Keeping it Wild Collective: Signs of Spring Trainee Takeover!

📅 Date: Sunday 19th April 2026

⏰ Time: 12:00PM-4:00PM

📍 Meeting Point: Woodberry Wetlands, New River Studio, gate by Bethune Road (What 3 Words left.tags.image)

Please note that on Google Maps, New River Studios will take you elsewhere. Make sure your destination is in Woodberry Wetlands.

What to expect

🌼Learn how to ID flowering plants, birds and trees in spring

🛖Discover Woodberry Wetlands

✂️Get creative with nature scrapbook making and collaging

🌿Make your own clay charms and decorate them with foraged materials

💐Learn how to preserve flowers and make your own bouquets with pre-dried flowers

👥️Connect with like-minded people

Why join us!

🍴We’ll provide lunch!

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Bring someone new to nature and get a free coffee voucher to use at London Wildlife Trust cafes!

🗣️ Connect with like-minded people in nature

🙋‍♀️ Who can come: Young People ages 16-30

How to get there

🚆 London Overground: Stamford Hill – 10-minute walk

🚇 London Underground: Manor House – 14-minute walk

🚏 Bus: Seven Sisters Road /Amhurst Park (Routes: 253, 254, 259, 279, 310) – 5-minute walk

🚗 Car: There is no car park at Woodberry Wetlands, please use public transport where possible

Accessibility:

• Step-free access at both entrances.

• Wheelchair-accessible path with no steep gradients leading from the main entrance to the Coal House Café, to the New River Studios.

• Toilets available at the Coal House Café and New River Studios.

• Seating is provided throughout the crafts activities and will be provided at various points throughout the walk.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please get in touch with us at [email protected]

The delivery of the Keeping it Wild Collective is made possible by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Info: Start the day with a guided walk around Woodberry Wetlands. Together, we will ID flowering plants, pollinators, birds and trees.

Info: We will provide a light lunch and refreshments in the break and through the afternoon.

Info: Make colourful bouquets made from pre-dried flowers. Learn how to preserve flowers and display them to keep your house colourful year-round, in a more sustainable way!

Info: Make clay charms by shaping the clay and pressing it with foraged materials like leaves and twigs. Then take it home and let it dry before you hang it up!

Info: Make a nature scrapbook or collage piece inspired by the signs of spring, using nature themed magazines, scrap material and foraged materials!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Woodberry Wetlands, London Wildlife Trust, Woodberry Grove, London, United Kingdom

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