Wildlife and River Discovery

Saturday 5th June

Ravensbury Park

Friends of Ravensbury Park Community Day

10.30am-6pm Throughout the day: displays and information about Ravensbury Park; activities for children including scavenger hunt, tree trail, art workshop; kite flying in the meadow area of the park - bring your own kite.

2.30pm-4.30pm Guided walk to learn about the history of Ravensbury Park and the folklore and medicinal qualities of the local plants and trees.

5pm-6pm Teddy Bear Picnic Everyone welcome. Please bring a picnic, rug and teddy bear. Marquee will be by the old footbridge over the Wandle, off Wandle Rd and Morden Rd SM4. For more information contact Jenny Neal on 07942 754 929 or email jenniferaneal@yahoo.com

10.30-6pm Public Community Art Piece and Workshop A public art piece developed with members of the community offers a new experience of the park and new ways of perceiving the park’s identity. Explore the connections between art and nature.
Artist Jenny Rolfe-Herbert. Email jennyrolfeherbert@yahoo.co uk or visit www.postartists.com

Deen City Farm and Riding School

10.00am to 4.30pm All sorts of animals, including lambs and chicks. Community Project: learn where your food comes from.

11am and 2pm Animal feeding.

3pm Pony rides (for under 8’s, subject to usual H&S constraints).

Deen City Farm, 39 Windsor Avenue, SW19 8PU. Car parking available.
For information contact information@deencityfarm.co.uk or visit www.deencityfarm.co.uk

Merton Abbey Mills

Water waste and Wildlife

Arts, crafts and games celebrating the Wandle with the chance to peek at some of the creatures living in the river.
Thames 21. Contact Judith Ressler on 07500 842283 or visit www.thames21.org.uk

Invasive species on the Wandle

11-3.30pm Find out about invasive plant species all along the Wandle and information on how to recognise, record and manage them.
Wandle Trust. Contact Bella Davies on 0787 9998 232, email invasives@wandletrust.org or visit www.wandletrust.org

Morden Hall Park National Trust - near the Snuff Mill

Potato printing and children’s wildlife quiz with prizes

10am-4pm Also find out more about Sustainable Merton, a community initiative encouraging residents, businesses and organisations to stimulate practical sustainable action in Merton.
Sustainable Merton. For more information email Gillian Leigh at gillianuk@btinternet.com, call 07956 170141 or visit www.SustainableMerton.org

Wandle Valley Wetland

11am-2pm Open Day and Pond dipping. Explore this normally restricted site for mini beasts and pond dipping. No booking required. The Wetland is next to Budge Lane Community Centre, 2 Budge Lane, Hackbridge.
Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers. Call 020 8770 5821, email sncv@sutton.gov.uk or visit www.sutton.gov.uk/environment/sncv

Open Day at Spencer Road Wetland

11am-2pm Spencer Road Wetland – reserve entrance at junction of Spencer Road and Wood Street, Hackbridge.
Organised by members of the Sutton group of the London Wildlife Trust. For more information call 020 8770 4297.

Activity Day at Sutton’s New Community Farm

10am-2pm Discover the farm, a beautiful area of land, surrounded by fields and horses with views over London. Activities include preparing beds, planting seeds, surveying for biodiversity and drinking tea! Bring a packed lunch and wellies if possible. Woodcote Small Holdings (close to crossroads of Oaks Track & Telegraph Track – look for the wind turbine), Wallington, SM6 0SH.
Sutton Community Farm. Contact Anna Francis on 020 8404 7085, email anna.francis@bioregional.com or visit www.suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk

The Big Balsam Blitz

11am–5pm The Wandle Trust and the Friends of Beddington Park are going to try and pull up as much Himalayan Balsam from the banks of the river Wandle as we can. Come and help us build a Mount Everest of balsam by the end of the weekend. Meet at Richmond Green, opposite Lavington Road.
Wandle Trust. For more information contact Erica Evans on 0845 092 0110, email erica.evans@wandletrust.org or visit www.wandletrust.org

Sunday 6th June

In King George’s Park from 11am to 5pm

Pond Dipping in the Park

11am-4pm A chance to discover the wildlife living in and around the River Wandle.
London Wildlife Trust. Contact Tony Chadwick on tchadwick@wildlondon.org.uk or visit www.wildlondon.org.uk

Burntwood Green Wandle Group

Burntwood students have been working with the Wandle Trust to help clean up the River Wandle close to Burntwood School. Students will be on hand to share their enthusiasm for the river and to talk about their project.
For more information call Sarah Brack on 020 8378 4041, email press@burntwood.wandsworth.sch.uk or visit www.burntwoodschool.com

Be Floodwise

Come find out if you are at risk from flooding and how to be prepared. Free Flood Games and Inspector Downpaw masks available for kids.
Environment Agency: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood or Floodline 0845 988 1188.

Your views on the Wandle

Tell us what you think about the River Wandle and King Georges Park; share your stories and ideas. Also find out about invasive plant species along the river and information on how to recognise, record and manage them.
Wandsworth Parks Service. Contact 020 8871 6347, email biodiversity@wandsworth.gov.uk or visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/biodiversity

Looking for Cleaner Air!

Find out how you can help to improve air quality, including greener transport and free air quality services. Test your environmental knowledge to win prizes.
WBC Environmental Initiatives Team. Contact eiteam@wandsworth.gov.uk

Pest control

Advice on pest control matters and to show the services the team provides for the residents of the Borough.
Environmental Services 020 8871 6143 or visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/431/pest_control/119/pest_control/1

Green Pledge, Recycling and Waste Minimisation

See what a difference you can make when you reduce waste, recycle and make a Green Pledge.
Waste Policy and Projects Officer. Call 020 8871 6233 or visit www.wandsworth.gov.uk/save, www.wandsworth.gov.uk/recycling or www.wandsworth.gov.uk/greenpledge

Cycle Corner

Pick up cycle route maps and other handy cycling freebies. Ask questions, get advice. Race your friends on static racing bikes. Get your cycle security marked and safety checked.
WBC Technical Services, Strattons Cycles, Tooting Bec Cycling Club. www.wandsworth.gov.uk/cycling

Cycling in Wandsworth and Beyond

Find out more about cycling in our borough and beyond. Want to cycle to work or for shopping? We can provide support and encouragement. Wandsworth Cycling Campaign - info@wandsworthcyclists.org.uk

Deen City Farm and Riding School (Saturday and Sunday)

10.00am to 4.30pm All sorts of animals, including lambs and chicks. Community Project: learn where your food comes from.

11am and 2pm Animal feeding.

3pm Pony rides (for under 8’s, subject to usual H&S constraints).

Deen City Farm, 39 Windsor Avenue, SW19 8PU. Car parking available.
For information contact information@deencityfarm.co.uk or visit www.deencityfarm.co.uk

Morden Hall Park National Trust near the Snuff Mill

Fishing demo and angling history

10am-4pm Learn more about fishing and the history of angling. There will be no actual fishing due to the closed season. Morden Hall Park Angling Club.

Find out about Riverfly Monitoring and the insect life of theWandle.

Try your hand at fly tying and float making. Wandle Piscators www.wandlepiscators.net

Potato printing and children’s wildlife quiz with prizes

10am-4pm Also find out more about Sustainable Merton, a community initiative encouraging residents, businesses and organisations to stimulate practical sustainable action in Merton.
Sustainable Merton. For more information email Gillian Leigh at gillianuk@btinternet.com, call 07956 170141 or visit www.SustainableMerton.org

Wandle Park Community Picnic

12 noon-6pm Bring your own picnic and we will provide the entertainment – the Colliers Wood Chorus will be singing, the Colliers Wood Ukulele Orchestra will be playing, and you can take part in tai chi and badminton, a nature trail and quiz. Wandle Park at Colliers Wood.
Colliers Wood Residents Association. Contact Keith Spears on 07982 721 496, email keithaspears@hotmail.com or visit www.collierswoodresidentsassociation.org.uk

Sutton Ecology Centre

11am-2pm Wander the Wandle Come and discover more about the River Wandle from its source outside the Ecology Centre. Complete our Wandle Challenge by joining our (short) wander along the wandle, into Grove Park, where you will discover more about the life in and along the river. Prizes to be won. Event for all the family. No booking required. Festival Walk, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3NY.
Call 020 8770 5820, email sec@sutton.gov.uk or visit www.sutton.gov.uk and find us at Ecology Centre

Open Day at Wilderness Island

10.30am-1pm Reserve entrance at junction of Mill Lane and Strawberry Lane, Carshalton. Organised by members of the Sutton group of the London Wildlife Trust. For more information ring 020 8770 4297.

Invasive species on the Wandle

11am-3.30pm Find out about invasive plant species along the Wandle (all boroughs) and information on how to recognise, record and manage them. Beddington Park. Wandle Trust.
For more information call Bella Davies on 0787 9998 232, email invasives@wandletrust.org or visit www.wandletrust.org

The Big Balsam Blitz

11am–5pm The Wandle Trust and the Friends of Beddington Park are going to try and encourage a record number of volunteers to join us and pull up as much Himalayan Balsam from the banks of the river Wandle as we can. Help us build a Mount Everest of balsam by the end of the weekend. Meet behind the car park in Beddington Park.
Wandle Trust. Contact Erica Evans on 0845 092 0110 or email erica.evans@wandletrust.org