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We are ready to kick off our Common People Picnic! We will be here until 3pm, rain🌧️ or shine☀️. Come visit us!

Great session this morning . Volunteer group filled 5 bags with goosegrass and another type of bedstraw that were both taking over some of the wildflower areas. Large numbers of bees out enjoying the wildflower nectar @Brockwell_Hall @ClaphamCommon1 @BandstandBeds @LeifBersweden

Great group of volunteers today meant we got nearly all the goose grass and sow thistle removed from the Windmill Drive mounds @BandstandBeds @Brockwell_Hall @ClaphamCommonMC @ClaphamCommon1

A fantastic morning with a big group of volunteers at @weareaceofclubs, planting fruit trees, pruning existing plants and clearing weeds ready for the new growing season. 🌲 It was brilliant to be back and work more on this great green space for an incredibly important charity.

Calling for volunteers 🧤 We are hedge planting next Sunday morning 19th Nov 10 am - 12noon in the Children Only area by the bandstand. We provide everything you need. Text 07789870809 to register. Refreshments provided.

Lots happening on our garden this morning: @freedomseedbank workshop, beds being topped with our compost ready for 🧅 planting and a delivery of beds had arrived ready for assembling next week… Oh, and our produce stall 🥕🥬🪴

It’s all about pumpkins this morning - with our heaviest weighing 9.3kg! Our stall is open as usual with a range of veggies and chutneys up for grab - including some of the last tomatoes and freshly picked beetroot. (And of course, pumpkins!) #UrbanHarvest2023

After a well deserved week off, we’re back this morning with a whole range of produce available for a donation, all picked fresh this morning!

Is it Italy? France? California? No it’s Clapham! This year’s grapes have been so delicious -the perfect gardening snack 🍇

120 mature trees in Huddersfield saved from the axe as controversial A629 road scheme is permanently ditched. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

BREAKING: The Office for Environmental Protection slams Government over plans to scrap #NutrientNeutrality "the proposed changes would demonstrably reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in existing environmental law, and ...the Government has not adequately explained how, alongside such weakening of environmental law, new policy measures will ensure it still meets its objectives for water quality and protected site condition". #ToldYouSo

On Sunday we welcomed forensic botanist Dr Mark Spencer & a team of eager volunteers to investigate the plant life of Paradise Fields, Ealing, ahead of our beaver introduction in the autumn. Thanks to everyone who made it an illuminating and engaging day 🌿🍀🌺🌼@fungi_flowers

First sighting of a clouded yellow butterfly on Clapham Common wildflower area— favours clover and trefoil which we now have in abundance @savebutterflies @BigCButterflies @BandstandBeds @ClaphamCommonMC @Brockwell_Hall @ClaphamCommon1

Clapham Common has a new waterplay area 🥳 that is ♿️accessible🌟child friendly & fun! Make sure you check it out! Learn more 👉: love.lambeth.gov.uk/clapham-lambet…

At our #WildTimes #dementiafriendly session in #Clapham, we enjoyed #sketching & smudging with charcoal to create beautiful #art inspired by #vegetables growing in the #garden. @BandstandBeds

📢 Exciting News!🎉 London's biggest waterpark is coming to Clapham Common this summer!💦🏞️ Get ready to make a splash💦 with your little ones🧒☺ as they enjoy a sensory water experience. Stay tuned for the official opening 🎀on Monday 24 July 2023🌞🚿

"Wilder Blean started with the use of ecosystem engineers, the bison and other conservation grazers now living within the Blean complex, and will hopefully end with a large, connected landscape that works for both people and wildlife." 🙌 independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Our Bug Life event is ready to go..join us for polllinator crafts, building a bee hotel and a bug treasure hunt…..10-12 today! All welcome!

Come by for some produce at Bandstand Beds this morning!