Friends of Mile End Park

Today a couple of us spent three hours clearing an area of Chris’ Wood ahead of tomorrow’s bulb-planting. We removed cow parsley, nettles, and chickweed, leaving any snowdrops behind. A few years ago a group from Good Gym cleared the area of brambles for us, and it was notable how the brambles have stayed away.

We have two thousand woodland … read more

This Saturday, the 28th, from 11am the Friends will be planting lots of woodland bulbs in the park. Can you spare an hour or two to volunteer and help plant the bulbs in Chris’ Wood by the Art Pavilion?

We usually plant bulbs in the Autumn, but we are going for Spring planting of “bulbs in the green” for a … read more

This Thursday the 19th February between 2pm-8pm at The Ecology Pavilion, Mile End Park there is an informal public consultation exhibition organised by AEG presents (the organisers behind All Points East). Everyone is welcome to attend.

AEG is seeking to extend the LIDO Festival and All Points East for another six years, with proposals potentially running until 2032. The … read more

Why not join us this Sunday 8th February to help litter-pick Mile End Park?

This Sunday, the 8th February, is our monthly litter pick. As well as the distractingly colourful abandoned drinks cans, vapes and fast-gas canisters, we will have a chance to enjoy the clumps of flowering snowdrops, crocuses, and winter aconites. If you’re more into fauna than flora … read more