2-3pm, Sunday 24th January 2016
On Sunday afternoon, January 24th, Councillor Norman Adams, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, unveiled a wildlife display board in The Dell, Mycenae Road.
The board, by local graphic designer Yu-Hsuan Lin, features birds, flowers and insects photographed by her husband Joe Beale during monthly observations in spring and summer last year. In his address, The Mayor emphasised the value of green spaces within urban areas and their increasing vulnerability and praised the Friends of Mycenae Gardens and volunteers for their work in protecting the Dell and increasing its bio-diversity.
After the ceremony the Mayor and Mayoress talked with Joe Beale and others involved in the display board and joined guests in refreshments before taking a walk through the Dell to see the work done by volunteers with support from the Mayor of London’s Capital Clean-Up Community Grant. The event was well attended and all were impressed by the beauty of the display board and the quality of its oak stand, made by Greenwich Men in Sheds, a voluntary group within AGE UK. Particular care has been taken to position the display board at a height suited for viewing by children and wheelchair users.
Photos courtesy of Martin Coceres