Friends of Green Lane Recreation Ground
Glendale Kingston's Community development manager (Andy Hallett) and a local councillor organised the first working event for the friends of Green Lane. Andy created the posters for the event and put them up on all the entrances of the park. The local councillor advertised the event via social media and the online Friends group.
We had planned to clear 2 areas on the entrances to the park but unfortunately the London to
Brighton Ultra challenge clashed with the event so we had to move to a different area of the park.
We cut back and cleared an overgrown pathway that had been an issue for ASB in the park.
The turn out was great with 22 people coming to help. This included local residents, police and local councillors. This was a great start to the Friends groups working sessions and now with momentum behind them they should be able to look forward to growing the group and further enhancing their Green Space.
Glendale ran the session, supplied all the tools and removed 2 van loads of green waste.
2 sites in Kingston have been nominated for Green Flag awards.
The Judging will be taking place in May so watch this space for future updates.
The sites being Judged are:
Canbury Gardens
Fishponds
There will be members from the RBK Greenspaces team and Glendale to escort the Judging panel on the day and give them all the information they require.