Success; Radipole Gardens Goes All Out in True Patriotic WWII style.
Well, that's the final big event of our year done and dusted and boy did we go out with bloody big bang in true patriotic WWII style! Greeting the crowds coming to our event was this Big Beast shown below. This monster vehicle was parked out in the tennis club car park (sadly minus the even bigger tracked beast who would have been on her back had she not blown something to do with oil.) She guzzled approx £100 in fuel for owner Colvyn Gillmon just to get here here from Dorchester! Though our 1940's Big Fun Day was a cracking success, of course that only happens...
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...
