Protecting A Vital Green Space In Crouch End
We are aware that many of our members would be willing to help out occasionally with easy jobs like tree and bulb planting, or path sweeping, but are unable to come to our workdays on the third Sunday of the month. If you are someone who is available to help out occasionally on a weekday or perhaps a weekend and would be willing to be on our new Volunteers List do please let us know.
We are pleased to report that the water leak by the Hanley path has now at long last been fixed.
To all CREOS members who were looking forward to our annual summer party in the meadow, which was set for 4th September, we much regret that the event has had to be cancelled this year.
The CREOS AGM 2022 was held on 13th June at All Saints Church, N6.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the past year has been transformational for the CREOS Open Space.
Three years ago we established an experimental wildflower meadow along the western edge of the school playing field. Now the meadow is established and continues to bloom in the summer, providing colour as well as attracting bees and butterflies, and of course local passers-by.
Work on the new meadow path is now complete.
The new Meadow Path is now almost complete.
Cyclamen enthusiasts once had to travel to Mediterranean shores to find this hardy plant growing in the wild, but now this beautiful little flower is thriving in its location off the CREOS Lower Path and getting more abundant every year.
They may be small in stature, but mosses and liverworts greatly enhance the beauty and biological interest of just about everywhere in London from roadside trees, garden walls and paths. They are also some of the best biological indicators of air quality and climate.
