Lets make this a special Christmas event
We would ask that paraders stick to the pavements and do not stray onto the road. And, as always, that children are accompanied by adults and dogs kept under close control. If the weather is pouring down, we will cancel the event, so watch out on the day on our Facebook page. Parkinson’s Park.
Parkinson’s Park is taking part in the Great British Spring Clean, organized by Keep Britain Tidy.
Saturday 22nd March, 10 am – 12 noon.
Meet at the Farm gate.
Litter pickers and bags provided.
Litter-picking is a simple action. It can make an immediate difference. This act also creates a visible change in the environment where we live, work, and play. Think of it as an opportunity to get out in the fresh air and make a difference.
Come and help tidy the Park, to get rid of all the rubbish and pieces of plastic from various activities.
Parkinson’s Park is lovely this time of year, where you can enjoy fresh air and spring flowers. This year, the park supports a great cause: Purple4Polio.
Parkinson’s Park has teamed up with Aireborough Rotary Club. They have planted purple crocus bulbs. These bulbs add color to highlight that polio remains a global issue.
See if you can find the word “POLIO” made from purple crocuses at the top of the park.
The purple color is important. On mass polio immunization days, a child’s little finger is painted purple. This shows they have received the vaccine.
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s Purple4Polio campaign invites communities to help eliminate polio. Each year, Rotary clubs plant millions of purple crocus bulbs to raise awareness.
See here for more details on Purple4Polio
🎅✨ Time to embrace the festive spirit—dust off your Santa hats, don your antlers, and rock those cozy Christmas jumpers. 🎄 🎶
🎄✨ Please join us for our well established Christmas Lantern Parade which returns on Sunday, December 15th, bringing back our tradition of a heartwarming community parade from Parkinson’s Park to the Guiseley Memorial for carols. 🌟
This year, the festivities include lanterns, drummers, dancing by the Buttercross Belles as well as Carols which will incude the voices of a children’s choir. 🎶❄️
🎺🎼 All accompanied by Guiseley’s fabulous brass band 🎺🎼
Come and share the magic of the season with us! 🎅❤️
You may meet at the park at 3:45 pm for the 4 pm parade to the memorial, or go to directly to the memorial for 4pm where the Buttercrossbelles will be dancing. Carols will be sung from 4:30 pm to 5 pm.
Lets make this a special Christmas event
We would ask that paraders stick to the pavements and do not stray onto the road. And, as always, that children are accompanied by adults and dogs kept under close control. If the weather is pouring down, we will cancel the event, so watch out on the day on our Facebook page. Parkinson’s Park.
CANCELLED
DUE TO THE POOR WEATHER FORECAST TOMORROW’S APPLE DAY IS CANCELLED
Sorry to all those looking forward do it.
Apple Day is an autumnal celebration of one of our most popular fruits. We celebrate the diversity of apple varieties, and their culinary versatility. It’s an occasion to enjoy the flavors of apples in various forms, from fresh apples, apple cakes, apple juice, and of course, lets not forget apple ciders. Apple Day enables us to get outside and experience the season and to remember the joy of natural simple delicous food and drink.
The event will take place at Parkinson’s Park’s very own community orchard which you can find at the bottom corner at the entrance that comes in from Greenshaw Terrace.
There will be apple juice, apple cakes, apple recipes and an opportunity to learn more about apples and the varieties growing in the orchard. I can assure you that the Gooseberry and Apple Crumble muffin is a delight not to be missed.
For safety please wear sturdy footwear, and children must be accompanied by an adult. Clean hands are also vital.
Photo courtesy of Aireborough Photographic Society.
On Sunday, we are celebrating Autumn’s bounty and planting in hope for a beautiful Springtime display.
Bring along your garden and windfall apples for juicing and collect some daffodil bulbs for planting around the Park, including the approaches along Kelcliffe Lane, Oxford Avenue, Greenshaw.
Apples juicing is a good way to ensure that apples are put to good use, and not wasted. They need to be in a reasonable condition, ie not rotting, and it would be helpful if you can wash them before you bring them. They are cut up and crushed for juice that lasts 3 – 4 days if left in a fridge, longer if frozen. (Bring a bottle/jug to put it in.) We are supported in this by Urban Harvest.
We are delighted that Parkinson’s Park has been nominated for Fields in Trust UK’s Favourite Parks 2022! This is a Nationwide public vote to find the Parks and Green Spaces that have made a valuable contribution to their local community whilst acting as a sanctuary over the past few years.
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As with the national Jubilee Pageant, the Parkinson’s Park Big Jubilee Picnic celebrated the different decades of the Queen’s 70 year Reign. Instead of a pageant we chose to do it via the Corgi Trail around seven of the entrances, and also in a display of fashion – which people could also wear.
We asked seven different groups to interpret each decade for us, and we’d like to say thank you to them for their invention and hard work in preparing and setting up. We hope people enjoyed the look back through British culture and its changes.
Down at the Greenshaw Gate Hazel Berry chose to recreate the 1953 Coronation and street celebrations; this was a much photographed chair by passersby !!
At the Farm Gate, Abi James and her High School Art Class. Libby, Amelia, Nate, Beatriz, Summer and Thomas, together with the Yarns Well Spun project beautifully interpreted the culture of the 1960s through a Jasper Johns inspired pop art display as well as a demonstration of their handicraft – remember those 1960s crochet dresses?
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