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....
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....
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....
What Happened to 2022? Radipole Gardens 2023
Well, talk about being a roller coaster ride. The year 2022 was when it all should have been happening. Covid stopped us in our project tracks, we should have been celebrating the big Lottery award news, but so much has happened in those turbulent years between then and now! The article penned in our Christmas Radipole Ripples news letter from our chair Mike Goulden says it all....
Exhilarated; Wow…Just Wow About Wildlife; 2022
It was in the middle of a heatwave, the grass was parched, temps already soaring early morning, but could the shade of our age old willows entice families to come along. Come they certainly did! Even before it was due to start folk started to pour in. It was like the opening of floodgates. Before we knew it all our stands were mobbed....
Powerful Events; It’s All About the Community 2022
It's All About the Community Why do we do events? Well, no matter how big or small, well attended or not, they all work on so many levels. You learn and take from them what you can, raising funds and awareness, making new contacts, getting advice, giving suggestions. Every single piece of the volunteer jigsaw counts....
Plant Sale 2022. Excited; A New Year and it’s Time To Sow.
Well the year has begun very kindly to us weather wise, so not sure if making a start on sowing in the greenhouse is wise or tempting fate! The cuttings taken in autumn are already sprouting some healthy looking roots. Each year we have a plant sale to raise funds for the gardens, but the last couple of years have been difficult as Covid scuppered most of our events, resulting in having to sell plants from our drive. Seemingly I'm now known as plant lady!...
Community…That’s What its all About; Pruning Radipole Community Orchard
We had a fantastic turn out at our Pruning Radipole Community Orchard. The three beaming amigos you see below are Friends of Radipole Park & Gardens. Why do they look so happy? Have they discovered a pot of gold? Maybe found it takes only three men to lift a long pole? No they've found something way, way better. Volunteers!...
Free Pumpkins Galore; 450 Years On and Which Side Are You?
This year we're combining our annual pumpkin carving with Weymouth's 450 celebrations. Thanks to a generous grant from Weymouth Town Council we can supply 100 free pumpkins to be carved at our All Hallows' Hoolies. When you arrive at Radipole gardens queue up and sign in to receive your free pumpkin, one per child. You'll then be directed to a carving table with tools, but we respectfully request that parents supervise their children during this activity, after all its good fun to do these things together. Mind you, I do remember a couple of somewhat eager parents last time taking this very seriously, taking over charge of...
Celebrations; Brass Band Music Rocked Out Again in Radipole Gardens
Brass band music...