It was lovely to see so many of our fellow charity comms professionals at the year’s last Richmond Charity Comms Networking meeting at the Park Hotel in Teddington. This peer group has always provided valuable advice and support & helps our local charities raise their comms to the next level

Join us this Saturday 13th December for a fun willow weaving workshop and create your own mini Christmas tree decoration! A fantastic drop in activity for age 5+, led by the wonderful Ellie Morgan (Wood Wool Willow). Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/willow-chr...

We had so much fun creating our natural festive wreaths led by the lovely Ellie Morgan on Wednesday evening. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our charity - we enjoyed making new friends while sipping on mulled wine (and cups of tea) with a mince pie or two!

Our Yaffles Family Nature Club continues throughout the winter months, so if you’re not feeling confident to explore outdoors independently, join us for a guided journey across the Common! It’s been great to see familiar faces over the past 2 months, and we’d love some new families to come along too

There are still some spaces available for tonight's Winter Talk! It's at 7.30pm with @bsbicountries.bsky.social about his book 'Endemic' - more about the book here: bsbi.org/blog/2025/09... Tonight's online talk is here so book your free space: bsbi.org/take-part/ev...

Our Conservation Team has been hard at work at several Local Nature Reserves. In the woodlands, our volunteers have been helping thin Holly, and creating dead hedges with the arisings, and they have also assisted in creating a new small pond on East Sheen Common to support the local amphibians.

Join us in January for a new series of short workshops looking at how we can use herbs to support our health and wellbeing. We'll look at the medicinal qualities and traditional uses of different plants, and you'll make a herbal preparation to take home with you barnescommon.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

For #GreenFriday this year, we are offering 10% off our Christmas wreath making workshop until the end of November! Book via Eventbrite before 23:30 on the 30th of November and the discount should be automatically applied to your tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natural-ch...

Are you looking for the perfect stocking filler or a party host gift? We’ve got a great selection of thoughtful, locally made gifts that support our charity. With #BlackFriday approaching, we are offering 10% off our Christmas workshops barnescommon.org.uk/give-a-gift-...

We are so pleased our supporters on #easyfundraising have raised a total of £631.81 in donations! 🎉 And, until the end of the month, they'll give us a bonus £2 donation* every time a new supporter signs up via the easyfundraising app! See next post for details:

Our Business Operations Manager, Jackie was delighted to be invited to participate in a panel discussion about inclusivity at the recent @richmondfoundation.org.uk AGM...

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Tickets are on sale for our popular Christmas workshops, book early to secure your place. Local basket weaver Ellie Morgan will lead a Christmas Wreath Making Workshop on 3rd December at 6:30pm, tickets £50 + booking fee inc all materials, hot drink and mince pie www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-...

We are looking forward to seeing our Friends at our AGM tonight, with a nature conservation talk by educator James Skillicorn. Location details are in the email invitation.

Our November email newsletter is out! Find it in your inbox or read it on our website. Friends update with an introduction by our Conservation Manager, Will Dartnell us12.campaign-archive.com?u=23dbf39897...

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Part of a large patch of Devil's Fingers fungus (aka Octopus Stinkhorn) in Rye, East Sussex. I smelt them before I saw them. An intense bouquet of rotting flesh to attract insects that then help spread spores. Brilliant! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #fungi #mycology #UKwildlife

The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]

Thank you to everyone who came to our UnCommon Colours Autumn Tree Walk last weekend, we were lucky with the weather and saw many of our local street trees in brilliant autumn colour.

We recently started performing regular water quality testing for E. coli on the Beverley Brook at Barnes Green with the help of our citizen science volunteer group. We will be publishing our test results on our website: barnescommon.org.uk/water-qualit...

Proof that gardening makes you happy! Everyone who joined in our school holiday growing session this week left smiling - it was great to see all of the children having fun! The positive effect gardening has on wellbeing can be felt by everyone...

We will host our annual clean of The Old Cemetery at 10am on Remembrance Sunday, November 9th. Join our team of volunteers for the clean up and a minute of reflection at 11am, followed by a coffee break and a chance to be guided around the war graves. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembranc...

Join us on Barnes Common on Tuesday 28th October for an engaging and interactive morning connecting with nature! Suitable for all ages. Book here: barnescommon.org.uk/eventbrite-e...

Join us on our autumn tree walk this Saturday afternoon as we step off the Common, and explore the streets of Barnes and the amazing colours of some of the exotic members of our Treescape. Tickets £5 - book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autumn-tre...

Autumn is the perfect time to go hunting for plant galls, these odd-looking growths on trees and herbaceous plants. Oak trees are famous for supporting a great amount of species and gall-causing organisms are no exception: they are hosts to more than 50 different galls.

Last call to book your tickets to our wonderful nature activities and walks at the Autumn Fayre this Saturday! You can also turn up on the day but spaces are limited and we are likely to sell out. www.eventbrite.com/cc/autumn-fayre-1270279

TOMORROW IS THE DAY! Richmond CVS Trustee Recruitment Evening 📅 Wed 15 Oct 2025 ⏰ 5pm - 8pm 📍 @rhacc.bsky.social There'll be a warm welcome ready for all visitors & the 34 charity stallholders will be delighted to chat to you Free tickets still available to book bit.ly/46u0vuF

One day, two autumn fairs in Barnes! On Saturday 18 October, join us at the Barnes Common Autumn Fayre at Vine Road, and visit the OSO Autumn Fair at the OSO Arts Centre!⁠ #barnes #barnescommon #autumnfair #osobarnes #barnespond

We had a session on pruning at the Intro to Growing course this week. Here, our participants are working out how they would prune this apple tree. If you'd like to learn how, join our free Pruning Tips & Techniques workshop on 11 October. It's free to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-p...

We are thankful to Ringden Farm who are once again sponsoring apple pressing at our annual Autumn Fayre. Join us on the 18th of October and help us press the apples with our old fashioned apple press, stay for a while and enjoy all the fun of the fair!

After our very popular summer walk, we are delighted to welcome back botanist and plant flora lecturer Roy Vickery. He will be leading two short strolls at our Autumn Fayre, about Wonderful Weeds in the morning, and Healing Hedgerows in the afternoon.

We are delighted to welcome back our long time friend and collaborator, spoon carver and basket maker Ellie Morgan, founder of Wood Wool Willow to this year's Autumn Fayre.

There was a sewage pollution incident in the Beverley Brook on Friday 26 September. The source of pollution was upstream of Wimbledon Common. According to the Environment Agency which has been investigating the incident “whilst there was some visual discolouration in the Beverley Brook at Barnes...

We are very happy to welcome back botanist Mark Spencer to our Autumn Fayre, to lead his very popular fungi walks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Dr Mark Spencer is an experienced and internationally respected botanist...

It was lovely to welcome many of our Keystone Friends to a thank you event recently. Our Senior Conservation Manager, Will Scott-Mends led an evening walk on Barnes Common with updates on our nature conservation work...

We are looking forward to our Autumn Fayre on Saturday the 18th of October! We've planned a day full of fun! Apple celebration - Bring your apples for juicing in our traditional apple presser. Don't worry if you don't have an apple tree, we'll have apples available for you!

We are so grateful to our fantastic team of fundraising runners who took on the Richmond Running Festival for us this Sunday! Thank you to Nicky Buley, Alex Baker, Paddy Hayes, Yusuf Kassim, Emma Braithwaite, Stan Broughton, Noemie Pacatte and Tom Webb, you are all amazing! 1/2

We are looking forward to seeing you at the @barnescommunity.bsky.social Barnes Food Fair on Saturday 13th September, when we’ll be on stage at 2:30pm demo’ing some of the produce we have been growing. Come along, get to taste a variety of fruit & veg, and find out how to grow and how to cook them!

This morning our conservation volunteers were working around the ponds in the woodland near Vine Road. We were selectively coppicing willow which not only allows more light to reach the woodland floor but also encourages vigorous regrowth of the willows themselves.

A huge thank you to @goodgym.bsky.social Richmond who joined us at the growing project on Saturday. Everyone got stuck into some serious weeding! Things are looking much tidier now - it was great to have your help! #growing #wellbeing #exercise #community #charity

It was great to welcome herbologist Maya Thomas to the growing project last night to round of our summer series of walks, talks and workshops. Maya discussed how we can prepare our herbal pantry for the winter.

Introducing the newest member of our RunFest fundraiser team, Emma Braithwaite who is very excited to be running for Barnes Common this September. Emma says: “I have lived in Barnes for years, and my family and I have always been very appreciate of the work that is done by Barnes Common.”

Remember A Charity Week - 8–14 September 2025 Coming soon is the annual celebration of the power and impact of legacy giving If there's a charity that's helped you or a loved one, have you thought about thanking them with a legacy in in your will? youtu.be/X2MVsKoPqXA

Best friends Eva Wishart and Emily Smith were upset to find out that harvest mice are threatened in England due to farming practices and habitat loss. The two girls took matters into their own hands and decided to replenish local harvest mice stocks themselves. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're looking forward to a busy September, and beyond! Join us at one of our upcoming events... check out our website for more! barnescommon.org.uk

Find out how to get plants for free, learn about regenerative growing, composting and soil health, natural pest control, companion planting, pruning techniques, container growing, using herbs and more at our new Introduction to Growing course starting next week. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

It was lovely to see our Community Growing Project featured in South West Londoner. Our coordinator Nicky Buley shared her thoughts about reconnecting communities with their green spaces.

Join us for an evening history walk led by our Chair, Mike Hildesley on 24 September, and find out how Barnes Common became the small local nature reserve it is today. For over a thousand years, ‘The Waste’ has been common land traditionally used for grazing and by drovers on their way to market.

We've still got places available on our six week Introduction to Growing course starting next week at the Community Growing Project in Barnes. Suitable for those who are new to growing, as well as experienced growers who want to learn more.We’ll cover a wide range of topics over the 6 weeks...

You've probably seen our big green tractor on the Common recently, mowing our grassland areas. Every year we mow areas on Maisie’s meadow, Rocks Lane, Van Buren’s, Half and Half, The Orchard and Red Rover.