Fascinating; Discover Radipole Park & Gardens links to WWI and WWII
Discover Radipole Park & Gardens links to WWI and WWII In a couple of weeks time we will be hosting our annual Big Fun Day, only this year is a very special one. Last winter we received the exciting news that we had got though stage I of or £1,4000,000 Parks for People Heritage Lottery Bid. That's no mean feat either. It has taken our Chair, Mike Goulden literally thousands of hours of work to put together our submission, working alongside members of W&P borough council. It ended in a humungous volume of facts, figures, history of, social history, ecological study...
Oohhh Sweet Memories! Radipole Play Park and that Paddling Pool
This collection of old photos came to us via Weymouth Museum who have a vast set of images along with many historical items on the history of our area. Next time you're in Brewer's Quay pop in and say hi to them, there's even a book shop there that's free to browse. P.S. doing your family history...
Bliss; Can’t Beat a Good Old Brass Band; Music and Mmmmm…Cream Teas
The entertainment in Radipole gardens never stops. This month we are lucky to have the wonderful Weymouth Concert Brass Band join us on Sunday 22nd July from 2-4pm....
Get Snapping…Spot Our Wildlife in Radipole Park and Gardens
Now I know we have a lot of keen photographers on our website and FB pages...
We ‘Get by With A Little Help from Our Friends…’
As the well known Beatles song title goes ...
Are Our Green Spaces and Community Buildings Safe?
Might be a slightly contentious post on what aims to be a gardens related site, but it's one that I personally, and if you love your local parks and gardens maybe we all, should feel very concerned about. (Here comes the disclaimer bit! These views are purely the author's own, they do not mean to be political but mere observations and genuine concerns on what we could be and in some cases, are already losing. It's not written with any intentions to stirring up a hornet's nest, purely to make people aware that we must treasure what we have and if needs be, fight to...
Happy, Happy Little folk; Teddytastic Time For One and All
Teddytastic Time For One and All The weather might not have been with us for our Teddy Bears picnic in the park, but that didn't deter families from coming along armed with rugs and chairs....
Teddies, Teddies and Yet More Teddies…Oh and a Few Rocks!
Our events keep on rolling in. We have just had our meeting to finalise our next event in Radipole gardens, the Teddy Bears Picnic. This year it is going to be a terrific totally tedfastic teddy fest...
Potent Poisons and Perfection; The Radipole Friends off to Devon on their Annual Jolly.
The day of our annual Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens coach trip started with wall to wall sunshine. An excited group waited patiently for our coach to arrive, we were off to sunny Devon to visit two very different gardens. Once all were counted safely aboard off we set, our friendly coach driver, Alan introduced himself and did the usual safety talk that now seems obligatory on any means of transport. Time for just a quick comfort stop at Exeter services, chance of a cuppa and dash to the loos before heading back to the coach and onwards to our first destination, Torre Abbey Gardens. Here we...
Why Children Should Get their Hands Dirty
Our world is changing fast, the childhood that I and most of my friends enjoyed in the 50's and 60's no longer seems to be the norm. We would race out the door in the morning and spend most of the days (when not at school of course) exploring the great outdoors. From rock pooling down in Newton's Cove...