03/04: Mayor's Civic Award for Olden Garden, Highbury
IG are delighted to learn that the Olden Garden and Management Committee were given a Civic Award from the Mayor of Islington at a ceremony held in the Town Hall on March 12, 2009, for their contribution to the local community. Volunteers have been working for decades in nearly two acres of open space known as the Olden Garden off Whistler Street, Highbury, and have turned it into a community garden and woodland. Much fundraising has been organised by the Management Committee in the last year or so. The most recent resulting improvement (amongst many) to the Garden is the rebuilt Garden House which will be available for small local functions, but the Olden Gardeners have moved on to plan wildflowers for the meadow, and have dug a vegetable patch from an area of brambles. Children from a nearby school also have their own vegetable garden within the site and benefit from the outdoor activity.
New volunteers are always welcome, to help with all aspects of maintaining the garden, and to enjoy being outdoors and socialising. If you are a local resident and you are interested in getting involved with the Olden Garden please contact Jill Mckeown (membership secretary), 49 Whistler Street, N5 1NJ. Tel: 7226 0222. Membership fees: £5 waged, £2.50 unwaged.
New volunteers are always welcome, to help with all aspects of maintaining the garden, and to enjoy being outdoors and socialising. If you are a local resident and you are interested in getting involved with the Olden Garden please contact Jill Mckeown (membership secretary), 49 Whistler Street, N5 1NJ. Tel: 7226 0222. Membership fees: £5 waged, £2.50 unwaged.
