Friends of Garrowby Orchard Community

Friends of Garrowby Orchard Community Welcome to the Friends of Garrowby Orchard Community page. A group of local residents took up the challenge. You do not need permission to visit.

We are a group of local residents and volunteers who have been invited by Hull City Council to care for the Setting D**e Community Greenspace since 2018. Freinds of Garrowby Orchard Community
FRIENDS OF GARROWBY ORCHARD COMMUNITY·TUESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2020·
Local residents were invited by Hull City Council to look after and manage the land of the old Setting D**e Junior School in Derringham, West Hul

l. Since then the 2.5 hectare site of community woodland, community orchard and greenspace has been open to any one at anytime of the year to come and explore and experience nature in the city of Hull. It is managed with the lightest of touches so that nature and biodiversity can thrive and increase for all our benefit. Residents and volunteers keep the fields clear of litter. We also keep the Willerby Carr D**e free of the usual rubbish often dumped into urban water courses. It has become a home to various water insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals. The diversity of plant life has increased as nature takes advantage of the space. It is open to any one at anytime. The footpaths make it accessible to wheelchairs and baby buggies. We have a five-a-side football pitch and hard standing for exercise and recreation. The footpaths allow for running and walking exercise. Dog walkers are welcome (please pick up after your dog as the footpaths and football pitch do get used a lot by adults, families and children). You can find us in Derringham Ward here https://www.google.com/maps/place/Setting+D**e+Community+Green+Space/@53.7627058,-0.4095365,17.52z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4878bff929d9f239:0xb50f99c3e58803d5!8m2!3d53.7627404!4d-0.4072649
Please enjoy your visit and please leave the Setting D**e Community Greenspace as green as you found it. Thank you from all the residents and volunteers.

Early notice. The annual Friends of Garrowby Orchard Picnic on the Community Greenspace, with music and entertainment b...
15/06/2026

Early notice. The annual Friends of Garrowby Orchard Picnic on the Community Greenspace, with music and entertainment by Hull's Eclectic Orchestra and Humber Wave Radio. Supported by Back to Ours

The rain at the start of the month and then the heatwave has encouraged the plants, which had encouraged the insects, bi...
31/05/2026

The rain at the start of the month and then the heatwave has encouraged the plants, which had encouraged the insects, birds...and humans. Thanks to the resident photographers.

April...a month of butterflies, birds and blossom. The Orchard trees look good after the pruning over the winter: thanks...
30/04/2026

April...a month of butterflies, birds and blossom. The Orchard trees look good after the pruning over the winter: thanks to the volunteers who did this. And thanks to Hull City Council for the Northern Wildings event day. Lastly, thanks to our regular photographers on the Community Greenspace for their amazing images.

March...the blue skies brought out the birds and early butterflies. Frogs and newts in the Willerby Carr D**e. Thanks as...
01/04/2026

March...the blue skies brought out the birds and early butterflies. Frogs and newts in the Willerby Carr D**e. Thanks as ever to our resident photographers for their amazing pictures.

This is a FREE activity on the Community Greenspace. Thursday 2nd April.
27/03/2026

This is a FREE activity on the Community Greenspace. Thursday 2nd April.

February...cold, wet and dreary. At least the birds and humans brought some colour and warmth to the Greenspace. We live...
28/02/2026

February...cold, wet and dreary. At least the birds and humans brought some colour and warmth to the Greenspace. We live here too. WASSAIL! Thanks to all the photographers.

A word of warning. The recent wet weather has caused the structure of the walkway of the Willerby Carr D**e to partially...
12/02/2026

A word of warning. The recent wet weather has caused the structure of the walkway of the Willerby Carr D**e to partially collapse (see images). This has meant that the metal fencing is now unstable. Please do not lean on the fencing. The council and our Ward councillors have been alerted to this hazard. As regular users of the walkway know, the walkway often disappears under water when this part of the Greenspace floods: as such the fencing is the only guide to where the walkway ends and the D**e begins. Thanks for your attention. Will keep you updated as and when.

Here are a few more wonderful images from yesterday's WASSAIL! event on the Setting D**e Community Greenspace. All organ...
02/02/2026

Here are a few more wonderful images from yesterday's WASSAIL! event on the Setting D**e Community Greenspace. All organised by Pickering Road Community Orchard Rosie and Andie with support from Back to Ours Hull and East Yorkshire Volunteers, Hull & East Riding Charitable Trust, and Hull Butterfly City Thanks to Duncan the 'oby 'oss...and our Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull AND to all who turned up to make it happen. And, last but not least, our own Chairperson who stepped in as the Greenman of the Orchard. Pictures courtesy of Luke Hallett Photography.

02/02/2026

Thanks again to all who attended and celebrated our Orchard.

An amazing WASSAIL event organised by Rosie Ireson Andie Cropper with Pickering Road Community Orchard Back to Ours and ...
01/02/2026

An amazing WASSAIL event organised by Rosie Ireson Andie Cropper with Pickering Road Community Orchard Back to Ours and Friends of Garrowby Orchard Community volunteers along with HEY Volunteers & Hull Butterfly City . Thanks also Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull for attending....and to Duncan the Hobyhorse and others who made it happen. And, last but not least... a thank you to our Chairperson who was the Greenman for the Community Greenspace 🙏🌳🍏💚🔥 What a start to February. PS. Thanks to the photographers on site whose images I've pinched for this post. 🙏🙏

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Setting D**e Community Greenspace
Kingston Upon Hull
HU55QX

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