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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Community Picnic
Come and join your neighbours in a community picnic to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As Parkinson’s Park starts to look like it’s old self, we thought we’d revive some of the old events. To start with, we’d like to … Continue reading
Battle To Remove Park From the SHLAA
Following on from the appearance of Parkinson’s Park in the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment, Councillor Graham Latty has taken up the issue with Leeds City Planning Department and demanded that it is taken off the list. At the same … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Regeneration
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Wild about Wildflowers: Sunday 15 April 2012
Today the rain just held off for the latest project to take place at Parkinson’s Park. As part of the RHS Britain in Bloom launch celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the beginning of National Gardening Week, a small band … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Friends, Uncategorized
Tagged Britain in Bloom, Ecology, insects, RHS Britain in Bloom, Seeds, wildflower meadows, Wildflower seeds, wildlife
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Are Houses Going To Be Built On The Park?
Parkinson’s Park was given to the people of Guiseley by Frank and Albert Parkinson. But, the covenant which used to be on the land deeds (and has been seen in the safe at Crompton Parkinson’s) has been ‘lost’. The land … Continue reading
The Birds, the Bees and Our Jubilee Trees – Darren Shepherd
A great day yesterday, planting out our new trees, to create a field edge scrubland habitat for the birds and wildlife of Parkinson’s Park. All the trees we planted are native British trees which provide food and shelter for our … Continue reading
” He Who Plants A Tree, Plants A Hope”
“A superb morning and a great effort by like minded people”. That was the verdict of the Friends who turned out on a drizzly morning to be told by project manager Darren Shepherd how to slit plant 104 trees donated … Continue reading
Plant A Tree For The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
UPDATE 9AM 17TH MARCH – TREE PLANTING IS ON To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s historic Dimond Jubilee in 2012, the Woodland Trust is encouraging people to come together in their neighbourhoods and plant small areas of trees. The UK … Continue reading
SOS – Friends Wanted
John Tate and Liz Lawson, kindly put their names down for the Jubilee Tree Project. However, we don’t have any contact details for you. Please can you get in touch. 10 March – Now found.
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Stop Press – Bellway Permission And Police
Bellway, who own the land, have now given their go ahead for all the projects on the FOPP list. The Police will be upping their patrols in the Park now that the evenings are getting lighter; (with full agreement of … Continue reading
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First Friends Meeting – Next Steps
Thank you to all those who came to the first Friends meeting last night. We hope you found something of interest, and will become a Friend and help build this important part of Guiseley’s ‘philanthropy’ heritage. We are about to … Continue reading
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