As part of its commitment to promoting increased use of the Fields by all members of the community, FBHF regularly organises events and activities on the Fields. See below to see all the events we've done. You can even link to the Gallery to see pictures from the events too.

Saturday 2 July - Festival 2011
For a 5th successive year, we 0rganised a brilliant summer festival for the whole community. All the favourites were there plus a record turnout, a main stage packed with fantastic music, great food, craft, jewellery, produce stalls, games for kids of all ages including the infamous Welly Wangling competition. We also had a great number of volunteers on the day helping with the set up. Thank you to everyone that came - it was a really great day. Check out the gallery for pictures.

Saturday 26 February 2011 - Hedge Planting
As part of the Friends' ongoing planting plan, we are getting together for our first planting event of 2011 on 26 February. Part of the Nature's Gym programme, this is a chance for friends and neighbours to come together and continue the planting of hedgerows around the perimter of the Fields. We are also going to be installing a stag beetle log pile! No previous experience necessary and all tools provided (though if you've got a special spade you like, bring it along!).

All you need is enthusiasm and probably a pair of wellies.

Saturday 3 July - Festival 2010
It's back - the Blythe Hill Fields Festival returns this July. Once again the Fields will be alive with music, stalls, games, foods and full of local people enjoying our beautiful space from 11 am to 4pm. Come and join us for our fourth festival. We also need volunteers to help set up, run and clear away the event. If you want to take part, simly email the secretary and put your name forward. For the full line-up of music for the day, click here.

Tuesday 1 June - Plyground Official Opening
Full details on the home page.

Saturday 6 February 2010, 11am -2pm - Hedge Planting
An excellent turnout of some new and more familiar faces spent a good few hours adding another few hundred hedge whips along the edge of the Fields between Blythe Hill Lane and the entrance on Montecute Road. The hedge when it really gets established will be a haven and home for all sorts of birds and other wildlife. Well done and thanks to everyone that helped.

Saturday 17 October 2009, 1030am - Wildflower Plug Planting
It was great to see some new faces join us in planting phase 1 of the wildflower plugs that will hopefully transform the meadow area of Blythe Hill and give it a flash of colour. This is part of the money awarded for trees and wildflowers and Glendale have been contracted to complete the planting in the coming weeks.

Saturday 27 June 2009, 11am - 4pm - Blythe Hill Fields Festival
For the third successive year, FBHF organised the Blythe Hill Fields Festival. Over 3,000 people joined in the fun, with donkey rides, face-painting, badge-making, races, cakes, food from local caterers and a line-up of live music throughout the day. It was a beautiful day and the atmosphere was relaxed, friendly and fun. Thanks to everyone who came along to support this local event, it was great to see the park being used and enjoyed by so many local people. Same time, same place next year!!

Saturday 14 March 2009, 11am - Hedge Clearing
A small but dedicated group of Friends turned up to clear the hedges around the whips we've all so carefully planted around the perimeter of the Fields. They've now got room to breathe.

Saturday 31 January 2009, 11am - Hedge Clearing/Planting
The first of our planting/clearing sessions for 2009.

Sunday 30 November 2008, 11am - Tree Planting
Well done to the small and very hardy group the braved the wind and rain to plant our 9 great news trees either side of path leading down to Codrington Hill. It was appalling whether and you did a fantastic job, the trees look great and will

Saturday 25 October 2008, 11am - Spring Bulb Planting
Another of our annual bulb planting events to bring a splash of colour to Blythe Hill Fields. Come along and join the fun and make your individualcontribution. Dress warmly and meet in the middle of the Fields at 11am. Tools provided but bring your own supplies of warm drinks and humour.

Saturday 28 June 2008 - Blythe Hill Fields Festival
Following on from the first ever FUN DAY last summer, we managed to stage an enourmously successful Festival, bigger, better and even better weather than in 2007. Events on Blythe Hill are becoming part of the local events calender. If you were there and want to send us pictures or some memories of your day send us an email, we'd love to hear from you.

If you want to get involved in the 2009 Festival, get in touch with us and find out how. Or just come along to one of our meeting

Saturday 10 November 2007 - Bulb Planting & Bird Boxes

A huge thanks to all who came along. We had about 30 people there over the course of the morning with a good mix of adults and children. We planted 1,000 Daffodils, 1,000 Bluebells and 1,000 Snowdrops. Make sure you visit frequently in the Spring of 2008 to count the blooms.

We also put up in the trees the 25 Bird Boxes that were sponsored by visitors to the "Fun Day" in June. If you sponsored one yourself, go and have a look and see how many you can spot in total by walking round the whole park. If you didn't sponsor one, just go and count.

Thanks to Lara and Glendale for organising the tools and equipment and supplying the bulbs.

Watch out for details our next planting event in early 2008.

See Gallery for pictures...

Saturday 16 June 2007 - FUN DAY!!

The first ever Fun Day on the Fields saw more than 1,000 people enjoying a range of family activities. Despite the intermitant rain, spirits remained high and local people enjoyed donkey rides, face painting, bouncy castle, fun races, welly wangling and much more...If you came along, thanks for coming and we hope you had a great time. See Gallery for pictures...

Saturday 17 February 2007 - Hedge Planting Day II

The second hedge planting day this year was very successful. The weather was very good to us and allowed approximately 35 people to help plant another 100 metres of hedging similar to those that volunteers planted in February 2006. We're making fantastic progress on hedge planting so again, THANK YOU! to all those volunteers who participated - it wouldn't have been possible without you.
See Gallery for pictures...

Saturday 20 January 2007 - Hedge Planting Day

The hedge planting day was very successful. Despite the weather and the downpour, over 30 people came to help out. We planted over 100 metres of hedging similar to those that volunteers planted in February 2006. After it had rained quite hard and we had finished the planting and the mulching, the sun came out. Many thanks to all those volunteers who participated - it wouldn't have been possible without you.
See Gallery for pictures...

Last October volunteers planted 4,000 spring flowering bulbs and some of the snowdrops are now in flower.

Saturday 21 October 2006 - Bulb Planting Day

Once again BHFUG teamed up with Glendale to organise a bulb planting day on the Fields. We had a great turnout of around 30 people who all helped to plant 1,000 snowdrops, 1,000 bluebells and 1,000 daffodils!

It was a very enjoyable morning, particularly pleasing to see so many children joining in. There are some photos of the event in the Gallery.

Saturday 15 July 2006 - Consultation Afternoon on the Fields

The afternoon event on 15 July was a great success and we were delighted to see so many local residents and park users. We had a marquee on the Fields with pictures of a range of fencing, play equipment, furniture and lighting that could be part of improving facilities and feel of Blythe Hill Fields. As well as the discussion on the Fields, there were also a number of fun activities that were taking place on the Fields, including wellie throwing and kids football with mini goals.

Prior to the event 1,200 questionnaires had been delivered to houses all around the Fields asking further detailed questions on what people wanted to see as part of any planned improvements. Many more were completed on 15 July.

The responses have been collated and the report can be found in Downloads.

Monday 17 April 2006 - Easter Egg Hunt

Much fun was had by children and adults alike foraging for over 60 easter eggs in and around the Blythe Hill Fields playground. It was great to see a number of new faces.

Saturday 25 February 2006 - Planting Day

The User Group held a successful Planting Day where people from the User Group volunteered to plant 100 meters-worth of tree whips along the north boundary of the Fields. Not only was it a fun and social occasion it was also a very practical measure to improve the security of houses backing on the Fields and to give the Fields a defined boundary. The initiative was supported by Glendale, Lewisham Council's parks contractor, which supplied the whips, bark chippings, tools and provided a Green Gym. This involved the group doing a physical warm up and warm down before and after the planting. This helped prevent injuries but was also a fun way for the group to meet each other.

Update: User Group members have been monitoring the progress of the planting and everything is going well. There are a few new photos in the Gallery.