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It’s Good to Grow again at Maryon Park Community Garden this Saturday

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023The Charlton Champion

Maryon Park Community Garden has consistently supported this website over the years by letting us know about their events. We’re delighted to hear that this Saturday they are having their first open day since the coronavirus lockdowns.

It’s well worth a visit to take a look at one of Charlton’s best-kept secrets. It’s been a long time, but they’re back…

Good to Grow Day is a national event for edible gardens to mark the new growing season by opening their doors to the local community encouraging people to visit their local Community Garden.

Maryon Park Community Garden is taking part in Good to Grow and have a ‘Drop-in Open Day’ on Saturday 22nd April from 10am to 4pm.

The Community Garden provides organic growing plots for local people, a Forest School for primary schools and volunteer opportunities for individuals and corporate groups.

On Saturday visitors can learn more about the Community Garden, enjoy tours and talks about the plots, orchard, wildflower bank, Forest School and the historic Maryon Park, location of the Sixties film Blow-Up.

There will be refreshments, children’s activities, and plant and craft stalls. Visitors can see the community garden and forest school or join the waiting list for a plot.

There will be a free ‘family forest school’ event from noon to 1pm, led by qualified Forest School Leader Chevonne Campbell.

Maryon Park Community Garden is on the south side of Maryon Park, near the main gates in Maryon Road. Look out for the bunting.

Charlton Athletic shirt on offer at Royal Oak charity quiz night

June 18, 2022June 19, 2023The Charlton Champion

Royal Oak pub in Charlton Lane — Quiz nights are returning to the Royal Oak

The Royal Oak on Charlton Lane is staging another charity pub quiz this Tuesday, to raise money for the Maryon Park Community Garden. Quizmaster PAUL BREEN – who is also vice-chair of the garden – would like to invite you along…

The garden relies entirely on donations and volunteers. To help with fundraising Charlton Athletic have donated a signed first-team shirt from the 2021/2022 season which will be raffled on the night.

Maryon Park Community Garden has been in existence since 2012 when locals took advantage of a Capital Growth grant to rejuvenate an overgrown area of the park. As a taster, here’s a question: Which infamous politician was instrumental in giving out these grants? (Clue: many people might now like said politician to go on gardening leave.)

Unfortunately the answers to this question are only available to those who turn up on the quiz night. Hopefully then the community garden will get the benefit of a decent crowd on the night and be able to continue their good work in the local area.

The quiz starts at 7.30pm and should last about two hours. Food is also available in The Royal Oak beforehand.

Updated to get the day right – it’s on Tuesday!

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Pub quiz for Maryon Park Community Garden, Royal Oak, Wednesday 24 November

November 17, 2021June 19, 2023paulbreen

The Royal Oak on Charlton Lane is holding a pub quiz on Wednesday 24 November to raise funds for the Maryon Park Community Garden. Quizmaster PAUL BREEN explains more…

The Maryon Park Community Garden is a food growing space in a reclaimed area of the park which had previously been neglected and abandoned. Thanks to a group of dedicated local volunteers, steered largely by community stalwarts Tim and Edna Anderson, the food growing space has been radically transformed in the past decade. It is now a thriving social space that brings together people from all parts of our very diverse community. Even through Covid, it has served as a source of social sustenance for members.

Unfortunately, with lockdowns and so on, the garden has been unable to host many open days or public events in recent times. Therefore, this is a very worthy cause and support is very much appreciated. Incidentally, this is also the first pub quiz in The Royal Oak since it came under management earlier this year. New owner Kevin Latta has been very keen to participate actively in the life of the community and is looking forward to welcoming regulars and visitors alike on Wednesday 24th.

The quiz kicks off at 7.30pm with up to five members in each team, at a cost of £5 per player. There is also food available in the pub and people are welcome to come as early as possible. Indeed, in these times, that is probably advisable as every effort will be made to make the venue Covid safe. Quiz attendees are advised to bring masks for use when outside of their seated areas.

And as a taster, what famous 1960s film was shot in Maryon Park? So easy not even any need to answer here! Expect the difficulty of questions to be blown up significantly.

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Good to Grow Day in Maryon Park Community Garden this Saturday

April 21, 2021June 19, 2023Darryl Chamberlain

It’s Good to Grow Day at the Maryon Park Community Garden this Saturday (24 April) – a first chance for the public to look inside one of Charlton’s best-kept secrets since the start of the pandemic last year.

Visitors will be able to see the community garden and its forest school with socially-distanced tours for family groups and social bubbles.

The community garden provides organic growing plots for local people, as well as an indoor garden meeting space, while the forest school has space for primary schools and child-minders’ groups as well as outdoor art therapy.

There will be a tomato and plant sale, damson jam and a woodcraft stall at the gates of the park, next to the old park-keeper’s house. Visitors are asked to wear a mask.

“The Good to Grow Day is about encouraging people and families to visit their local community garden. Whether just want to visit the stalls, become involved or see the community Garden for the first time, you will be welcome,” the community garden’s chair, Tim Anderson says.

The event will run from 10am to 4pm.

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Maryon Park Community Garden: ‘socially-distanced plant and jam sale’ this weekend

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020Neil Clasper

We’ve not had too many notices about real-life community events recently, what with one thing and another, so we’re very pleased to relay news of Maryon Park Community Gardens’ annual harvest event:

Instead of our usual ‘Urban Harvest Open Day’ event, this year there will be a ‘socially-distanced’ stall at the Community Garden Gates on Saturday 19th September, 1-4 pm.

The ‘Plant and Jam” sale will feature Aloe Vera, Geraniums, Salvias, Small Cacti, Damson and Wild Plum Jams. The stall will be set up at the garden’s double gates and pop-up shop.

All donations will go to the work of the Community Garden and Forest School.

How to find Maryon Park Community Garden

Access from the main park gates next to the park keeper’s lodge. Address: 126 Maryon Rd, London SE7 8DH.

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Meet Santa at Maryon Park Community Garden this Saturday

December 3, 2019Darryl Chamberlain

Maryon Park Community Garden is opening its gates on Saturday for its Christmas event – with Santa on hand to hand out gifts to children in his grotto.

There’ll also be a the chance to buy plants, cacti and woodcraft gigs, and you can give the lucky dip a whirl too.

It all runs from 1pm to 3pm at the old nursery in the park.

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Urban Harvest Open Day at Maryon Park Community Garden this Saturday

September 17, 2019Neil Clasper

The Community Garden in Maryon Park is open to all this Saturday as part of Capital Growth’s Urban Harvest event. Its chair TIM ANDERSON explains more…

Community food growing gardens across the capital will be open on Saturday 21st September to welcome visitors and volunteers. Get a taste of London’s edible gardens by dropping in to Maryon Park Community Garden in Charlton, one of Capital Growth’s flagship gardens, from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Capital Growth, part of the charity Sustain, is London’s largest food growing network, with over 2,000 gardens throughout the city.

At the Maryon Park Community ‘Organic Food Growing’ Garden activities include:

Tours of the Garden and Forest School.
Display of photos from the 1966 cult film ‘Blow Up’ that was shot in Maryon Park.
Activities for children: Making bird feeders.
Refreshments: Teas & coffee
Damson Jam and Chutney Sale
Wood Craft Sale including Bird Boxes
Plant and succulent Sale

In the Forest School area there will be a free ‘Family Forest School Session’ from 2pm – 3pm led by Chevonne Campbell.

How to find Maryon Park Community Garden

Enter Maryon Park from the main entrance in Maryon Road, follow the path to the left past the park lodge and find the Community Garden at the end of the park perimeter fence. Look out for the signs and bunting.