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Community Garden Launch
Community garden celebration with free family fun and craft activities Celebrate the launch of the new Whitworth Park Community Garden with a day of free traditional, family fun and craft activities. Saturday 7th September 2019 12-4pm. Community Garden flyer
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Shed
There was no fanfare but the shed has arrived! Many thanks to Patrick Osborn (Sustainability Technician at the Whitworth) for all his hard work in getting the this first stage of the community garden project rolling.
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Big Dig
See here for sunflower advice on growing your free sunflower!: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growflowers_sunflowerscreen1.shtml Photos from the Big Dig
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Save our Parks
Parks and open spaces throughout the country are under serious threat. So please consider adding your voice to a national petition to “Save our Parks”. The National Federation of Parks and Open Paces are collecting signatures for a petition calling on … Continue reading
Natural Play
In our document “Towards a Development Plan” (2008) we noted that the lack of an area where children could play. A playground had been built next to Denmark Road in the 1950’s but removed following persistent vandalism. We observed that a new … Continue reading
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Green Flag Award
When the group was started in 2005 we found that there was no plan for the development of the Park. So after discussion with the then Park Manager, Kirsten Warren, we produced a document called “Towards a Development Plan” which … Continue reading
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