Welcome to our Free Radipole Community Orchard; 10 Years On and Still Going Strong.
It's that time of year again, the sun sinks lower, leaves start to fall, fruits ripen. Had a mooch through our community orchard today, to see what's available. Fruit, nuts and berries dotted here and there, plenty of wildlife feasting on the fallers and fruits in the trees, especially enjoying the bumper crop of golden crabapples. These small, apple-like fruits might be sharp to the tongue but can be used in so many ways, from jellies to liquors. [caption id="attachment_17047" align="aligncenter" width="633"] Mallus Butterball Radipole community orchard 2021 ©Sue Hogben[/caption] If you like something a bit different, the mix of sharp and sweet why not try scrummy Crabapple toffee...
Celebrations; Brass Band Music Rocked Out Again in Radipole Gardens
Brass band music...
Wildlife Loving our Stunning Meadows at Radipole; Wildlife & Wellbeing
Have you been to visit our wildlife meadow at the far end of the play-park this year? It is blooming lovely, and that's official. Emily Brown, Weymouth's Parks Operation and Development Officer paid a visit to create a report on its progress and was blown away by what she saw and wanted to share it with us all....
Remembering Weymouth’s Long Lost Estuary
Historically though, the Backwater was exactly that, a back water as opposed to the sea front. Weymouth, or to be more precise, what used to be Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, were two separate settlements that were divided by this estuary. (The name Weymouth: of course means mouth of the river Wey)...
2020; Lottery Bid Presentation & The Year We Realise the Importance of Green Spaces
Hands up, I'll admit to having deserted my scribings on our website over the last few months. It's been a hard one to focus on, hence most of our postings have been on our Facebook page. The year 2020 has been one hell of a ride so far. We are all living through something previously unimaginable, life changing, that'll go down in world history much the same as the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. As far as our Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens committee are concerned it has been a bit of an unknown. Watching and waiting for news of lockdown/slow release/ things permitted/possibility of...
What More Can We Say? Thank You For ALL Your Support
It's that time of year, Christmas done and dusted, visiting families returned from whence they came, beds stripped, washed and remade, cats enjoying last remnants of the turkey, me praying for a swift return to those lighter evenings, and our thoughts turn towards what was and what will be....
Nativity in Radipole Gardens 2019
You might have even spotted (you surely would have heard!) some strange goings on in Radipole gardens (and no they're not electioneering! There have also been reports of strange glows emanating from St Aldhelm's church, but panic not....
Cheese, Wine and Designs; Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens AGM 2019
Me thinks the following couple of years are going to be very exciting indeed, so make sure to come along and climb aboard with us as we take Radipole park and gardens into the future. This evening is open to everyone, members or not. ...