Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Conservation Volunteers in Haringey get busy for Spring
Whilst Spring seems reluctant to get sprung this year, the Conservation Volunteers are on the starting blocks. So, if you fancy help[ing out there's no excuse!
Tuesday 2 April, 10am – 3pm
Education Minibeast Habitats at Railway Fields
Creating new interactive minibeast habitats to help children engage and get closer to nature. Alongside, placing woodchip along footpaths and creating formal steps on the upper path. A Green Hub on Green Lanes.
Meet: At hut of Railway Fields, 381 Green Lanes, N4 1ES
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Thursday 4 April, 10.30am – 2.30pm
Meadow Management along the Parkland Walk
Continuing our winter work of digging out bramble and sycamore saplings from one of the few open areas along the Parkland Walk, a former historic railway line that used to link Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace. This will help encourage the area to turn back to meadow, an important habitat for a number of species.
Meet: Upper Tollington Road entrance of The Parkland Walk, Hornsey, N4
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Tuesday 9 April, 10am – 3pm
Magical Meadows in Lordship Rec
Sowing wildflower seeds in wild area of park to create a colourful ‘half-moon’ meadow, that will benefit bees and butterflies. Alongside, creating dead hedges in park’s spinney, an important nature area managed by the Friends Wildlife Group. The large regeneration of the park has recently been completed and it’s a great opportunity to see the new Eco Hub building.
Meet: Downhills Park Rd. entrance of park, Tottenham N17
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Thursday 11 April, 10.30am – 2.30pm
Community Gardening at Living Under One Sun
A variety of tasks in this community award-winning allotment run by Living Under One Sun, which won The Conservation Volunteers’ Community Group of 2011. Dig in on the 2nd Thursday of every month.
Meet: Entrance to East Hale Allotments on Mill Mead Road, Tottenham Hale, N17 9QU
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Friday, 12 April, 10am – 1pm
Harmony Gardens Green Gym Launch
Grand launch of the community garden in Lordship Recreation Ground, growing a number of vegetable produce for Broadwater Farm Community Centre’s community kitchen project (and enough for some home cooking) and creating a new wildlife education area. Working in partnership with Back 2 Earth and the Friends of Harmony Gardens, this is an exciting opportunity to get involved in helping to develop this green space. Green Gym Volunteers will also get a discount in the community kitchen. Followed by a Wildlife Walk around the park by the Lordship Wildlife Group at 1.30pm.
Meet: Next to Broadwater Farm Community Centre, Adams Road, Tottenham N17 6HE
Tuesday 16 April, 10am – 3pm
Wildlife Corridors at Markfield Park
Creating a new wildlife corridor along the edge of the park and the River Lee, an important migration route for birds. Removing grass turf from the area in preparation for sowing with wildflower seeds, which have been donated by Friends of the Earth.
Meet: Markfield Park café, Markfield Park, Crowland Road, Seven Sisters N15
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Thursday 18 April, 10.30am – 2.30pm
Wildlife Corridors at Markfield Park
Continuing our creation of a new wildlife corridor along the edge of the park and the River Lee. Sowing a large wildflower meadow with a mixture of seeds such as Yarrow, Oxeye Daisy and Ladies Bedstraw. Also, some sowing in the community nature garden. Make your mark in Markfield on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Meet: Markfield Park café, Markfield Park, Crowland Road, Seven Sisters N15
MAP: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=534431&Y=188777&A=Y&Z=110
Tuesday 23 April, 10am – 3pm
Amphibian Habitat Creation at Queen’s Wood
Creating new amphibian habitats next to the ponds, alongside a variety of other tasks in this wonderful ancient woodland.
Meet: Queen’s Wood Lodge café, Muswell Hill Rd, Highgate N10
MAP: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=528569&Y=188613&A=Y&Z=110
Thursday, 25 April, 10.30am – 2.30pm
Wildflower Gardens at Palace Gates
Sowing a small area of this hidden oasis, that was previously cleared by The Conservation Volunteers. Alongside, other activities to help enhance the green space as a nature trail for local schoolchildren. This is a unique opportunity to visit a section of the old railway line that currently has no public access, which used to link Noel Park to Alexandra Palace.
Meet: Palace Gates entrance on Park Ave. (near corner of Wolsley Rd.), Wood Green, N22
Tuesday 30 April, 10am – 3pm
Fancy Footpaths at Lordship Rec
Creating drainage to help alleviate flooding along the woodland footpath, this is an opportunity to learn the technique of building French drains which involves digging a ditch and filling it with recycled rubble and stones. This work will continue on Thursday 2 May.
Meet: Downhills Park Rd. entrance of park, Tottenham N17
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Every Friday from 12 April, 10am – 1pm
Harmony Gardens Green Gym
April is a busy month in the vegetable calendar for sowing beetroot, peas, beans, broccoli, cabbage, chard, leeks, spinach and lettuce, and for planting onions and asparagus outdoors. Join The Conservation Volunteers every Friday to produce vegetables for Broadwater Farm Community Centre’s community kitchen project (and enough for some home cooking) and to create a new wildlife education area.
Working in partnership with Back 2 Earth and the Friends of Harmony Gardens, this is an exciting opportunity to get involved in helping to develop this green space. Back 2 Earth and Friends of Harmony Gardens also have volunteer sessions every Tuesday, 10am-4pm.
Meet: Next to Broadwater Farm Community Centre, Adams Road, Tottenham N17 6HE
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