Our Christmas wreath-making workshop in Olden Garden was a great success! Thank you to our gardener Caroline for leading it. This wreath was made at our workshop.

We are very pleased to have been awarded a grant from Islington Giving’s Make It Happen Fund, for our new project ‘Woodland Biodiversity Planting’. Come and and volunteer with us in March to help prepare the ground and start the project.

We are very pleased to have been awarded a grant of £4,000 towards Olden Community Garden core activities. This grant will help pay the fees of our part-time professional gardeners who lead our volunteers and advise our trustees. Islington Council’s Community Chest is funded by Islington Council, in partnership with Cripplegate Foundation.

Our professional gardener will lead our festive wreath-making event at Olden Garden on Saturday 29 November, 10am-1pm. Foliage and other materials and festive refreshments will be provided. Spaces are limited – please email oldengarden1@gmail.com to book your place. £20 per participant/family.

Our volunteers removed the protective lawn netting, cleared away the leaves, and put up green plastic ‘fencing’ around the new lawn.

Members and friends had a great time celebrating Diwali – their annual event in Olden Garden

Interesting Jelly Ear and Turkey Tail mushrooms growing in our woodland

Thank you to Acacia Avenue volunteers who helped build the latest section of our new terraced beds.

The grass seed is sprouting well – and the netting is protecting it from the foxes!

Organised through the BIG Alliance, a team of volunteers from NHS Property Services demolished an old retaining wall and rebuilt it using reclaimed railway sleepers.