Category Archives: Friends
Residents Wishing Everyone More Love and Joy
Lots of activity over the last weeks to improve the look of the Park and bring more joy to those who use it. The Park is not Council owned, it belongs to Bellway Homes. Meadfleet do basic maintenance in conjunction … Continue reading
Happy New Year For 2022 & FOPP’s 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago the Friends of Parkinson’s Park was formed. November 2011 saw the start of the Park’s regeneration; a collaboration between Bellway Homes and an embryonic Friends Of Parkinson’s Park (FOPP); whilst February 2012 saw our first public meeting … Continue reading
It’s Christmas !!
Santa’s arrived on the Advent Tree – we’re there.
We’ve Been Chosen for the Guiseley Co-op Community Fund for our Willow Walk Project.
The bottom of the Park is wet with several spring emanating from the hillside. In this area is a good bank of willow trees some of the quite characterful, as well as traditional woodland edge shrubs such as rowans, blackthorns … Continue reading
PARKINSON’S PARK WORKING PARTIES RESTART
Over the last two years less organized improvement work has been done on the Park as we were unable to set up the area working parties we’d planned in 2019. Instead a number of people have taken on different areas … Continue reading
STUDENT LILY ENDS HER PLACEMENT AT GREENSHAW GATE
Our thanks go to student Lily Davies who has spent the Winter and Spring doing her Craven College, Land and Wildlife Management, work placement in the Park supervised by Chris Parapia and Joanna Brooks. Lily has helped plant the Greenshaw … Continue reading
YARN BOMBING IN THE PARK 2021
Over the last year the Park has increasingly used the lovely knitted, crochet and even tatted items, made by local people for decorating the Celebration Tree, (mostly ladies, but there might be some men 🙂 ). Well, we now know … Continue reading
A COMMUNITY HERB PLANTER FOR THE LOVELY ANNE (1942 – 2020)
Earlier this year a planter was installed in the Park, which has now been filled with herbs for community use. The Planter is dedicated to Anne Grant who lived on Kelcliffe Lane for 40 years and died last October after … Continue reading
HELP DESIGN AN HISTORIC BENCH FOR GUISELEY WELLS
Our colleagues, The Friends of Springfield Park & Guiseley Wells have been awarded one of a unique set of 15 community benches provided by the Leeds Civic Trust ‘Take A Seat’ Project. The benches will commemorate how the citizens of … Continue reading
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