Very important survey - If you love your local parks and can spare 5-10 mins… 🌳 💚 Barking & Dagenham Park Rangers Barking and Dagenham Council

Here we come a wassailing 😁 yesterday we were helping the Barking & Dagenham Park Rangers to celebrate our local community orchards with a traditional wassail. Do you know how many orchards there are in our Borough?

Lovely to see lots of #families at our #halfterm #Wassail event on Tuesday.🌳 The apple trees have been woken up with lots of music, singing & merriment! 🎶🪇🥁🎵 Huge #thanks also to Company Drinks for providing the all important wassail punch - warming & delicious! 🍏🍎

Great to have you here Company Drinks. 🍎🍏 Thanks for your support. Anyone want a clue for the answer? 👇

Learned a lot about wormeries this morning! Workshop for Community Hub and local charity about their new composting system. Reducing food waste + ongoing supply of compost for growing food = Win Win! Apt to run this during #FoodWasteActionWeek Barking and Dagenham Council Company Drinks

A brilliant discussion at Stoneford Community Garden yesterday; on how to better connect/share/activate orchards with more local residents….. We co-hosted with Fruitful Orchard CIC +Barking and Dagenham Council. Thanks all for joining us for a FRUITFUL coming together of ideas+networks 🍏 💚

London's 1st ever #HappierOutdoorsFestival is 18-27 March! 💚🌻Engaging with nature improves physical & mental wellbeing - just 2 hrs/week in green spaces helps people feel happier & more relaxed, can reduce depression, anxiety & stress! 🌳🍄Find out more: happieroutdoors.london

This looks like a really great, informative event, from our pals at Pen to Print 🩷

A recycling workshop at Company Drinks followed by a student led litter pick of Barking park led by pupils of SOAS University of London Barking Abbey School MJS Seven Kings Sixth Form ♻️ The kids want a clean and green future. Litter harms ALL living things ♻️ #littlelitterleague #thewanderinglondoner

Great resource for anyone keen to learn or improve their composting skills! 🪱🌱 Free online course for residents of Barking and Dagenham Council Havering Council Newham London 💙 and Redbridge Council by East London Waste Authority (ELWA). Sign up here: eastlondonwaste.gov.uk/homecomposttra… #compost #gardening

It's April... here come the showers! 💧☔️ In the meantime please enjoy the lovely scene on this month's #WildFreeLBBD calendar. 📷 Photo taken by Audrey Beri in Valence Park. ☀️Learn how plants convert sunlight into energy: tinyurl.com/d7r8vbya #nature #science #trees #light

#BookbikeLondon and Bread Run. We share bread with rough sleepers, #homeless and those needing a helping hand. The energy price crisis alone caused the sharpest increase in UK poverty in 30 years. The number of children living in poverty hit a record high. #thewanderinglondoner

This weekend is all about getting outdoors & exploring nature, via the #CityNatureChallenge. Join us tomorrow (Sat 27) at Eastbrookend CP with Chris Farnan & Thames21 to find & record as many species as possible! 🍄🐾🦋🌿🐞🪶🐝eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-nature-… 🐸🦔🕷️ #CNC #CNC2024 #CNCUK

May is here & it feels like Summer's on the way!☀️ You might even enjoy some 'Komorebi' (sunlight scattered through trees) as shown in this month's #WildFreeLBBD calendar photo taken by Shirupa Akter in Barking Park. 📷More info: happiful.com/what-is-komore… 🌳☀️ #NaturePhotography

Lovely to see our friends Company Drinks on their annual Elderflower foraging trip at Eastbrookend & the Chase LNR. 🌿They managed to brew up some cordial before they even left the park! More to be made & bottled back at HQ later. 🍾

🗓️Counting down to our #GBGW Eco-Fair on Sat 15th June. Bring children's clothes & toys to swap, items that need repairing, books that you want to exchange, learn how to compost and more!♻️Full details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/eastbrookend… 💚 #GreatBigGreenWeek The Climate Coalition #swap

It’s Company Drinks in my The Barking and Dagenham Post column. Company Drinks provides shared space, resources, and promotes wellbeing and social connection. It’s a cornerstone of the community, connecting residents through the shared joy of foraging and sustainable living. #thewanderinglondoner

Fancy going on a bee-hunt? 🐝🐝 Our Bee Trail will be kept in place this weekend, so bring your family to find all 12 bee species - answer the questions to receive wildflower seeds and a chance to enter the draw for more prizes. Pick up a map at Eastbrookend Tea Rooms.🫖☕️ 🍰🍦

Wondering how to spend your summer days? ☀️ Get out into your local #LBBDparks & make some magic! 🪄💫 Look for wildlife 🐾🍄🦋 take photos 📷 & share with us using #WildFreeLBBD to enter our #competition - open until October. 🍃 More info: barkinganddagenhamcountryparks.com/wild-and-free-…