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...
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....
We ‘Get by With A Little Help from Our Friends…’
As the well known Beatles song title goes ...
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...
Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick, Scones and Home Made Sausage Rolls?
You might be wondering what connection these eclectic objects have with Radipole Gardens. Well here's the answer. [caption id="attachment_322" align="alignnone" width="800"] Friends of Radipole Park and Gardens Plants and Garden Sale poster. Our fund raising event 19th May 2018 in Radipole United Reformed Church hall.[/caption] On Saturday 19th May we are having our Plant and Gardens sale in Radipole United Reformed Church between 10am and 12 noon. Not only will there be a great selection of plants available...
Nurture Nature and Welcome Wildlife to Weymouth
Our next event is one that is packed with something for people of all ages and all interests in nature and wildlife. Not only how we can help them but they help us. [caption id="attachment_340" align="alignnone" width="800"] Poster for the Nurture Nature and Welcome Wildlife event being held in Weymouth Radipole Gardens 14th April 2018.[/caption] Come along and meet many of the experts in their field and those volunteers who beaver away caring for local wildlife such as Hayley from Hayley's Hedgehog Rescue. Some of the other groups attending include the Dorset Mammal Group, Dorset Butterfly Conservation, Dorset Dragonflies and the Dorset Field Officer for Amphibians and Reptiles. Dorset...