Finally!…Elated for Our Grand Celebration Event; August Radipole Park 2024
Grand Celebration Event August 2024 What can we say. Throughout this project weather, or rather bad weather, has played a major role Site flooded, or mud swamped at times. Unable to start sensory garden due to water sitting in excavated and waiting beds. First celebration event cancelled due to high winds and torrential rain. Final Lottery site visit undertaken in horrendous rain. Well here we are again, Celebratory event rearranged, order put in for good weather, we're ready to rock and roll. Saturday 10th August between 11am and 2pm you'll find us busy showing people around, pointing them in various directions of activities, the usual speeches and ribbon cutting. Lots for families to...
Monumental start…Up and Running for Business.
It was a soft opening that Friday morning, people had been told the fencing was down, so we waited with bated breath to see if anyone showed up, and boy did they!...
Thrilling…It’s All Go Go Go On Site; Quick Updates May 2024.
It's all starting to come together now. Exciting Days!...
Radipole Sensory Garden April 2024; Surprising What You Can Find On a Building Site.
Though today's post is really about my accidentally discovering some of the park's history. For those of you that follow us, you'll know that our park and gardens were created out of an estuary, it's land infilled with the dredging from the other side of the newly built Radipole Park Drive....
New Play Area and Kiosk; Excited…Nearing Completion! February 2024
There’s lots to update everyone on at Radipole Park and Gardens! The Kiosk building and decking area is now really taking shape and is due for completion at the end of February, this will include a catering kiosk, selling snacks and drinks with a raised decking and seating area as well as three permanent toilets....
Exciting Times; Rising from the Ground; November 2023 Lottery Updates
Have to say our Lottery project in Radipole Park & Gardens has been a real test of patience and optimism. We have battled, covid, price hikes, value engineering, resubmission to Lottery panel...
Radipole Wildlife Matters; Excited About Flying High; 2023
Just an update on the last couple of weeks happenings. A great time was had by one and all at Weymouth Town Council's Wildlife event in Radipole gardens. Families flocked to create feeding stations and habitats for our feathered friends and their wildlife counterparts....
Satisfying…Community Working Together…Radipole Park Update August 2023
Community Working Together. Nothing like getting out there and getting your hands dirty first thing in the morning to make you feel alive. We met at nine to give our Radipole community orchard trees a bit of a spruce up....
Exciting Moment…A Tour of the Site; Radipole Play Park August 2023
It is quite fascinating to watch and be a part of this process as part of the Lottery Submission, our journey through to achieving the award, and of course, somewhat turbulent path towards the project's completion....
Gone But not Forgotten… Memories and Music. July 2023
Memories and music. What does that have to do with our weekly park project updates? Well, during the musical interval, so many folk visited our Heritage tent and spoke to us of their own memories of the park....