Another surprisingly decent morning’s gardening with 10 of us out despite the apparent gloom. 100 wood anemones planted in the woodland bed in the Memorial Garden, and the roses in the Sunderland Street entrance have been pruned. We will be going out next week to discuss tree planting with the Read more…
A man on a bike with a trailer stole all but half a dozen of the logs that we had cut on Thursday morning between Thursday evening and Saturday night. He was seen, and we know he went down the canal towards Bathampton. I cycled to Claverton just now but Read more…
The crocuses have taken a beating this year, but the Snowdrops and Aconites and the Narcissus bulbocodium are in flower. The rest of the narcissi are in full growth,
George came and cut the logs into manageable sections for us. And several people have suggested we make a walkway out of the smaller ones. We will come up with a plan :–)
Thanks to all the hard work from our Gardening Volunteer Team, the “Your Park” volunteers, and to Jane Robson from the Parks team, whose initial idea it was, we were awarded the winners certificate in the Community Connectors category for the Fernery. This has been taking shape over the last Read more…
Good to see budding artists and marine biologists at work in the park….
The proposed bed for the memorial garden, designed by one of our members, has been implemented by the council. The laurels were removed and the roots grubbed out by FoHP and the Council two years ago. This year FoHP dug the bed and sowed an annual wild flower mix from Read more…
A splendid days gardening saw 14 of us out for Sunday Morning., with a good clearout of the Sunderland Street entrance. You might notice fewer weeds and the roses dead headed, but also a transplanting of several white Borage plants which should come into flower soon. These have reseeded themselves Read more…
We have started to record insects in a more systematic manner. The link is here, under the natural world/ animals /insects from the main menu – do feel free to mail your observations to us. I hope to automate this at some stage.
Thanks to the awareness of one of our members, Fiona, we have a range of new tools for the Park obtained from the generosity of people on local donation sites who have them to spare. Now we have a wider range of hand tools for all to come out and Read more…
