Projects

On Saturday 7th October a merry band of volunteers repeated history by planting dozens of new rhododendron plants in the American Garden.  The garden formed one of the key features of the new park when first laid out by Lt. Colonel J. J. Sexby in the late 1880s. In recent years some of the more … Continue reading We repeated history in the American Garden

The park has some spanking new, top of the range cricket nets, procured with funds made up from a Friends’ donation and park funds, match funded from Southwark Council’s Cleaner, Greener, Safer fund. These nets are designed to prevent the walker and bowler ‘clash’ across the front of the run-up that could cause a little … Continue reading New cricket nets

A band of volunteers from the Friends worked again this year with the Southwark team, led by Will Walpole, to make Dulwich Park Fair a resounding success. Former manager Paul Highman came to volunteer for the day. We will let the pictures do the talking…

Earlier in the year, with funding from the Dulwich Society and Dulwich Park Friends, London Wildlife Trust removed seventeen non-native and invasive cherry laurels from behind the old tennis courts (near to the boundary with Frank Dixon Close). The leaves and fruit pips of the species contain cyanolipids that are capable of releasing cyanide and … Continue reading Cherry laurel and a deathly potion…

At the last Dig the Park, and over the following week we planted 16,000 native bluebell bulbs in the American Garden, amongst the rhododendrons.  You may have noticed the considerable amount of clearance that has taken place in this area, the result of a series of team efforts over the last year or two (including … Continue reading Native Bluebells