What's happening this May/June 2025
- Lewisham Local Card Team
- May 23
- 4 min read
Updated: 2 hours ago
May and June are bursting into life with flowers, insects, vegetables and summer events.
Did you know that Lewisham has some extremely rare Bumble Bees?
The rare Brown-banded carder and the Shrill carder have both been found in our incredible borough. No Mo May and World Bee Day are linked. In April and May the queen Shrill carder Bee emerges from hibernation and builds nests out of grass and plant fibres on the ground, or slightly underneath it. In each nest the reigning queen rears her workers in wax cells, who subsequently rear the young on pollen and nectar. By leaving nature we encourage the habitats to help protect these rare bees.
Bee Event
Our friends over at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust are running an ID course in Fordham Park on Tuesday 27th May. Please see below for more details.
🌼 Interested in pollinators? Curious about citizen science? Join us for a free Volunteer Taster Session in Fordham Park to learn how to identify common bumblebee species and take part in a guided Bee Walk survey!
This session is free, but booking is essential as places are limited. Booking via Eventbrite
What to Grow in May and June
There's always time to get into sowing a seed and growing a plant or your own food. Whether it's on a window sile, community garden, allotment or garden.
Courgettes, Marrows and Pumpkins can be still sown outdoors in early June. Brassicas such as calabrese, turnips and Kohl Rabi can be sown now for an autumn crop. You can also plant out your celeriac and celery early this month. If you have a small space you can sow some carrot seeds in a pot or grow some herbs on a window sill.
Capital Growths Event at Coco Collective's site in Bellingham
Dark Horizons: Working with London Clay
Learn to harness the benefits of clay soils and work around it's limitations
11th June 2025 18;00 20:30
You can read about Coco Collective's work in this recent article in the Guardian: Food and freedom: exhibition charts radical history of gardening in Britain | Gardens | The Guardian which looks at a current exhibition at the British Library about the Power of Gardening on until 10th of August: Unearthed: The Power of Gardening | British Library
Plant Sale at Wildcat wilderness
Come and visit, support and grab yourselves some lovingly nurtured plants.
Job opportunity!
The Albany is looking for someone with a passion for wildlife and nature, with a good working knowledge of horticulture and experience of workshop facilitation.
Upcoming Calendar Events
World Hunger Day - May 28th. Find out more about this globally recognised day and how it's marked on their website World Hunger Day
London Rivers Week: River Restoration guided wade #LoveBPP Community Day - Thames21 Limited - May 31st
Welcoming Refugees and Asylum Seekers to our Food Projects Tickets, Thu 5 Jun 2025 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
As we approach Refugee Week, join AFRIL at Good Food Lewisham's monthly online meeting for food aid and food growing groups to look at how we can make our food projects welcoming for refugees and asylum seekers. Book your place here.
Veggie Takeover Wed June 11th
Find out more about the Big Veggie Takeover with former Good Food Lewisham volunteer Josey.
Good Food Business News
Salters Event Pop up supper club at Abbotshall HLC on the 6th of June https://www.saltersevents.co.uk/store/hlc-june-pop-up
Family Fun with food and bouncy castle. Good Food Business
Catford's Taste like Home are hosting a Bank holiday event in Catford Broadway
Sunday 25th May
Visiting Deptford High Street? come cool down and try the new
Pop up vegan ice cream every Friday and Saturday with Andino Valley
Paid Training and Cooks certificate
Win a place on this professional six week training course.
If you are a Good Food Business and would like to join the business network please sign the Good Food Charter to be added to our Good Food Lewisham Directory. We love to highlight businesses that are eco conscious, sustainable, Fairtrade, Breast feeding Friendly, London Living Wage, Refill and community champions.
The Big Lunch
Have you got an idea or would like to put on an event? Register for Junes Big Lunch
You are kindly invited to Lewisham Local's Big Lunch picnic on Friday June 6th.
Orchard Gardens Community Centre is open with lots of new exciting projects and events happening such as Rushey Green Time Bank and The Bank of Things new Edible Garden project.
Summer Fairs and Events
Hope to see you at some of the up and coming Lewisham's Festivals
Come see us at
Hilly Fields 21st June
Downham Celebrates 17th June
Bellingham Festival Sat 14th June
Community Cook Off Sat June 7th Cornmill gardens
Hope to see you soon as part of Lewisham's ever growing food network
If you would like to be part of the network and promote and share your Good Food News please reach out goodfood@lewishamlocal.com
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