Upcoming Trust Events:
Art Picnics 2011
September 18, 11am to 4pm
Printmaking at Corrinne's on Thames Ditton Island, with Sasa Marinkov RE
Learn the simple art of printmaking.
23 October, 11am to 4pm
Richmond Green
Draw or paint historic buildings surrounding The Green
20 November, 11am to 4pm
Art & Architecture Shop, Kew Road, Richmond
Christmas card, gift and decoration workshop
Please contact the office on 020 8891 5455 to book your place on any of these art picnics.
Upcoming Events
See the Environment Trust's Volunteering Diary for reports on all the latest activities, with pictures.
Future Volunteering Events
Saturday 24th September 9.30am to 12.30pm
Orleans Park gardens, Twickenham. Path laying and autumn tidy up:
We will be helping to lay woodchip on the sometimes muddy footpaths, and also doing some light Autumn clearance.
Orleans Park gardens car park, near the art gallery, Twickenham.
Future Leisure events
September 8th, 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Bat evening with Philip Briggs of the London Bat Group
An illustrated talk on bats that live locally followed by a walk along the warren footpath to see and hear them. Meet at Twickenham Yacht club. More information here...
October 8th, 10:30am to 11:30am
Richmond’s Secret Garden
Learn about the history, the "residents" and a little on the flora of the Vineyard Passage Burial Ground on this guided walk led by Alan Sherriff
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 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.
Newts, Coots and Muddy Boots, 14th May
Everyone had a wonderful time, and the packed auditorium heard Sir David Attenborough describing the affairs of the Great Crested Newt, Nigel Reeve from Royal Parks talking about the stagbeetle, Keith Martin on identifying the song thrush and other birds, and Joe Pecorelli on the Thames, one of the greatest wildlife resources in this area.
Finally, the children from Archdeacon Cambridge's CE Primary School described their wildlife garden. With thanks to all the speakers and the volunteers, and everyone who attended, and especially to Sir David, who brought the afternoon a special magic. Jacqui Lofthouse's blog follow-up is here.
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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