. We look forward to seeing it well used by our home cricket team, Streatham & Marlborough as well as others.