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Family Afternoon
We are opening the reserve again for families to enjoy the site wildlife. Please wear a mask at the entrance when queuing and keep 2m apart from other parties. No per booking required.
Family Afternoon
We are opening the reserve for families to enjoy the site wildlife. Please wear a mask at the entrance when queuing and keep 2m apart from other parties.
Garthorne Road Nature Reserve Open Day
Saturday 17th July
2pm – 5pm
No booking required. But we still need to follow the CO-VID 19 restrictions. Please either walk or cycle if possible you can secure your bike inside the reserve limited space avaible and avoid using public transport.
The site is open on the 3rd Saturday of the month between April – October between 12noon – 4pm. A member of the Friends Group will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Other Open Days dates. (Booking is not required)
Saturday 21st August
Saturday 18th September
Saturday 16th October
Terms & Conditions
Masks will not be required when walking around the reserve, but please wear them while waiting to come in to the site. Hand gel is available at the gate for visitors to use.
Please wear suitable clothing & footwear for the weather.
Please follow the sites directorial signage and instruction from the volunteers.
Sorry no BBQ’s allowed on the site.
Sorry No Dogs or motorised scooters are not allowed on the reserve.
The open days may be cancelled at very short notice due to weather conditions or availability of volunteers.
Start times may be subject to changes times at a short notice .
The volunteers reserve the right If anyone that is abusive towards them and will be asked to leave the reserve and will be ban from entering in the future.
Volunteer conservation workdays Spring 2021
Update
23rd March 2021
We have been allowed permission by Lewisham Council to restart our Conservation workdays (weather permitting) a on the following dates
14th August, 11th September, 9th October, 13th November, 11th December.
Please book below this to allow us to know how many volunteers are comming to ensure we have enough tools and gloves avaible.
Then on the 2nd Saturday of each month.
Tickets will be offered on a first come first serve basis. We ask that you don’t book on to two consecutive sessions so that everyone gets a chance to volunteer. There will be a waitlist so if you book a ticket but something comes up and you can no longer attend please cancel your ticket on Eventbrite so that it will become available for someone else.
We are Covid safe and have prevention measures in place. Please follow these guide. Because it is a closed site to the public making it easier to maintain social distancing. We’ll be running volunteering a bit differently to keep everyone safe and will be maintaining the following precautions:
- Please do not attend if you have symptoms of COVID-19
- Please avoid using public transport if you can
- Hand washing facilities and hand sanitiser will be available
- Please bring your own gardening gloves if you have them? otherwise we will supply you with an clean washed pair of gloves.
- We won’t be providing hot drinks or biscuits so please bring your own if you would like to
- We will be maintaining a 2m distance at all times
- We will be limiting volunteer numbers to 10 plus the leader per workday (until June)
- We will disinfect tools before and after each session
- Please wash clothes that you wear to the sessions regularly
- We have be doing some heavy tasks and will require steel toe footwear and they will also be some tasks available that don’t require these but if you have some please bring them.
- Please bring lunch and drinking water and wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and sturdy shoes (preferably steel toe cap boots).
- Please note there are no toilets on the site but you are welcome to find a bush!
- Many thanks and see you soon!
Reopening of Reserve for Public Open Days
The Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve are pleased to announce that the Garthorne Road nature reserve can now allow public access with permission from Lewisham Council but under CO-VID 19 restrictions. Please either walk or cycle if possible you can secure your bike inside the reserve limited space avaible and avoid using public transport.
The site is open on the 3rd Saturday of the month between April – October between 12noon – 4pm. A member of the Friends Group will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Please go to the Open Days page for further details
Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve Annual General Meeting
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Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve AGM
Tuesday 26th January 2021
20:00 – 21:30
The Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve are holding their AGM to elect the following committee members who plays an important part to the running of the group.
- Chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Media & Communications
- Committee Members up to 9
Are you interested in getting involved in the Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve (FoGRNR), volunteering as a committee member, or assisting in managing the reserve on the monthly workdays which are either on a Saturday or Sunday? You can stay for as little a time or the whole day as you wish? please contact the secretary.
E-mail: garthorne.reserve@gmail.com
After the AGM we will be having a committee meeting to discuss about future events and conservation workdays also the proposal to install bee hives on the reserve.
Volunteer conservation workdays 2021
6th January 2021
Happy New Year from the Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve
Has we enter this New Year and the further spread and increase of the COVID virus and the risk, also been is now Tier 4 and we take the responsibility of our volunteers seriously and don’t want to put them at further risk so we unfortunaly have been requested by Lewisham Council to cancelling the forthcoming Conservation workdays until further notice. Please keep checking on the website.
- Please do not attend if you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or in an vulnerable group.
- Please avoid using public transport if you can
- Hand washing facilities and hand sanitiser will be available
- We have a limited number of clean gloves please bring your own if you have them.
- We won’t be providing hot drinks or biscuits so please bring your own if you would like to
- We will be maintaining a 2m distance at all times
- We will be limiting volunteer numbers to 8 per session
- We will disinfect tools before and after each session
- Please wash clothes that you wear to the sessions regularly
Please either walk or cycle if possible you can secure your bike inside the reserve limited space avaible and avoid using public transport.
Friends of Garthorne Road Nature Reserve Bake – off and Reserve Open Day 2021
Saturday 18th September
2:00 – 5:00PM
There are two trophies to be won – Best Baker and Best Junior Baker. It would be helpful if you could email us in advance at garthorne.reserve@gmail.com letting us know if you plan to enter and in which category you want your cakes judged
• Entries can be either large cakes which we can slice on the day, or cupcake/muffin style cakes in individual cases or wrappers
• All cakes should be brought to the reserve between 13:30 and 14:00 on Saturday 18 September. Judging will take place at 14:00 and it will be followed immediately by a presentation ceremony at which the winners will receive their trophies
• We will be selling cakes during the rest during the open day (14:00-17:00) to raise money towards interpretation boards for the reserve
Kindly sponsored by Sebastian Roche Estate Agents
Estate Agents,
61 Honor Oak Park
Forest Hill
London SE23 1EA
Volunteer conservation workdays for 2022
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