The bulbs alluded to in a previous post have now been planted.
Perivale North Meadow Wildlife Survey, 19/08/2019.
The two meadows to the east of Perivale park and across the railway viaduct are a rich source of diversity. To establish exactly how diverse, we did a survey this August and the results are shown below.
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An update on the Friends of Perivale Park.
Following a public meeting on 4th November, it was agreed to form a Friends of the Park committee. This committee met on 25th November and elected the following officers; Continue reading “An update on the Friends of Perivale Park.”
Bulbs for London – in Perivale Park.
The Metropolitan Public Gardens Association is a long established charity that runs an annual Bulbs for London program. This year, as a newly formed Friends group (of Perivale Park) we applied for bulbs and were delighted to hear that our application was successful. The box arrived a day or so ago:
Orchard garden update: next year’s planting for the four meadows.
We now have details of how the four meadows in the orchard garden will be planted for next year. Each of the meadows now has a mound of soil, which will be mixed shortly with sand and evened out as soon as the rains and rather soggy ground conditions allow!
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A year in the Park
Carmel Cahill sent me these photos; she is one of the new Friends of Perivale Park, which was formed on Monday 4th November, 2019. The photos come with the comments:
Come to our litter sweep in/along the River Brent in Pitshanger Park on 10th November!
Forming a Friends of Perivale Park Group, Nov 4, 2019.
South West London Environment Network (SWLEN) & Ealing Council are looking to form a Friends of Perivale Park group to help maintain and enhance this precious green space. The inaugural meeting is on Monday, 4 November, 19:00-21:00 GMT in the Conference Room of Brentside High School.
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The Perivale Park orchard garden in autumn.
This is the orchard’s first year, and so it is still far from its final maturing outlook. But even at this stage the Malus fruits, of which there are in fact just a few, have acquired their brilliant red colour.
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A short walk along the Greenford-Gurnell Greenway (and beyond)
The new Greenford to Gurnell Greenway is now open for walkers. Here I start at the new bridge, which connects Perivale Park to Ruislip road (East).
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Autumn colours (and new bridges)
Here comes the first striking autumn colour (location 1 on map)
Calling raised bed (guerrilla) gardeners please!
The Perivale Park orchard garden now has four raised beds installed, with soil already delivered and ready to be poured into them in the next few days.
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Islands and beds (raised) in the park.
Even more rains have now fully matured the three ponds in the park itself. With the help of more “shallowing”, pond 3 now has its own island!
The Perivale Meadow Ponds: a wetlands takes shape.
To the east of the railway line connecting Greenford and West Ealing stations, a new wetlands is taking shape.
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Fungi.
Last october, Trees-for-Cities volunteers planted the new park woodland. Large mounds of bark chippings were brought in as mulch. After all the trees had been planted, a lot of these chippings were left over. Now, some 11 months later, the fungi have come!
Prospective Pulchritude of Perivale Park Ponds.
The past month has brought frequent and sometimes flash rains.‡ The cumulative effect of which has been to fill up the three new ponds in the park to (literally) overflowing, just a week or two after their excavation.
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Autumn colour in the orchard and first water in the new pond.
The normal time for seeding the flower meadows is late March/April, but this year a later planting in June was made in the orchard area. With the help of a fair bit of rain this summer, together with hosepipe watering of the fruit trees in the orchard, this late meadow is now starting to show its colour. Currently, its best viewed close-up.
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River Brent Bankside Cleanup – Sunday 8th September, 2019, 13.00.
PinkHill Meadow (Oxford), a model for the Greenford Greenway ponds + more new ponds in the Park.
One of the two meadows just the other side of the railway viaduct that runs along one side of Perivale Park has had a lot of earth moved recently. Here are some photos of its current appearance and some information about what it might shortly become.
Fruits of the forest (sorry, park)
In mid August, the brambles are frutifying and we went out collecting. The result was rather more colourful than we anticipated!
Oak processionary moths in Perivale Park
The park is blessed with some large and presumably old (if not ancient) oak trees. Most look healthy, but today I found out that some are infested with the oak processionary moth.
The golden yellow hues of August in the Park.
Early August, and the sunflowers are in residence, but the shallow pond is now dry despite recent rains and the yellow grasses are now seeding.
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.
Whilst this forum is mostly about Perivale Park, there are many other fantastic green spaces in London to explore. One of my favourites is the nature reserve in Tower Hamlets in east London, the cemetery park.
The first fruits of the Perivale Park orchard garden!
The trees for the orchard garden were planted about four weeks ago, and some of the apple trees already have fruits!
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The Perivale Park Orchard Garden in July.
If you have visited the park recently you might have noticed progress with the orchard. The trees are in and are being watered, four sturdy benches made from recycled tropic hardwood for seating are now complete and very soon raised beds will appear for planting with herbs.
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Bee corridors mean …. honey!
With all these flower meadows and bee corridors being planted around Ealing (and Brent) and especially Perivale Park, are the bees happy? To find out I visited Ealing Beekeepers, who run hives within the foraging range of the park (typically 2-3 km, but can be up to ~6 km or further).
July flowers: close up!
When flower plantings started in our area in 2016, we were never sure quite what to expect. It depended on rain and the type of seed set down. Now in mid-July we are starting to get some answers for 2019.
Northolt park flowering meadow.
You are as likely to meet a contractor in many London parks now as you are a park ranger. So it was yesterday that we ran in Andrew, one of the Perivale Park contractors for Ealing council, talking to local residents about the developing orchard garden “pocket-park”. Since these contractors visit many sites, I asked what the most spectacular local park was in early July. He suggested we visit Northolt park, about 4 km north-west from Perivale park.
We have new signs for the Perivale Park flower meadows!
Thanks to a generous grant from the Perivale ward of Ealing council, we now have three colourful and informative signs in the park next to three floral meadows. Thanks to Jan and Brad for their fantastic designs!
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In-River litter pick or Balsam Bash: the Choice is yours
