Thrilled…Teddies Turn up in Torrents. Flaming June 2025
Teddies Turn up in Torrents Right up to the start of the Teddy Bear Picnic and Pop Up Plant Sale event, black clouds hung menacingly low. A few large drops of rain sent us running for gazebos and large umbrellas. Was this going to be a wash out? But right on queue, 1 o'clock, the skies cleared, the heat ramped up, people started arriving with all manner of bears and stuffed fluffy friends, along with chairs, rugs and sun shades. Before we knew it the play park and field beyond was filled with families picnicking, playing football, cricket and all manner of games. The Quangle Wangle Choir and Wacapella singers...
Fantastic…All the Planets Aligned. Radipole Sensory Garden April 2025
Radipole Sensory Garden We knew it would be a big day for Radipole Park & Gardens. Judgement day for whether we'd all done enough to achieve a Green Flag for our beautiful green space, one of the objectives of our Lottery award. Tom, Weymouth Town Council's resident gardener, and his colleagues, had worked so hard to reach this stage. We'd mustered the FORPAG troops, put in our order for nice weather, it was a case of fingers and toes crossed. Not knowing who, when, how many judges would arrive, every passerby was eyed with possible interest. Finally a man with a clip board wandered into the sensory garden, taking great...
March 2025 Radipole Sensory Garden Exciting Updates
It's been quite a while since we've posted any updates I know. But lots still going on behind the scenes....
Wonderful October 2024 and Still the Colour Continues.
Nearly at the end of October and still the new sensory garden is filled with colour. The startlingly Heavenly blue climbing Ipomoeas are filled with their furled buds, promise of things yet to come if nature plays ball....
Exciting News…Finally!…Our Grand Opening Day Arrives; Saturday 10th August 2024
Nearly nine years in the making. Just about every curve ball imaginable thrown at us. Despite all these hurdles, the roller coaster ride from hell, and horrendous weather that plagued and flooded us out which broke all records, we've made it....
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....
FINALLY!!! THAT SPADE IN THE GROUND MOMENT; Excitement at Radipole Park and Gardens Lottery Project 2023
But the nail biting times are over, we've been there, spade in hand, chap in high viz and hard hat, works about to start. Over the following months you'll be able to follow our journey as we finally give our Cinderella park the beautiful gown she so rightly deserves....
Radipole’s Big Fun Day; Surprises That Just Keep on Giving
With our biggest event done and dusted for this year, we now have time to catch our breaths and reflect before we start to think about next year. Each year our Big Fun Day has grown in size, as our chair Mike Goulden so aptly put it, we have created a monster! O.K so it might not be the biggest event on the planet, but coming from a committee of just five, how can I kindly put this? persons of a certain age, it takes a lot of time, energy and stamina as anyone who arranges events of any size will know. Thankfully we have a regular...
Sorry Folks CANCELLED. Lace & Wool Create a Great Day Out:
So sorry that we have had to cancel our annual jolly for reasons beyond our control, but fear not, we will be back again next year with another gardens packed day next year. What better time of year for a coach trip to glorious Devon than June? First a short stop in Tiverton, whose history reaches way back into the depths of time. This area being occupied right from the Stone Age, through the reign of King Alfred's Wessex, Normans and their castle building, Middle Ages and prosperity with the wool trade. The Heatcote factory still manufactures specialist textiles here. Afterwards we head for Knightshayes Court. Both sites have...
Come Make Merry Cider in the Radipole Community Orchard
If you've ever wandered through our community orchard you'll see that some of our trees are bearing a good crop...
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