Some successful stories and campaigns from our member groups:
London National Park City Launch Season
London National Park City UPDATE – 3rd December 2018 London will become the world’s first National Park City in July 2019. It will be promoted to all Londoners during a three […]
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Pinner Village Gardens
Hi The friends of Pinner Village Gardens in Pinner, Harrow, Middlesex have been fund raising for 1 year and have achieved stage 1 of the playground project with 3 new […]
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Woodcock Park
Woodcock Park
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Saving Hillcrest Ancient woodland from Lewisham Homes
UPDATE: this petition worked, the proposal was withdrawn (see below). Please sign the petition to stop building on ancient woodland Original petition link. “We are long standing residents of […]
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PARKS CHARTER
Dear all, Please find below the latest press release and some fantastic pictures from Westminster and Holyrood where we launched the Parks Charter today. Organisations can show their support […]
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Friends of Pinner Village
Hi Update on news items from the Friends of Pinner village Gardens – looking after a large and beautiful park in Pinner, NW London since 2015 – 145 members and […]
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Merton Dog Watch
Hello LFGN, I am pleased to share pictures from the Merton Dog Watch event held in Morden Park on Saturday 12th May. This has become a popular annual one day […]
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Friends of the River Crane
Volunteer Days Our Volunteer Sundays take place on the second Sunday in each month from October through June. We work at a variety of locations in the Lower Crane Valley, and whatever […]
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Successful Activity: Wildlfe Walks in the South Norwood Country Park
The Friends of South Norwood Country Park The Friends have run various wildlife walks including a Bat Walk, Bird Walk, Dawn Chorus Walk and Butterflies Walk! The Bat Walk The […]
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Froglife provide a new pond for Albert Road Rec
Friends of Albert Road Recreation Ground & Children’s Play Area (FARRG) In November 2016 FARRG announced an addition to their park – a new pond! “It may look a bit […]
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Enhancing Your Greenspace – A new handmade bench for a tenner!
New Southgate Millennium Green The New Southgate Millennium Green in North London is one of 245 such greens created at the turn of the Millennium across England. Each is run […]
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Successful Activity: Sunflower Growing Competition
Friends of Bruce Castle Park Children’s sunflower-growing competition! The Friends of Bruce Castle Park came up with a wonderful idea in 2017 – to hold a sunflower growing competition. Around […]
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Restoring Wimbledon’s Horse Close Wood
The Friends of Wimbledon Park have come together to help restore Horse Close Wood in Wimbledon Park. 100 volunteers turned up on a cold wet February weekend to help plant […]
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Dealing with Vandalism & Theft
Dear LFGN, Please tell the Network about our experiences with vandalism and theft of trees and shrubs: The New Southgate Millennium Green is one of 245 volunteer-run greenspaces throughout England, […]
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