Martyn and Josie met Alan Thornton in the Park today; Alan is the Project Manager for the Leeds “Orchard Project” and was visiting a number of community orchards in the area. Martyn said a number of points were worth recording:
1 Pleased with way the trees are coming on & that we haven’t lost any.
It appears that the pruning was appropriate. Continue reading
Unfortunately, the promised help with woodchipping the branches from the felled tree, and the security work, has not materialised. We do need to get this done as soon as possible, or there may be another fire. If anyone knows of someone with a woodchipper who could help please email us on parkinsonspark@gmail.com
Once the branches are woodchipped we’ll use them on the paths to make them less slippery when it rains. 
Hope everyone is having a Good Easter – the tree was decorated on Saturday, with some help from local children. Do add you own celebratory decorations this week.
Our thanks to Moons for the fabric strips to decorate the tree.
Dates for your diary in 2017 Continue reading
Do you want to keep your Park safe? Join Parkwatch – a new initiative set up by the Friends of Parkinson’s Park after advice from West Yorkshire Police, to help curtail anti-social and criminal activity.
If you live around the Park email us for full details on parkinsonspark@gmail.com and become one of the Parkwatch team.
What fun it is to run around on a fine spring day with a pair of crocodile litter pickers looking for rubbish – you could almost wish there was more to pick !! And when you tire of that, well there was seeds to plant for the herb garden or simply just dig a big hole – who knows what treasure you might find.
Today, around 25 families joined in a Little Friends of Parkinson’s Park event put on especially for them to have fun whilst leaning – and hopefully the Parents who came along had fun too. All was done before the rain came.
In the top corner of the Park is a bench which was put there to replace one that was there for decades. It was called ‘Old Man’s Seat’ as it was a favourite with local older residents, who used to wander along the land on a summer’s evening and watch the sun set in the West as they discussed the ‘goings on’ of the day.
Unfortunately, this secluded bench has also attracted other undesirable activity recently; people wanting to make their own ‘fire’ in the dark, using the Park’s fittings. So, we have opened out the area for security, as it is now more visible from surrounding houses. Continue reading
Next week we launch Little Friends of Parkinson’s Park with their first ‘get together’.
Back in the Autumn local mothers’ Karen Horwood and Becky Prosser took up our offer of planting some daffodil bulbs in the Park with their young children. They enjoyed this so much Karen and Becky suggested setting up ‘Little Friends of Parkinson’s Park’ . In Karen’s words “we had a great time simply getting together with the kids, getting them muddy, helping them contribute to the park in a way they could see grow and develop; we wanted to be able to extend this to other parents and children, and know of others who are keen to come together in this way. ” Continue reading
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