We held a work day today and volunteers gathered together to pick up litter, remove alexanders, mow the glade and trim the overhanging tree branches. It was lovely and warm… Read More »Autumn Work Day

A group of volunteers met today with the main task of clearing the bindweed off the hedge we laid earlier in the year. The bindweed is choking the hedge and… Read More »Summer Work Day 2024

We had a successful work day today in Dog Kennel Hill Woods. Eight volunteers spent a few hours on various tasks including: We collected the green waste into two huge… Read More »Spring Work Day 2024

Hopefully you have noticed our lovely laid hedge down the side of the woods, near the estate. We were lucky enough to receive some funding from CPRE (Campaign to Protect… Read More »Hedge laying lessons

Today we had our first work day of the year. 10 volunteers collected 12 rubbish bags of litter plus part of a car and a clothes drying rack. We also… Read More »Winter work day 2024

Two members had a good meeting with Robert Roach from Southwark Council today. We haven’t had a meeting for nearly 6 years! We walked around the woods and Open Space… Read More »Meeting with Southwark Parks dept

Last night was the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Dog Kennel Hill Wood. We held it in a new venue – Blanchedowne Hall. We’ve been wanting to use… Read More »AGM 2023

Big thanks to the volunteers who helped this morning to make Dog Kennel Hill Open Space a better place. We continued to cut the Alexander seed heads, picked up litter… Read More »Autumn work day 2023