Spring Sessions With Groundwork 2013

Table Tennis lands on the common

Anyone for tennis? Table Tennis that is ... in addition to the extremely popular basketball courts and outdoor gym, we now have an outdoor table tennis set-up.

I'm really hoping to see some top notch skills on this table, who knows there might be an Olympic champion in the making!

More pics on our flickr page here.

Ducketts Common wins Veolia clean up!

We reported at the last friends meeting that the group had won a competition for a Clean Sweep from the cleaning contractor Veolia.

They are arranging a general tidy up of the Common which starts at 10am on Tuesday 5 June, followed by a Diamond Jubilee party at The Big Green Bookshop off Wood Green High Street.

It would be great if as many of you as are able join us for what should be a fun event, which will enable you (if you are so minded) to celebrate the Queen having been around for ages at the same time as helping the local park and meeting some of your neighbours.

Work on the new playground will start on Tuesday 6th February and will last until April. The basketball courts will be closed during this time.

Here is the final design, click on the picture for a larger view.

Free tennis coaching for children during half term - 24th to 29th October 2011

We are holding a summer event to celebrate the opening of the new playground.

We are awarded £50,000 from Play Sport London for the outdoor gym.

The new playground using natural materials opens.

We are awarded £50,000 from the Community Spaces fund. This money will be used to restore the basketball courts and surrounding area.

Our history board is installed.

We received £24,000 from Marks & Spencer for the natural play area.

We have received £50,000 from the Playbuilder Fund for a natural play area. We planted a heritage tree apple orchard on Green Gate Common with children from North Harringay Primary School.

We have received £30,000 from the London Marathon Trust for an outdoor gym.

We are awarded £10,000 from Haringey Council as part of the Harringay/St Anns Making the Difference grant. We are using this money to tidy up the overgrown trees, plant an orchard, get a history board and repair the railings.

We are delighted to be working on a substantial regeneration design for Ducketts Common with the Groundwork Trust. They are an environmental charity who in consultation with park users, residents and community groups are drawing up some ambitious and exciting plans to breathe a new lease of life into our previously neglected local green space.