Friends of Latchmere Recreation Ground

06/03/2026

Our amazing Easter Egg Hunt is back, thanks to and our wonderful volunteers. We’d love to see you there and hope you can join in the fun.

15/12/2025

06/12/2025

Tomorrow, 7th December at 3pm! 🎄✨

Our Christmas festivities on the Rec begins with Deck the Rec & Christmas Carols.

We are delighted to have Janet leading the carols 🎶

Come along with friends, family, or neighbours and celebrate the festive season with your community. ❄️✨

Wrap up warm and see you there! 🎄

13/11/2025

🎄 Decorate the Rec & Christmas Carols! 🎶

Join us as we bring festive cheer to the Rec— decorating together, singing carols, and sharing seasonal treats!

🗓 Sunday 7 December
🕒 3 PM

Bring:
🎄 Christmas decorations
🎵 Your singing voice
🔦 A torch

Enjoy:
🌟 Hanging decorations
🎶 Community carol singing
🍷 Mulled wine & Christmas snacks
🎁 Fun festive activities

We’d love your help too!
If you can bake, help set up, serve refreshments, or supervise scissors, please get in touch: [email protected]

Let’s make the Rec sparkle — and sing — together this Christmas! 💫

12/11/2025

🌿 FoLaR Pond Action Day – Monday 24th November!

The Council has completed the restoration of the Wildlife Pond, and FoLaR is now getting back to work — looking after the pond and the surrounding garden.

Join us for a Working Party on Monday 24th November from 10 am to 12.30 pm (for as much time as you can manage!).

The plan is to:

🌱 Extending the length of 'laid' hedge and re-laying the existing, to create a dense hedge — a haven for wildlife

🌳 Creating more dead-hedge and restoring the existing one behind the pond (please bring along tree branches, minimum 2 metres)

🌼 Planting native flowers and shrubs (we’ll supply these)

🦎 Creating a ‘hibernaculum’ where animals and reptiles can survive the winter

It’s a great opportunity to contribute to our pond project, learn about the traditional craft of hedge-laying, and meet FoLaR’s Pond Group and the Council’s Biodiversity Officer.

Please email [email protected] if you plan to join — this helps us make sure we have enough tools and equipment for everyone!

21/09/2025

🐾✨ What a day at the Latchmere Dog Show 2025 – the dog show which everyone enjoys! ✨🐾

A huge thank you to all the amazing participants with their four-legged stars 🐶💖, to the spectators who came along to cheer, and to our generous sponsors - Medivet Kingston, Starbarks and the Dog com🌟.

And a very special thank you to our incredible volunteers – your time, energy, and smiles made this event possible. 🙌💚

Here’s to wagging tails, happy faces, and a community that comes together. 🐕🎉

13/09/2025

Come and enjoy the Dog show 2025!

13/09/2025

The pond extension works by the council are almost complete!

The FoLaR pond group will continue looking after the garden around the pond:
🌱 boundary hedge
🌿 dead-hedge
🐦 bird feeder
🚶 path
🌸 planting projects

This autumn we’ll be back with another hedge-laying session (to the right of the gate) and pruning the rest of the hedge to keep it tidy and healthy.

Together we’re making this space better for both people and wildlife 💚

13/09/2025

Pétanque was recently installed on the Rec!

We’ve also put up a handy banner with the rules (you’ll find it on the fence opposite the court), so whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you can join in the fun.

No equipment? No problem! You can easily rent everything you need from Tandem Café ☕🥐

Come along, give it a try, and enjoy a game with friends or family in the fresh air!

10/09/2025

🎨✨ Create & Showcase Your Artwork

📅 Deadline: 14th September
📍 Hand in your poster at Tandems Café on the Rec.

🏆 Fantastic prizes kindly donated by Parade’s End Books and FoLaR!
✨ Winners announced at the Dog Show on 21st September (11am start).

10/09/2025

🎉 Family Fun & Games continues! 🎉

We’re delighted to share that our Saturday afternoon sessions will now run right through to the end of September! 🌞

✨ Come along for free fun and games — there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
👧👦 Please note: Under 9s must be accompanied.

Bring your friends, bring your family, and let’s make the most of these weekends together! 💛

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