Riverside Park Community Voice - Newhaven

05/10/2026

Thank you, tree wardens 😊

On a very warm October morning we planted three new at Lewes Road Recreation Ground, and we also popped 50 spring bulbs into the ground!
🌳🌲🌴🍃

23/09/2026

Freshly cut field for us all to enjoy 🌿

19/08/2026

LOST PHONE!
One our younger members has unfortunately lost their phone on the field whilst out playing this afternoon.
If you’ve picked one up, please could you let us know so we can reunite it. Many thanks

29/07/2026

Free youth events in August - no booking required.

28/07/2026

Thank you to the LDC operatives who have cleared Lewes Road Rec’ field of rubbish this morning 🙂

17/07/2026

Plants of the Park #4 EVENING PRIMROSE (Oenothera biennia)

Conservation status: common

A hairy biennial with bowl shaped fragrant yellow flowers which commonly thrives on waste ground, footpaths and dunes.

Although not a true member of the Primrose family, the name Evening Primrose refers to its behaviour of opening its flowers at night, known as nyctinasty.

🐝 With bright scented blooms at that appear to glow in the dark, the plant is an important food source for night flying moths and bees.

Evening Primrose oil is commonly taken for a range of conditions including arthritis and pre-menstrual syndrome although there is very little evidence from clinical trials to support its effectiveness.

16/07/2026

You might have noticed that Travellers have occupied Lewes Road Rec over the course of the day. ESCC Gypsy and Traveller team are aware.

15/07/2026

An oversized load will be travelling to the shipyard via Robinson Road today and the corner of Elphick Road. Please move your car if it’s parked there to avoid getting it towed 🚗

24/06/2026

Swan and cygnets on the river this morning 🦢

20/06/2026

Plants of the Park #3 OX-EYE DAISY (Leucanthemum Vulgare)

Conservation status: common

The dog daisy, moon daisy or ox-eye daisy flowers May-Sept and frequently cheers the verges of Riverside Park.

Culpeper wrote that the ox-eye daisy has similar qualities to chamomile and can be infused to bring down fevers.

It is sometimes called the maudlin daisy, or maudlinwort, which is an abbreviation of St Mary Magdalene because the flower was also considered useful in soothing night sweats in (peri) menopausal women. It was originally dedicated to the goddess Artemis, but this pre-Christian deity was later replaced with a Christian saint.

❤️ The petal plucking game ‘He loves me; he loves me not’ is thought to have started with the Ox-eye daisy.