Take a Walk on the Wildside; Fun and Frolics in Radipole Gardens
Things are coming together nicely now for our next event in Radipole Gardens on Saturday 4th May 11-3pm. Working in partnership with Natural Choices, Stepping into Nature and Active Ageing our wildlife event this year is going to be bigger and better. It's long been known that time spent in the great outdoors has many benefits. Communing with nature, wildlife and a bit of tree hugging never did anyone any harm. In fact it's been proven to be not only beneficial for our physical but also mental health. This years event has so much to offer people of all ages, all interests and activity levels and its free...
Not Quite What the Advert Promised!
The problem with organising garden events is that sometimes Mother Nature doesn't play ball. So it was with our fruit pruning in the Community Orchard. The poster promised so much, sunshine and warmth. ...
Forget the Beast from the East…Spring has Sprung in Radipole Gardens
Depressed with all this talk of the Beast from the East...
A Walk in the Park
So fed up with the grey and gloomy days, it was literally a breath of fresh air to see the sun in the sky once more. Garbed in numerous layers of warm clothing it was time to venture forth and see what's happening down in the gardens. The first things that caught my eye were the little crocus braving the cold winds, though it maybe wasn't quite warm enough to persuade them to open fully. But as anyone knows...
Radipole Gardens…A Walk on the Windy Winter Wildside
Now, I'm not exactly renown for my love of the cold, but every so often I'll don numerous warm layers and tentatively poke my nose out of the door. Decided one very windy day in January to stroll (maybe make that getting blown and buffeted along) through the gardens and capture a few images...
Welcome to Radipole’s Weeping Willows
Welcome to the website for Weymouth’s Radipole Park & Gardens run by the Friends group of the park. This is the hub for all manner of information about our beautiful open space, from what’s happening in the park and gardens to a list of events taking place. Photographs taken of our stunning gardens in all their glory…and some of those that tell it’s story. Radipole gardens are renown for their wonderfully gnarled weeping willows that drape the pathways, flickering with light and shade in the summer months. Over the years, many a wedding party have posed for their photos here under their weighty boughs. Maybe you were one of...