Friends of Avery Hill Park were delighted their Family Fun Day  on Saturday 26 July was a huge success.  About 1,000 people turned up in glorious sunny weather for FUN!

Thanks to great:

• Singing performances from Elderado Musical Productions and Bromley Players
  
• Craft workshops and guided tours by the University in the Winter Garden
  
• Football fun games by Charlton Athletic Community Trust
  
• Golf pro sessions by Royal Blackheath Golf Club
  
• A dog show with help from the Rottweiler Association
  
• A Family Fun-run
  
• Twenty community stalls, bouncy castles and face painting
  
• Judo displays from Edo Judo Kwai
  
• 'Animal Days Out's exotic animal zoo and Willow Wildlife Rescue
  
• Change4Life healthy eating roadshow.
  

Members of the Friends, assisted by the 40th Greenwich Scouts and the Eltham Society, planted more than 400 young saplings supplied by the Woodland Trust's Community Woodland Scheme.

They are alongside the new cycle path on the north western edge of the park, backing on to the former Butterfly Lane sports field.

The saplings are growing well and will eventually form a mature hedgerow, further adding to the environmental habitat an landscape attraction.

The species of trees are cherry, rowan, birch, dogwood and hawthorne.