Growing out of a tree in Olden Community Garden

A very enjoyable workshop session – thank you to the participants for their donations

Using reclaimed railway sleepers, volunteers from Linklaters helped to repair areas of terracing down near the railway line, Thank you to the BIG Alliance for arranging the session.

So many tiny frogs appeared in our pond – each frog just the size of a small coin

Volunteers from Linklaters stripped and varnished our benches and helped create a new woodland path. Thank you to the BIG Alliance for arranging the session.

Following completion of our Woodland Biodiversity Planting project, we installed a new woodland table with a view of the newly planted areas.

Over 50 volunteers helped to deliver our project funded by a grant from Islington Giving’s Make It Happen Fund. We prepared the ground, clearing away ivy, cutting logs from fallen tree trunks, digging in lots of new compost, spreading donated woodchip. We planted over 200 new shrubs, herbaceous perennials and ground cover in the area around the woodland table.

140 members of Islington U3a enjoyed drinks and nibbles at their annual summer party in Olden Community Garden

At the Music Festival we celebrated the 40^th anniversary of Olden Community Garden. The Mayor of Islington, Cllr Rosaline Ogunro, met local residents, including Pat Tawn whose vision and efforts led to the creation of the community garden in 1986.