Task Day in Memorial Park [Last Saturday each month]

[admin]

A beautiful autumn day in the park on Saturday planting crocuses and clearing leaves!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is an extra one on Saturday 7 November 2015 to ensure that the park looks its best for the Remembrance Service on Sunday. We'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm. We are also supporting a special task day with pupils from Brabyns Preparatory School on Friday 6 November when they will be helping us tidy leaves for Remembrance too.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

Another good task day in the park yesterday, and park users were exceptionally generous, thank you!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 31 October 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

A really good task day in the park yesterday, apart from copious amounts of dog mess that had to be picked up of course.

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 17 October 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

Rain defied the forecasts that it would stop around 10am so our volunteers defied the rain and just carried on! Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 26 September 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

Our first task day using power tools but most of the grafting was still by hand in the flowerbeds. Our volunteers were grateful for the fantastic comments received from park users too. Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 12 September 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

A productive day in the park yesterday, thank you to our wonderful volunteers. Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 29 August 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

Another busy day in the park for local volunteers, read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 15 August 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

A variety of tasks completed today, read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 25 July 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

A mix of work on flowerbeds, shrub beds and paths was carried out by a small group of volunteers yesterday, while several others received power-tools training. We also did some work on Lock 17.

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 11 July 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

Rather damp yesterday but a handful of volunteers decided to brave the weather. It's this dedication that makes your park so good!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 27 June 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

As mentioned in the Treasure Hunt post, we had a great day on Saturday with lots of work on flowerbeds and benches while the hunt was on.

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 13 June 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

[admin]

We were pleased to welcome a new volunteer with her baby yesterday, definitely our youngest ever volunteer but he kept nodding off on the job!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 30 May 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

This is also the day of the Family Treasure Hunt organised by Julian Wadden to support Friends of the Park, which is now featured on our home page:

http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/

[admin]

We saw both sides of park users during our task day yesterday; those who leave broken bottles spread around the park where they can hurt people and animals and others who put money in our bucket and even buy us drinks and chocolate treats to say thank you. I know which ones I prefer!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2015.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 16 May 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

[admin]

Better weather for our task day in the park today and it's great to see the park springing back into life!

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 25 April 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

[admin]

With heavy rain, vandalism, offensive graffiti and dog mess in the park, homemade cakes brought along by one of our volunteers were definitely the highlight of yesterday's task day.

Read more about what we did here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 11 April 2015 and we'd be delighted if you can come along for however long you can between 10 am and 2 pm.

Stout footwear and suitable clothing should be worn and bring your own gardening gloves and small hand tools if you have them. Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult.