A grey squirrel exploring Whitfield Gardens.
Spotted around 8am this morning in Whitfield Gardens was this grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Maybe not seen before in Whitfield Gardens but many have been spotted in Fitzroy Square to the north. Continue reading
This month volunteers from the Friends group have been planting native hedges in Whitfield Gardens and Crabtree Fields to replace missing or damaged shrubs.
A wild cherry planted in early April is showing signs of spring growth already.
In early April we planted around 50 bare root saplings: mostly blackthorn, with a mix of hawthorn, hazel, field maple, wild cherry and dog rose in two areas of Whitfield Gardens and one section in Crabtree Fields. Around the base of each hedge we sowed native wildflower seeds as part the Grow Wild project. Continue reading
A collection of wild plants to add to Whitfield Gardens.
Martin who works in Fitzrovia has an allotment near Heathrow has very kindly donated some plants for us.
They are perennial wildflowers: betony, primrose, cowslip and wild strawberry. We’ll be putting most of these next to our native hedge which we planted this week.
We’ll be holding regular community gardening sessions at Whitfield Gardens this year. If you live or work in Fitzrovia and want to get involved, please get in touch with us.
There are five collections of seeds in the Grow Wild seed kit.
Following up from our winter planting, we have been successful with an application for native wildflower seeds which Camden parks are encouraging Friends’ groups to get involved with.
Come and join our planting morning this Saturday when we’ll be sowing five collections of wildflower seeds in an area of Whitfield Gardens that we’ve specially prepared. Continue reading
Whitfield Gardens after overnight snowfall on 28 February 2018.
There will be a meeting of the Friends of Fitzrovia Parks at 6.30pm Thursday 5 April at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, 39 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RX. Continue reading
Our Grow Wild seed kit contains five collections of native wildflower seeds.
We are bouncing up and down with excitement as we’ve just received in the post our Grow Wild seed kit from Kew Gardens, ready to sow native wildflowers in Whitfield Gardens. The seed kit was the result of a successful application to improve part of one of Fitzrovia’s open spaces. Continue reading
Early February and catkins hang from a hazel tree. The Fitzrovia Mural is in the background.
As we approach mid-February catkins can be seen hanging from a hazel tree on Tottenham Street next to the Fitzrovia Mural in Whitfield Gardens public open space.
Hazel has both male and female flowers on the same tree, although hazel flowers must be pollinated by pollen from other hazel trees. The yellow male catkins appear before the leaves and hang in clusters up to 12 cm long, from February. Female flowers are tiny, bud-like and red in colour.
