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Making Homes for Our Wild Residents
Our hardworking volunteers have been helping to transform logs and branches from felled trees into new habitats for wildlife on the farm, in the form of dead hedges and loggery. These projects will...
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Project Updates Mid-July 2014
It has been a busy few weeks here at Mudchute, with lots of new projects forging ahead with the help of our corporate volunteer groups. Over the past two weeks we have hosted groups from AIG, Morgan...
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Welcome to Our New Bees!
Mudchute is pleased to announce the arrival of our new apiary located in the fields of Mudchute. It was sponsored by Ashurst for the purpose of a London Beekeepers Association teaching apiary. We...
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Could you be our Volunteer Coordinator?
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Volunteer Coordinator to join our team at Mudchute Park and Farm to manage the recruitment, supervision and support of our volunteering programme. We...
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Mid-Winter on the Farm
With winter setting in, we’ve been rather quiet here on the blog. However, staff and volunteers have been hard at work across Mudchute. While winter is a fairly quiet season in terms of visitors,...
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New Year, New Projects
Dawn on the big field. As we ring in 2015, we’re also excited to start a number of new projects and welcome new volunteers! Are you looking to get more involved with the community this year? Or perhaps...
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An Update on Our Volunteer Projects
Volunteers make a huge difference, contributing across Mudchute. Here is an update from volunteer coordinator, Louise. At the moment, the farm is blooming with daffodils, crocus and snowdrops, the...
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Cutting Bales of Mudchute Hay
The hayknife which we use to cut the stack into neat and tidy bales. Two summers ago, our staff and volunteers cut and gathered hay from across our big field. The hay has been kept dry in haystacks and...
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Restoring a Coppice
Many thanks to TCV for their recent work on our coppice. Our hazel coppice was overgrown and in need of attention. Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management through which young stems...
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A Big Pond Clear-up
Autumn is one of the busiest times of year for us on our parks and open spaces. Now that young birds have fledged, we can safely cut back hard scrub. We also have a brief opportunity to tidy up our...
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An Autumn Tidy
A daunting task, but not intimidating to our volunteers! Autumn is the prefect season to tidy up. With a wet spring and hot summer, brambles and bindweed have been growing vigorously across the farm...
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Felling, Thinning and Tidying Our Copse
Over the past few weeks you may have spotted a teams at work in the wooded copse. We’ve been working to remove Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) trees. The Norway Maple is a non-native tree species and...
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Planting for Pollinators
There’s a meadow in the making on our big field. Last week the London Beekeeper’s Association planted 1200 potted wildflower plants representing 21 native species on our big field. On Friday and...
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A Place to Rest Your Legs and Take in the View!
Many thanks to J B Riney & Co Ltd for the donation of several benches. With the help of our wonderful corporate volunteer groups from Barclays and HSBC, these benches are being lovingly restored...
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Thank you to our Wonderful Volunteers!
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers! A very happy International Volunteer Day as well! Tonight we hosted our very first Volunteer Appreciation Day. It was lovely to hear about the...
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Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!
Just a few days to go until our Christmas Fair! Ahead of the festivities, our staff and volunteers have been hard at working decorating the main courtyard. Many thanks to our corporate volunteer group...
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A New Field for Our Goats
Looking for our goats? Our herd have moved from their shady enclosure at the centre of the farm to the corner field opposite our chickens. They’ve been enjoying the ample opportunities to sunbathe and...
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A New Enclosure for our Ducks!
A few weeks ago our goats moved to their new pen and works began to transform their former pen. We’re excited to share that staff and volunteers have been hard at work transforming that former goat...
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