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...
New; Radipole Lake…More Nostalgia.
A couple more old photos have come in my possession thanks to my illicit night time trawling of the auction sites. They show an extensive Radipole Lake before Radipole Park Drive and the gardens were created. The first depicts a wonderful old steam train as viewed from Alexander bridge....
Easter Egg Hunt;SADLY CANCELLED DUE TO PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS AND LYING SURFACE WATER.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION TO CANCEL THIS EVENT FOR NOW DUE TO PROLONGED WET WEATHER AND LYING SURFACE WATER. THE TREASURE HUNT WILL GO AHEAD AT OUR NURTURE NATURE AND WELCOME WILDLIFE EVENT ON SATURDAY 14TH APRIL Well...
Begone Blasted Beast…Leave Spring Well Alone.
With this unwelcome return of the so called Mini Beast From the East...
Social Media…Does It Come With Benefits?
People often crack on about social media and how it's destroying the art of conversation, mutterings of dire warnings about its use for any manner of nefarious reasons. Well, I for one love it, not least because you can have interaction with literally hundreds of people that you might never come across in 'real life.' Such was the case this week. Enjoying A general online natter with someone on one of our Facebook pages and up popped an old photo of the Radipole gardens playing fields! (Many thanks to Alan Appleby who gave me permission to post it on here.) To say that I've been searching for something like...
Nurture Nature is on a Roll and Wildlife Will Win.
Even though we're supposed to be on the cusp of Spring, I'm sat here at my desk, clad in multiple layers, gas fires blasting out much welcome warmth, the Easterly winds's howling a hoolie and snow lies deep on the ground. Yet there is more to come so they say from this Beast from the East. I take heart though from the fact that in 6 weeks time the sun will be a'shining, the weather will be kind and bestow great warmth on our Nurture Nature and Welcome Wildlife event. ********* So grab a warming cuppa Settle down by a blazing fire. Sneak an early hot cross bun If that's what you...
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...