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Upcoming Trust Events:
The Trust's AGM: Thurs 14 June
Guest speaker will be Juliette Jowitt, political correspondent for the Guardian and former environment correspondent. 7.00pm at the Coach House, Orleans Gallery.
Art Picnics 2012
Ros Newby's entertaining account of the art picnic at the Rose Theatre, 29 Jan
20 May 2012 - 11am to 4pm
Art Picnic in Kew Village
17 Jun 2012 - 11am to 4pm
Art Picnic at Old Isleworth Village
12 July 2012 (Thurs) 10am
Hampton Court Chimneys walk
Booking essential
22 July 2012 - 11am to 4pm
Art Picnic in Hampton Court Gardens
Creating a shared artwork
Please contact the office on 020 8891 5455 to book your place on any of these art picnics.
Springtime Safari at Orleans
Biggles the Bat flies at this year's Springtime Safari on 6 May, and a wonderful time was had by all at Orleans Gallery woods.
Upcoming Events:
See the Environment Trust's Volunteering Blog for reports on all the latest activities, with pictures.
Future Volunteering Events
Sat 26 May, 2012, 10.00am - 1.00pm approx
Ham Meadow Invasive plant management
Sat 30 June, 2012, 10.00am - 1.00pm approx
Crane Park Island Nature Reserve
Wildflower meadow management
Sat 28 July, 2012, 10.00am - 1.00pm approx
Barnes towpath
Painting railings and clearing litter from this popular riverside walk
Future Leisure Events
Sun 27 May 2012 - Herb Walk with Jo Dunbar
10.00am - 11.30am. Meeting place tbc
Jo Dunbar is a medical herbalist of Botanica Medica herbal apothecary. In this walk along Ham riverside she will describe the medicinal uses, ancient folk lore, wild food recipes and personal anecdotes of local plants - which most people would call weeds.
Tue 19 June 2012 - The Flora of Ham Lands: walk with Claire Fifield
10.30am - 12 noon. Meeting place tbc.
Explore the beautiful and relatively unknown Ham Lands by the river Thames and enjoy identifying the wild flowers found there.
Recent Events:
Trust's Schools' Project launched
The Trust's school's project funded by the Ernest Cook Foundation got off to a great start on the 8th and 9th of June, 2011, with children from Meadlands and St Richards with St Andrews primary schools removing the invasive Himalayan Balsam and conducting wildlife surveys in the grassland around Petersham woods.
Burton's Tomb Restoration - Completed!
Read about Burton's Tomb restoration
On a bright but cold 20th October, the Patrons, Friends and project team gathered to celebrate the completion of the restoration of Sir Richard Burton's Mausoleum. The Mausoleum was re-dedicated by Father Richard Whinder Priest of St Mary Magdalen RC Church, following a reading by Jean Hall.
Between the Locks Oral History Project - Completed!
Started in 2009, the Heritage Lottery-funded project 'Between the Locks' - an oral history of the working lives of the Thames river community bounded by the locks at Richmond and Teddington - has finished. The DVD is now available from the Trust office, and segments are on YouTube. The travelling exhibition, as featured in the Museum of Richmond and the Kew Steam Museum, can be borrowed and used for displays.
Read about Between the Locks, see excerpts from the video
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The Trust has received development funding of £31,500 as initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its market gardens project 'Jam Yesterday Jam Tomorrow'. The project focuses on the social history and physical heritage of the nurseries and market gardens of Twickenham, Hampton and Hounslow. These provided food for London and surrounding areas, and the project will involve volunteers of all ages and abilities in its exploration.
Hidden under the grassy lawn in front of peaceful St Leonard's Court, close to Mortlake Station in East Sheen, is a World War 2 air raid shelter in original condition.
