Discover more about Croydon’s green spaces, local wildlife and nature groups. Find out how you can become a volunteer and take part in activities. Stalls will include

• Bourne Society
• Croydon RSPB
• Wandle Industrial Museum
• Friends of Shirley Windmill
• Croydon Ecology Centre
• Croydon Community Gardens
• Croydon Climate Action
• Croydon COPSE
• Sustainability Thornton Heath
• Park Bathe
• Holmesdale Road Community Garden
• Little Blossom Plants
• Grow Wild
• the Wilderness Gardens
• local author Pam Buttrey
• Museum of Croydon.

There will also be

• 1.30-2.15pm The Wishing Tree Interactive storytelling session and parade (for families). As part of A Very Croydon Christmas in 2023, children and their families decorated a tree at Central Library with their three wishes as part of Bernadette Russell’s interactive storytelling event, The Wishing Tree. These wishes were planted in the soil beneath a sapling on the High Street. Now the tree has taken root, celebrate The Wishing Tree and welcome back Bernadette Russell to tell her story to the next generation of wish-makers! Join Bernadette Russell and Emma Waterford to hear the magical tale of The Wishing Tree, set in the ancient forest. Make your own sound effects, join in with actions, and share your own ideas for the story… or just listen and relax! After the story, make your own magical wish using bells and ribbons, then join a joyful musical procession through the town to visit the real Wishing Tree, where they will unveil a new plaque.
• 2 – 3pm The Green Side of Croydon talk by Alice Owusu-Evans, the new Community and Conservation Team Leader at Croydon Council.
• 2.30 -3.30pm Children’s Craft for Green Spaces Open Day (Ages 4-10) Wandle Industrial Museum Watch a video about the art of textile printing, then roll up your sleeves and create your own beautiful prints, inspired by the timeless designs of William Morris.

Book https://libraries.croydon.gov.uk/events/category/author-and-library-talks or contact Croydon Central Library on 020 7884 5140  

Keep a look out in the town centre for The Pigeons and The Keeper’s Nests, roaming entertainers.  – The Keeper’s Nests (12pm, 1.45pm & 3.30pm) – two mysterious magpie puppets will be roaming the town centre, for you to tell them your secrets… – The Pigeons (1pm, 2.30pm & 4pm) – giant pigeons will be entertaining passersby with their outrageous behaviour.