Heavens Above! Weymouth’s Radipole as You’ve Never Seen it Before.
Radipole as You've Never Seen it Before In the midsts of some research this morning, I came across this incredible site...
Beat Winter Blues…Bring Back Brass Bands!
With the Beast from the East looming ever closer, maybe it's time to warm ourselves up with memories of far warmer weather and vivid green parks. The Friends committee are geared up to holding an event every month of the year and this years are almost in the bag. Just a few are remaining bits and pieces to firm up on, minor details and final dates. (Check out our our event calendar here https://radipoleparkandgardensfriends.wordpress.com/events-2018-2/) In the past, one thing that many parks were renown for was music. It's where the public went to immerse themselves in the cheerful melodies of the local town band or toe tapping to the...
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...
Prim and Proper or Wild and Woolly?
However, nowadays, many gardens are trending towards more naturalistic beds and borders, planted up with perennials and mulched to keep those infernal weeds at bay. Does this make our gardens any less beautiful?...
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...