Heritage ← Highbury Orchard Community

Bush Craft Drop-In

Nov

8

2019

With funding from Big Lottery and Active Citizens Fund, we are setting up a Drop-In "cafe" with an outdoors feel for young people aged 10 - 16 or thereabouts. It's every Wednesday from 13th November, 3:30 - 5:00. You can come with or without your parent/carer, and it's absolutely free. We'll be based at the ...

Fire at the Orchard

May

11

2019

We thank our very supportive community which surrounds us and shares our grief and concern for the losses due to this gross act of vandalism. This Press Release was constructed on 9th May. ARSON DESTROYS LOCAL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY RESOURCES, THREATENING THE FUTURE OF PLANS TO RESTORE JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN'S FAMILY HOME. On Sunday 5th May ...

Night Walk 23rd February 5:00 PM

Feb

11

2019

The annual Night Walk is part of our Woodland Play series, and this year there's a competition to go with it. We have extended the deadline for entries to Sunday 24th February at 9 PM (later than in the instructions). Here are the instructions PlanetAcrostic_Competition. We have a winner for the Night Walk competition! It's Millie, ...

Highbury Harvest 2018, Saturday October 13th 11-4 1

Sep

6

2018

Welcome to the Highbury Harvest page! Here you will find all you need to know to enjoy the day out. The Harvest date is usually set as close as possible to Apple Day (12th October), and this year it falls on Saturday 13th October, 11-4. It's a day to celebrate our community as well as soft ...

2018 Wassail!

Dec

29

2017

WASSAIL! SUNDAY 21ST JANUARY 3:30 - 5:30 THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND IS SET TO BE WET ALL DAY SUNDAY. SO WOODLAND PLAY IS CANCELLED. THE WASSAIL WILL GO AHEAD AT 3:30 AS PLANNED. This year we are combining a Woodland Play (Sunday) with our annual Wassail. The children's activities start at 1:30 and we meet ...

Herb Workshops - are you interested?

Dec

10

2017

Calling all families who visit Holders Wood and Highbury Orchard! Highbury Orchard Community is thinking of applying for Grow Wild grant of £2-4K, to run a project from March to October 2018. Activities and workshops must help people grow or learn about native wild plants, wildflowers or fungi. We at HOCCIC are particularly interested in ...

Winter Solstice at Highbury, 17 December 2017

Nov

27

2017

The Winter Solstice takes place astronomically on 21st December, but we will be celebrating it on Sunday 17th December 3:30 - 6:30. It will partly coincide with Woodland Play (Sunday) for families of 0-8s, which runs at its usual time of 1:30 earlier in the day, and will include some of the activities mentioned here. ...

Fruit Tree Care Course 2017 - 2018

Oct

9

2017

We're very pleased to receive a grant from Gregg's Environmental Fund to run our first Fruit Tree Care course, starting 25th November 2017. This will be the first of six sessions - maybe more. Rob Tilling, recently of The Orchard Project, will be the course leader and will take participants through the different tasks of ...

Discovery Points

Jul

18

2015

Welcome to the Highbury Discovery Points page! We've set up an information trail of about 30 points where we think there's something of educational or general interest. We've made a map (here) and this page of notes for anyone with a QR-enabled phone or tablet. Aside from the description, each listing also has other useful ...