Gardening and Litter: We meet on the first and third Sunday mornings of the month ( 10-12) and the first Wednesday afternoon (2-4). The details are on the Noticeboard along with other items of interest. We hold an AGM (currently in abeyance) and usually hold one special event to raise awareness and to raise funds for specific projects. Carols by candlelight are held in December
We have about 130 members who donate a minimum of £5 a year. We have about 25 regular volunteers and we usually have 15 out on any one gardening session. We call upon everyone for special events.
The membership forms are on the website from the membership menu above. You can help in any number of ways from counting birds, butterflies, bats and insects, gardening and litter picking, organising and helping out with events, behind the scenes with the website and research. There are plenty of ways we have not thought of.
Everything from light pruning, weeding, to heavy shrub trimming and compost distribution. We work mostly in the Memorial Garden and the Sunderland and Henrietta Mews entrances but we seasonally remove leaves and sticks and prune the perimeter bushes, removing saplings and blackberries.
Every gardening session is preceded by a litter pick - we remove everything from motor scooters, gym equipment, to cigarette ends and bottle tops
Though the Council remain very active in the Park their funding is restricted. We halp out by having a fundraiser every year, specifically targeting a project - pond clearance, tree planting etc. These usually involve a large amount of work both planning and on the day, but we have several years of experience of this.
We have had extensive redearch doen by three volunteers in to the history of the park from its foundation to modern times but more is always welcome, particularly oral history.
Part of our remit is to make sure that the park is used by everyone in the locality and we have organised Bat walks, Bird and Insect walks, Tree walks etc, We have produced a park map with all the trees including the champions, and tree and history trails and Schools activity trails.
As everyone walks round the park we are constantly told and monitor the state of the trees and shrubs. We have maintained monthly bird lists, but are always on the lookout for people to record butterflies and other insects and spiders, birds, bats. We have had lichen surveys done and we can alwayr report observations to the Bath Naturalists.
Various groups use the Park for activities, gyms and fitness instructors, circus artists, Tai Quondo,
The work on the Sunderland Street Entrance has been slow, but after 18 months since the loss of the poplar, we have planted a new rose bed with donations from our Councillors and the Council, Read more…
We had a splendid little gathering of our members and friends for the Platinum Jubilee The tree is doing well with all the sunshine.
After a long dry period we are now having a nice series of showers which will keep the Memorial Garden at its best. Here are a selection what is to be seen at the moment. Read more…
You may have noticed the new tree in the Park. One of our Friends has donated a Cedar of Lebanon complimenting our other two cedars, the Atlas and the Deodar, as the Jubilee tree. It Read more…
The council gardeners have completed the first grass cut of the year and the Parks Dept told us that they had 20 more roses for us. We picked them up on Friday and planted them Read more…
Today the park was used as a venue for a geography field trip for a school from Wales. They were exploring the environmental utility of several sites in Bath, describing wildlife, housing density, usage, pollution Read more…
