SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
& COMMUNITY EVENTS
COMMUNITY GARDEN
Fridays 10.30am-4.30pm +third Saturday every month at 10am
Volunteers are welcome to help out in the growing garden area. (See below for more on the Community Garden.)
COMMUNITY LUNCH
Fridays 12.30-2pm
Three courses and a quiz for £6. No need to book.
CAMEO (Come and meet each other)
Thursdays 1.30-3.30pm
Coffee, games and chat. Everyone welcome.
outside group activities | day | time | contact |
|---|---|---|---|
Tai Chi | Tues | 1-2pm | |
Zumba Gold | Weds | 11am-12noon | Sam (as above) |
MACCA (Mottingham Afro Caribbean Association) | 3rd Wednesday EVERY MONTH | 12.30 - 2.30 | Sharon |
METRA Bingo | Wednesday & Thursday | 7.30-9.30pm | |
Community Games Group | Friday | 6-8.30pm |
more about the community garden
In 2019, a donation was made to St Edward’s in memory of Lyn Banbury, a parishioner who sadly passed away in 2018. With the agreement of Lyn’s family, the church trustees decided to use the money to brighten up the front of the church with some plants.
Things literally grew from there: it’s now a wonderfully colourful space, where you can sit and relax on the Memorial Bench. Its centrepiece, a Jacob’s Ladder plant, is named after Jacob in the Bible, who saw angels climbing a ladder stretching from the earth to heaven.
Our vision of the Community Garden is based on the word 'reap':
Relaxing. A space anyone can stop and sit and be part of nature for a while.
Educational. A place to learn and enjoy growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.
Accessible. Everyone is welcome.
Productive. A direct source of flowers for the church, and fruit and vegetables for the Foodbank.
Contributions are welcomed in the form of monetary donations, plants/cuttings, or time helping to keep the garden blooming. To allow as many people to be involved as possible, there are no minimum or maximum donations.
As many plants require certain types of soil and prefer to be planted at different times of the year, please do contact us before you purchase any flowers or shrubs for the garden, so that we can make sure they have the best chance of growing well.
If you’d like to be involved in keeping the Community Garden thriving, please join us! We meet weekly as above.
