Millfields Users Group

Another amazing #planting day on Gascoyne estate, thank you to the incredible beings who came through, always a delight to see you wonderful locals get involved with keeping our beloved borough so beautiful. Thank you for spending your Saturday with us, always an honour 💜🌳

Thank you to everyone who came down to the nursery this year! 🎉🎉Christmas eve will be our last volunteering day of 2025 🌱 Seasonal wishes to all!

We'll be holding a Wassail in our Orchard on the 4th January. All are welcome. The wonderful Annie Moreton will be guiding us through the traditions, with songs and music by the Morris folk Choir and the Feorin band. #wassail #communityorchards #trees @MorrisFolkChoir

Join the Tree Musketeers for our Tree Planting in December We'll be planting in Hackney Downs park on the 6th & 7th and in Millfields on the 13th. Sign up on our Eventbrite page: eventbrite.co.uk/o/tree-muskete… #Hackneyparks @hackneycouncil @greenerhackney #Londontrees

Calling all aspiring filmmakers! If you're 16-19, you can apply to @EastsideLondon's BFI Film Academy 🍿 Learn about producing, editing, storyboarding, camera operation & more 📹 📅 Oct - Dec Apply before 28 Sept: eastside.org.uk/eastside_progr…

Save the Date! The Tree Circle Cinema is back in September. @greenerhackney @hackneycouncil @thecastlecinema @greenerhackney @TM_Hackney @SaveLeaMarshes

We’re having our annual plant sale in the park on Sunday to raise money for the Tree Circle Cinema, the free outdoor community film showings in the circle of trees in South Millfields. Please do support us. @thecastlecinema @elevenfiftyfive @greenerhackney

swift brick chat in the House of Lords, at Zac Goldsmith’s event ‘Saving Swifts From Extinction’. This week The Planning & Infrastructure Bill committee will likely vote against the swift brick amendment. Please email your MP asking them to sign this edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

Going to #HackneyMoves Festival on Saturday? Drop in to the Hackney Community Tree Nursery Open Day on the other side of the Hackney Marshes Centre. Discover a very special space. Part of the @UrbanTreeFest @mayorofhackney @SarahWoodberryD @greenerhackney

We’re hiring. We’re looking for an administrator. Part-time, freelance. We’ve been volunteer-led for 25 years but we’re now doing so much more! Please circulate. @SaveLeaMarshes @greenerhackney @TCVtweets @MillfieldsUG @GardenOED @HackneyVoluntee

Join us on Saturday 17th May for the Hackney Community Tree Nursery Open Day. Enjoy tours, workshops, tea and cake-and a special live performance by Phoebe Coco, whose tree-inspired original songs celebrate nature, community spirit, and the magic of trees. @phoebecoco

🚨 Attention all river polluters! 🚨 👩‍⚖️ If you fail our rivers, we will take you to court. If you're a mismanaged water company, a regulator asleep at the wheel, or a council rubber-stamping pollution. This is your warning❗️ Do not fail our rivers. We are watching. 👀 Please repost, so that all polluters can hear this message. @ChrisGPackham #ChokedbyChicken #RiverPollution #ChrisPackham #Rivers #LegalAction

☀️Want to get hands-on experience while also having fun this summer? Applications are open for our summer volunteers who will help support our exciting 5-week programme starting on 25 July. Apply here by 30 May ⬇️docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Brimstone butterflies at the tree nursery spiralling upwards led by the female… before tumbling down into the bushes to mate. Visit this magical space on our Open Day, Sat 17 May, 11-4.

Celebrate Urban Tree Week with a visit to the Tree Nursery… tree tours, a graffiti artist creating a tree mural, tree songs, talks on trees and bees, arts & crafts… @UrbanTreeFest @greenerhackney

Green campaigner, Bettina, joins the Millfields Trees group watering and mulching the newly planted woodland at the north end of the cricket field.

📣There will be no Youth Hub sessions from Mon 31 March to Fri 4 April We apologise for any inconvenience. If you want to speak to a Youth Worker, you can still visit our Hubs during this week. We’ll see you back on 7 April, with a new programme for Easter break 🐇

The Chatsworth Road consultation is open until 21 Feb. Lea Bridge ward councillors are urging residents to take part - also there's three drop in sessions: *Fri 24 Jan, 2–5pm, Homerton Library *Sun 2 Feb, 1-4pm Chats Market *Sun 9 Feb, 1–4pm Chats Market consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/he…

Fantastic team out planting a woodland strip and several trees in the Cricketfield, Millfields Park, yesterday. Next session is on Fri at 10.00 and Sat at 10.30. Come and join in. @TM_Hackney @hackneycouncil @SustainHackney

No rain, and 11 degrees tomorrow. Come and plant trees in the Cricketfield opposite the tennis courts on the other side of Chatsworth Road. 10.30 start. Bring friends and family. All welcome.