Meadow Orchard Project

The Community Circle

Community Circle Sunday 11th May, 2-4pm What is a good way to be together? How do we cultivate a sense of belonging to where we find ourselves to be and to those we find ourselves in company with? If those questions light you up as much as us, we would love you to join us.Continue reading “The Community Circle”

Trek 26 – May 18th

Our volunteers Katie and Alan and walking an Epic 26 miles for #Trek26 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society on the 18th May! If you would like to donate please use the links below! Where? Trek 26 starts and finishes at the Trek26 event hub in Larkhall Park, London. The route Both the 26Continue reading “Trek 26 – May 18th”

Good to Grow Day 2024

Join us this Saturday 27th April for our #Goodtogrow2024 gardening event! Loads of great gardening activities and seeds and propagators for some windowsill gardening too! Enjoy a tour of the garden and meet our beekeepers for a tour of our amazing new apiary and beehives! As well as all of our beautiful fruit trees andContinue reading “Good to Grow Day 2024”

GoodGym @MOP

GoodGym is community of amazing volunteers who get fit by doing good. GoodGym-ers run, walk and cycle to do physical tasks for community projects and to support isolated and older people. This April we were joined by members of GoodGym Harringay who kindly offered to help out with some of the heavier jobs around theContinue reading “GoodGym @MOP”

Crouch End Sketchers @MOP

Winter sketching sessionWe started the new year on a high at MOP in’24, with a group of artists from the Crouch End Sketchers joining us on the 3rd of January. Alison a local artist and member of the group contacted us around November with a suggestion of the group meeting up for a sketching sessionContinue reading “Crouch End Sketchers @MOP”

Green woodworking @MOP

Traditional skillsGreen woodworking is a traditional method of woodworking where freshly cut, or “green,” wood is used, that is wood that hasn’t been kiln-dried or “seasoned”. Green woodworking mainly relies on using hand tools and traditional techniques to work the wood while it is still in its green state, unlike traditional carpentry or joinery whereContinue reading “Green woodworking @MOP”

Meditation – Saturday Mornings

10.50 for 11 am start, in cobhut or outside in the glade or circle if fine. Perhaps with the bees humming. Trees whispering. Birds singing. Stretch and shake out, check-in, twenty minutes’ sit and vision, lightly guided reflecting our combined thoughts. A slow walking meditation. 10’… then laughter, sing, stretch dance. 12.10 pm. And out into the sunshineContinue reading “Meditation – Saturday Mornings”

Capital Growth

#GoodtoGrow2024 Meadow Orchard Project is a member of the London Capital Growth network, we are also registered for the Good to Grow campaign 2024. Sustain, the organisation that runs Capital Growth has a network of all of the member gardens, the Good to Grow Network. Good to Grow (the new name for the Big Dig)Continue reading “Capital Growth”

Squirrel Scouts

We are delighted to announce that Islington Meadow Squirrel Scouts are now running a Squirrel Scouts group (or drey) at the Meadow Orchard Project on Saturday mornings from 9.30! There are still places available and we’ve seen the planned activities and it looks brilliant! Squirrel Scouts is for children aged 4 – 6. If youContinue reading “Squirrel Scouts”

Yoga by Lizzie

We are delighted to be welcoming Yoga by Lizzie to Meadow Orchard Project! Lizzie will be teaching a series of four yoga with somatic practices classes here at Meadow Orchard Project. Classes to be held on Sunday mornings at 10.00 – 11.00am, starting on the 21st April. Sessions held indoors in our beautiful roundhouse. PlacesContinue reading “Yoga by Lizzie”