Anything that doesn’t look right at Mountsfield Park e.g. litter, dog poo, can be reported to the Lewisham Council via the @FixMyStreet mobile phone app. Reports from FixMyStreet go to Lewisham Council via @LoveLewisham, so that they can be fixed. The app can be downloaded at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mysociety.FixMyStreet
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Lewisham People’s Day
Friends of Mountsfield Park will be in the community garden at People’s Day 7 July 2018 12pm-4pm. Please come over and see us if you have any concerns about Mountsfield Park or suggestions.
More information – mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
“People’s Day 2018 is on Saturday 7 July and is south east London’s longest-running free festival.
It is a celebration of music, art, craft and community, which attracts over 25,000 visitors. At the 34th People’s Day on 7 July in Catford’s Mountsfield Park, you can expect hundreds of performances across seven stages, craft stalls and great food and drink. Find out about this year’s headliners.”
Teddy Bears’ Picnic 2018 at Mountsfield Park SE6 1AN, Saturday 19th May Midday – 2pm
Bring your teddy don’t forget your blanket!
Tea, coffee, & cakes from @MandFCafeLDN (Mountsfield Park cafe);
Park Fever will be serving craft beer, wine, cider and chocolate;
Sapore Vero will be serving freshly made pizzas from
their wood fired oven;
Forries Education Forest School;
Rivke’s nature trail.
‘Old-Time Wasters’ will be performing at
around 12:15pm followed by Singalong Sally…
All welcome!
More information: mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
Many thanks Derek for this postcard image of the Mountsfield Park Bandstand with the theatre behind and the following collected memories!
DC The theatre was constructed from “corrugated metal, surrounded by chestnut fencing”.
CW “I can remember a stage with a fence around where they used to put chairs out in the summer.You had to pay to sit and watch the shows or you could do like we did and lean on the fence! They also had those kids films shown from the back of a lorry which was parked next to the stage”.
CW “We had such fun in Mountsfield Park. We played in the fields, watched all sorts of shows at the theatre, children’s events, concert parties, and competitions”.
WR “I remember standing by the fence watching the shows when I was a child in the 50s”.
Mountsfield Park bandstand and theatre behind
Orchard and Grape Vine Pruning Workshop Event at Mountsfield Park Community Garden with James Hazlerigg-Kinlay, 1 – 2.45pm, 18th February 2018 Book here for Eventbrite tickets –
During this gardening skills training workshop local Forest School leader, garden designer and horticulturist James Hazlerigg-Kinlay will demonstrate pruning roses, fruit trees and grape vines. The pruning will be very much a hands-on demonstration outside on a number of roses, young fruit trees and vines in the community garden. Bring your secateurs (sharpened if possible) and you will tackle some pruning so that you can take home some new skills. Tea, coffee and homemade cake will be provided.
All profits will be used to pay for new fruit trees and replacement plants in the community garden.
Please join us and plant avenue trees next to the main path at Mountsfield Park between the George Lane and Brownhill Road entrances – All welcome!
The additional community tree planting events will be 11am – 1pm approx, Sunday 8th and 15th April 2018.
Please wear boots, gloves and bring a strong spade if you have one.
Glendale have suppled us with a variety of rootballed heavy standard deciduous trees. The trees will grow to a large size and are suitable for growing in London clay and with an exposed aspect. Many of the avenue tree planting species that we have chosen are better suited to endure areas of heavily compacted soil that we have at Mountsfield Park.
You will find us during the community tree planting events along the main path between the George Lane and Brownhill Road entrances. The main path is the red line on the map of Mountsfield Park above. The green symbols represent tree planting locations.
Health walking is really easy. You do a 5-minute stroll to warm up, at least 20 minutes at a brisk pace and a 5-minute stroll to cool down. A ‘brisk pace’ will be different for everybody. Walk so you feel a little warmer, breathe a bit heavier and your heart is pumping a bit faster. you need to be able to have a chat and not be too out of breath.
Go at a pace that is right for you – the walks are suitable for people of all abilities. Come when you are able to.
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Originally posted on Nature Conservation Lewisham: Froggary on Blackheath ? Please see attached the Nature’s Gym programme for January – March 2018. Our first session back will be on Thursday 11th January at Ladywell Fields. A post Christmas wade! You maybe interested to know that we’ve had over 600 volunteers attending over 50 sessions this…
Friends of Mountsfield Park Carols in the Park, Saturday 16th December from 2pm, please put it in your diary and invite the grandparents!
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Please support the Friends of Mountsfield Park funding campaign for fox proof litter bins:
Thanks to the Thomas Tallis School Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteers and FoMP for planting trees at Mountsfield Park this winter. The trees were generously donated by Woodland Trust, The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), #idigtrees and @OVOEnergy. We planted hundreds of oak, hawthorn, birch, alder, rowan, hornbeam, willow, poplar…
D of E Award volunteers from Thomas Tallis School at Mountsfield Park, Catford SE6
D of E Award volunteers from Thomas Tallis School planting trees at Mountsfield Park, Catford SE6
D of E Award volunteers from Thomas Tallis School planting trees at Mountsfield Park, near to Mountfield Close
D of E Award volunteers from Thomas Tallis School planting TCV/ @OVOEnergy fruit trees at Mountsfield Park community gardens
“The Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee report on public parks warns that parks are at a tipping point and face a period of decline with potentially severe consequences unless their vital contribution to areas such as public health, community integration and climate change mitigation is recognised.
The Public parks report highlights considerable challenges for the sector including reduced council spending, with parks management budgets cut by up to 97 per cent, the need for parks to compete with other services for funding, and planning policy not giving them enough weight, particularly as a result of pressures to increase housing supply.
The Committee call on councils to publish strategic plans, which recognise the value of parks beyond leisure and recreation and set out how they will be managed to maximise their contribution to wider…
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Thanks to @GlendaleLew, the London Marathon Charitable Trust, Lewisham Rushey Green Assembly and @FenlandLeisureP for our new trim trail at Mountsfield Park, Catford.
Steve Langley from Glendale recycling Christmas trees at Mountsfield Park. The recycled Christmas trees will be used as mulch on the flower beds and at the base of each fruit tree at Mountsfield Park community garden.
@FenlandLeisureP installing the new timber trim trail equipment at Mountsfield Park. Thanks to Lewisham Rushey Green Assembly for part funding the equipment and Judith from Glendale for fundraising £15,000 from the London Marathon Trust!
The cafe! The trim trail! Christmas! Volunteering opportunities! Fox-proof bins! Accessible picnic benches!
It’s all go at Mountsfield Park. Read all about it here…
So lets be honest, 2016 has been a strange old year…
But it’s Christmas! And never ones to waste an opportunity to eat, drink, and be merry, we at FOMP will be throwing our annual Carols in the Park event at 2pm on Saturday December 17th 2016.
There will be music, mince pies, and mulled wine, and the chance to spend a magical afternoon with friends and neighbours.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Rory, Maria, Carrie, Ros, Rivke, Max, and Gareth
FOMP Executive
Cllr James Walsh – Rushey Green Ward “Let’s work together, be ambitious and get some new pitches in Lewisham…”
Next Friends of Mountsfield Park Meeting Monday 24 October 2016, Hither Green Baptist Church, 7-8pm Theodore Rd, London SE13 6HT.
All welcome!
Please Download the FixMyStreet mobile phone app and report litter, fly-tipping, dog litter etc. that you see in the park that you want removed ( Android / Apple)
If you see any problems at Mountsfield Park contact Glendale 0208 318 3986 or speak to the park keeper on Mondays and Saturdays
If you see any problems at Mountsfield Park contact Glendale 0208 318 3986
Just a quick note to let you know we will be starting the footpath works this week in Mountsfield Park.
We will be starting around the back of the community garden by the Lodge gate and go from there.
I will put some notices up on the gates today advising of works and the need to shut either gate along Stainton Road at some point during the works.
We want a cafe in Mountsfield Park. We have been campaigning for a cafe for years, and have been promised one by Lewisham Council – including as part of the Council redevelopment of the park that created the Community Garden and revamped the play area. But the Council were unable to follow through on their plan to build a cafe at that time. Since then, we have worked with them to identify some funding – £50k – to launch a tender process to encourage an outside investor to build a cafe in the park.
A viable and attractive cafe plan is in front of Lewisham Council for approval right now – made by a local businessman who has worked closely with the Friends of Mountsfield Park. You can see the plans and some pictures of the new cafe here.
But the planning department at the Council is making unreasonable demands:
If Lewisham Council turns down the current proposal – for what we think are spurious reasons – it could be years before another option is available and the money we fought to get the Council to commit to support the project – £50k – will be at risk.
We want the Council to take an intelligent approach, to look at the benefits a cafe would bring to Mountsfield Park: it will bring in revenue, encourage people to stay in the park longer and enjoy the Community Garden and play area, improve security by making the park more attractive to families, provide a place for dog walkers to get a cup of coffee, and it will mean that maintained toilet facilities are available in the park. These are far more important that a handful of planters!
We have written to the Planning Department to outline our concerns, but here’s what you can do to help:
We want a cafe. The park deserves a cafe. It needs functioning toilet facilities. A local businessman is willing to invest to create an amazing cafe. Short-sighted planning decisions shouldn’t stop it happening.
People’s Day at Mountsfield Park 9 July 2016
We now have a proposed design for the new Mountsfield Park trim trail – click on the ‘zeemaps.com‘ link below to see preferred locations for the new trim trail equipment and then click on each location on the map to see an image of what is proposed (satellite/aerial view works best).
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Thanks to London Marathon Charitable Trust and Rushey Green Assembly for funding the new trim trail equipment at Mountsfield Park which will be available for adults and young people. We’re really pleased that both funds have chosen to invest in our park, and also grateful to Glendale for their funding bid to London Marathon Charitable Trust and supporting these applications. Your views and ideas are essential and will help us to make sure the trail is popular and well used! Please email us at mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
We have been campaigning for a new cafe in the park for years, and we are delighted that the clear wishes of so many in the local community are that much closer to being realised. The journey to this point has been lengthy and sometimes frustrating, with disappointments along the way. But it now feels like we are in touching distance of getting a cafe that will serve the needs of all park users – families using the redeveloped playground, weekend gardeners in the community garden, daily dog walkers, picnic goers, joggers, and many more.
Your Executive has written to the Council to put on record our firm support for this proposal – you can view our letter here: Mountsfield cafe reference DC-16-095961
We encourage you to write to the Council to express your support as well.
You can view the planning documents here:
http://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_83187
We’ll keep you posted as the proposal progresses.
Rory, Maria, Carrie, Ros, Rivke, Max, and Gareth
FOMP Executive
Mountsfield Park community gardening event Sunday 5 June 10.30 am – 1.30 pm:
All welcome!
Thanks to Roger and Alice for the fabulous up-cycled mud kitchen installed at the community garden 15th May 2016!
The mud kitchen was installed on the same day as Teddy Bears’ Picnic 2016 at Mountsfield Park.
You know how much we in the Friends of Mountsfield Park love a community party?! And our friends, neighbours, and park users love them too!
So please do join us at the Teddy Bear’s Picnic on Sunday 15 May 2016 from 1pm. There’ll be children’s crafts and faceprinting, music from the Macaroon Mamas and Sing Along Sally, Forest School fun, and amazing food and drink from the Truly Splendid Pop Up Vintage Tea Room, Greekelicious by Julia,and FOMP’s licensed bar.
Don’t forget your Teddy Bear!*
We had fantastic news yesterday from our friends at Glendale who have secured a £15,000 grant from the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Combined with the £2,000 awarded to FOMP by Rushey Green Assembly, we now have £17,000 to pay for new trim trail equipment at Mountsfield Park which will be available for adult and young adult park users. We’re really pleased that both funds have chosen to invest in our park, and also grateful to Glendale for supporting these applications.
The next step is to consult with park users about the sort of equipment they would like to see in the park, so we’ll be circulating a survey really soon. Your views and ideas are essential and will help us to make sure the the trail is popular and well used.
Watch this space!
…. or rather Mountsfield Park’s Community Garden on Sunday 15 May 2016 from 1pm, you and your teddy bear will find lots of treats!
Friends of Mountsfield Park are once again hosting a Teddy Bear’s Picnic as part of the Hither Green Festival – check out the festival brochure for other fantastic events. Join us for:
And to sustain parents, friends, children, and teddy bears alike, refreshments will be provided by Greekelicious by Julia, the Truly Splendid Pop Up Vintage Tea Room, and FOMP’s licensed bar.
We’re looking forward to meeting you and your furry friend!
Thanks to GoodGym.org and FoMP volunteers for our new pumpkin bed at Mountsfield Park community garden SE6.
@GoodGym and Friends of Mountsfield Park community garden volunteers shoveled and barrowed a huge pile of compost to make our new pumpkin patch next to the poly tunnel. And many thanks to the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association for the funds to buy the 20 cu/m of of PAS 100 recycled green waste compost from Glendale Lewisham
Winning Mountsfield Park cafe design, appearance and size of the cafe building may change during the planning application process. Due to be open for business spring 2017
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Great news! Forries Education will be running Forest School sessions in Mountsfield Park on Tuesdays starting in the summer term.
Tree planting at Mountsfield Park
Tree planting at Mountsfield Park Sunday 13th March 9.30 – 11.00am. Meet at Mountsfield Park community garden SE6 1AN at 9.30am. All welcome!
For more information contact mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
Sunday morning litter picking events at Mountsfield Park 28th Feb, 6th March and 13th of March, 11am – 12pm. Meet at Mountsfield Park community garden 11am . We will supply litter picking tools and large bags.
Contact mountsfieldpark@gmail.com for more information
All welcome!
Report any fly-tipping, litter, dog litter in Lewisham (including Mountsfield Park) using the FixMyStreet app
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Friends of Mountsfield Park will be planting roses at Stainton’s rose garden, Mountsfield Park, next to the community garden 9.30 – 11.30am Sunday 7th February 2016 . Thanks to Glendale for supplying the roses. All welcome to come help us dig the planting holes and plant the roses!
We need your help moving a large pile of compost into the raised vegetable beds at Mountsfield Park community garden. We will make a start Sunday 31 January 9.30am until midday at the community garden SE6 1AN. We will have shovels and wheelbarrows on the day.
During February and March we will also need help planting 600 (approx) Woodland Trust trees in the park. Please let us know if you can help during one of our community planting days.
Many thanks for you support!
Contact mountsfieldpark@gmail.com for more information.
The raised vegetable beds at the back in this photo need filling with compost – we need your help!
The compost for the community garden raised vegetable beds has been bought with the kind support of Metropolitan Pubic Gardens Association
If you see any problems at Mountsfield Park contact Glendale 0208 318 39866 (24hr phone number).
The next Friends of Mountsfield Park AGM will take place from 10am to 12pm on Saturday 16 January 2016 at the Station Pub on Staplehurst Road.
Please read the attached Annual Report which provides a summary of activity since the last AGM. Please also find here an agenda for the AGM and nomination forms for those seeking election to the Friends executive. Forms must be submitted no later than 5pm on Thursday 14 January 2016 to mountsfieldpark@gmail.com
If you can’t make the AGM but want to be involved in FOMP, please do get in touch – there are lots of ways in which you can help out and we would be grateful for any support you can offer.
NOMINATION FORM FOR ELECTION TO EXECUTIVE GROUP 2016
The pile of Christmas trees at the George Lane entrance to Mountsfield Park is growing. The trees will be chipped by Glendale Services and recycled as mulch. Last year Glendale Services delivered a huge pile of Christmas tree mulch to the community garden, which we shifted by the barrow load to cover the flower beds.
Christmas trees for recycling at Mountsfield Park 2016
2015 has been another busy year in Mountsfield Park. From the volunteers braving the new year cold in January to tend the burgeoning community garden, to the massive turn out at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic during Hither Green Festival Week in May, and through to the summer BBQ fun (who can forget the sight of the Bald Eagle soaring over the trees?), this year has been one to remember.
But it wouldn’t be complete without one final hurrah in 2015! So come along to Carols in Mountsfield Park, Saturday 19 December, from 14:00.
There will be music, mince pies, beer, mulled wine, cider, and the chance to spend a magical afternoon with your community.
We look forward to seeing as many of you wonderful people there as possible!
Rory, Maria, Carrie, Ros, Rivke, Max, and Gareth
FOMP Executive
Friends of Mountsfield Park Open Meeting with Glendale 7-8pm Wednesday 2nd December 2015 – All Welcome!
Venue: Hither Green Baptist Church, Theodore Rd, London SE13 6HT.
Please come to the meeting and let us know about improvements that you would like for Mountsfield Park and let Glendale know any concerns about the way that the park is maintained. If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like issues raised – email us at mountsfieldpark@gmail.com. Meeting minutes will be forwarded to Lewisham Council and the Rushey Green Councillors. Continue reading
Sign up at www.demelza.org.uk for a festive obstacle course at Mountsfield Park SE6 1AN 29 November 2015:
Adults (16+) £22, children (15 and under) £7.50
A festive charity event for Demelza hospice care for children
5th and 19th November 2015
11am-2pm Nature’s Gym
Mountsfield Park
Contact: judith.simmons@glendale-services.co.uk
Nature’s Gym programme:
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Not long to go until the BIG DAY! That’s right, our TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC, this Saturday from 12:00 till 14:00 (you can watch that other thing on catch up).
Sapore Vero will be there serving delicious pizza from their wood fired oven. The Mountsfield Park cafe will have a selection of yummy cakes available, as well as soft drinks. If you after something stronger, have no fear! Park Fever will also be there selling craft beer, wine, cider and chocolate (adjacent food group).
We look forward to hosting the wonderful Forries Education Forest School, and Rivke will show little ones around the garden on her mini nature trail.
And that’s not all! The fantastic Old-Time Wasters will be there to entertain us, as will the incomparable, one and only, Singalong Sally.
We can’t wait! It looks like the weather will be fine, so we hope you can join us.
Please do spread the word by posting our poster on any local groups you think would be interested.
See you there. Don’t forget your blanket!
The water tower is one of the more dominant features of Hither Green – it is included in the festival’s logo and a reference point for photos from the air or higher vantage points. It is one of the remaining parts of one of the bigger Victorian hospitals – which has gone by various names – although was the Park Fever Hospital for just over half of its existence. The hospital closed in its centenary year of 1997.
The known history of the site goes back to the Middle Ages – as was covered in one of the early posts in Running Past, part of the site seems to have been covered by a medieval village that was probably wiped out by the Black Death.
The site was home to a pair of large houses, Hither Green Lodge and Wilderness House owned by the Desvignes family (as of the road…
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