2013 Season Gets Off To ‘Fruitful’ Start

Incredible Edible Inspired Raised Beds

Incredible Edible Inspired Raised Beds

Inspired by the example of Incredible Edible,  Sue Jackson and Steve Magson have created some raised beds near the Farm Gate Entrance,  to plant herbs and other produce.   Just one of the tasks completed by the ‘friends’ on the first of the 2013 monthly Park upkeep days  – and,  as with the first tree planting event a year ago,  the sun turned up to warm endeavours.

Richard Lamb and Barbara Winfield,  did a fantastic job clearing up several large bags of winter debris,  including broken sledges;  maybe some discarded sledge parts should be left as a time capsule for future archeologists.

Darren Shepherd and Andy Cheetham, planted a wildlife shrub border along the wall of Little Kelcliffe with plants donated by the Woodland Trust;   Nicola and John Denson replenished the shrubs on Jubilee Walk which had suffered from over zealous strimming, and Josie Brooks landscaped more appealing looking shrub island along the ridge path and planted bulbs.

Anyone interested in taking part in future upkeep days, or with ideas they’d like to implement in the Park,  should contact us at parkinsonspark@gmail.com.

So, Who’s For Planting An Orchard On Guiseley Gyratory ?

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Mary Clear, Meets Her Prince

When Mary Clear met Prince Charles, he promised that when he became King,  he would give her all the land he had to grow fruit and veg.  That was music to the ears of the ‘lucky’ Baby Boomer from Todmorden,  who told the Friends of Parkinson’s Park at their First Birthday Party, how she has enormous fun driving the development of Incredible Edible into areas she had never dreamed of.

Incredible Edible is a community group on a mission to make life better in Todmorden through growing food locally,  helping businesses to stock  local produce,  and building up the ‘self-help’ skills of young and old.  Mary wants to bring back the time when we made our own jam, baked our own bread, and darned our own socks with a ‘mushroom’. Continue reading

First Birthday Party – 29th November 2012

You Are Invited to a Birthday Party

The regeneration of Parkinson’s Park began on 30th November 2011.  To celebrate the Friend’s First Anniversary, and everything that has been achieved in the last year by so many people,  we are holding a First Birthday Party on 29th November 2012, for everyone who has been involved in the regeneration of the Park in whatever way, and all the members of the Friends of Parkinson’s Park.

The party will be at Cooper’s Bar, Otley Road, Guiseley, in their upstairs function room.  It will run from 7 – 9.15pm, Continue reading