by Qwag | Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events
People passing through central Lewisham will know Europe’s largest Police Station and St Stephen’s Church next door. They may also know the Quaggy and Ravensbourne rivers meet nearby. But they may not know that as they pass the church and police station on foot, or on...
by Qwag | Sep 19, 2023 | News & Events
On what would have been the 100th birthday of QWAG member and local historian, Ken White, join QWAG and Lewisham Biodiversity Partnership in Ladywell Fields for the naming of the ’Ken White Bridge’ and unveiling of a plaque in Ken’s honour. The bridge crosses the...
by Qwag | Mar 2, 2023 | Meetings
Our Amazing Vanishing Front Gardens Wednesday 17 May 2023, 7.45pm (online) The costs of losing the most local of green spaces Christine Eborall, Ealing Front Gardens Project In November 2022 even the National Infrastructure Commission reported on rising flood risk...
by Qwag | Mar 2, 2023 | Meetings, News & Events
WAG AGM + The Thames, Wetlands and Aquatic Plants (online) Wednesday 15 March 2023 7.45pm: AGM. 8.30pm: Guest speaker – Dr Mark A. Spencer F.L.S Forensic Botanist and Hon. Curator (Plants), Linnean Society of London Layers of plants at the Thames Road...
by Qwag | Feb 23, 2023 | News & Events, River walks & other events
INVITATION to residents in the Horn Park, Mottingham Lane, Dutch House area. You may know the River Quaggy flows nearby, but how much do you really know about the river, its condition, wildlife, and how it can be improved? A new local project aims to...
by Qwag | Jan 12, 2023 | News & Events
Candy Blackham, writes extensively about parks and gardens in Greenwich and Lewisham, across London, the UK and overseas. Candy’s lockdown visits to green spaces across Lewisham borough led to her book Green Lewisham: Our Treasured Open Spaces (Clink Street...
by Qwag | Jun 28, 2022 | 2022, River walks & other events
Lewisham is London borough of culture 2022. 54 years ago much of the borough was hit by the Great Flood of 1968. Join QWAG’s July meeting for amazing pictures and fascinating recollections gathered from people across the borough – from central Lewisham, Ladywell...
by Qwag | Jun 28, 2022 | 2022
Photo: QWAG / Paul de Zylva David Sperlinger shares how he used the pandemic lockdown to produce a Field Guide to Lewisham Natureman’s stag murals to be found across Lewisham, and available from QWAG. Lewisham’s very own Banksy Scattered across several boroughs in...
by Qwag | Oct 26, 2021 | 2021, River walks & other events
Christopher Woodward, Director of the Garden Museum There has been rising interest in wild swimming. People speak of the health benefits as well as how to prepare and awareness of the legalities. In his talk for QWAG, Christopher will give his personal view of wild...
by Qwag | Oct 26, 2021 | 2021, River walks & other events
The government is consulting on its Nature Recovery Green Paper. Boroughs will also soon start to help prepare Local Nature Recovery Strategies. Ahead of the global biodiversity summit (COP15) in spring 2022 the government is consulting on how to restore nature in...
