Chris’ Wood

That’s a wrap – 10,000 bulbs planted in Chris’ Wood over five weekends

A massive thanks to our small band of eager volunteers who came along over the last five weekends to help plant bulbs in Chris’ Wood. Friendships were both renewed and made. When we started in early October the leaves were still on the trees. We’ve had a mixture of unseasonably hot weather, bitterly cold mornings and thankfully not too much … read more

Box of woodland bulbs

Join us to plant Wild Garlic bulbs in Mile End Park’s Chris’ Wood this Sunday from 10-12

This Sunday, from 10-12, is our last 2023 bulb planting session in Chris’ Wood (by the Art Pavilion). Last weekend a small team of us prepared the area by removing nettles and brambles and so the ground is good to go.

We have a good mix of winter aconites, snowdrops, bluebells, wild garlic and wood anemones that will provide Chris … read more

Wild garlic and bluebells

This Sunday we’ll be bulb planting instead of litter picking – Join us from midday onwards

This Sunday, from midday onwards we’ll be [hopefully] finishing off our bulb planting in Chris’ Wood (by the Art Pavilion). We have had bulb planting sessions for the last four weekends with snowdrops, bluebells, winter aconites, anemones and wild garlic. We still have a 1000 wild garlic to plant.

We are starting at midday as it is Remembrance Sunday.

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