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Friendly Gardens Park – Community Update
Thames Water are working towards being complete during October 2025 and they will be holding a public drop in on Thursday 4 September. The Friends of Friendly Gardens are working with Lewisham Council to make the park better for everyone, having been identified that...
Daring to Dream
Politicians are obsessed with the journey. Currently, we must all strive for ‘growth, growth, growth’. Scientists limit themselves to facts based on evidence. This helps us to spot impending dangers along the way - climate change, species extinction, etc....
Character Appraisals for the two Conservation Areas
The St John’s Society is a statutory consultee for both the Brookmill Road and St John’s conservation areas (CAs), meaning we must be notified of all planning applications that fall within these CAs and are invited to comment on them. The Lewisham Planning...
Green Conversations with Tom Noble, Create Streets (14/04/25): Greening Up
Watch and Listen to Tom’s full talk at the April 2025 Green Conversations hosted by the St John’s Society. https://youtu.be/zAq5QKpaFy8Download the slides from the presentation in PDF format. Huge thanks to: Tom Noble and Create Streets Alex Forsey for filming and...



