Task Day in Memorial Park [Last Saturday each month]

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Four tonnes of soil were shifted by busy volunteers in Marple Memorial Park yesterday and lots of benches worked on too!

Read more about it here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 14 July 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 for Friends of the Park but with the photographer wielding hedge-cutters instead of a camera not so many photos!

Read more about it here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 23 June 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]

Thanks to the generosity of local residents Les and Jean White we were really busy planting in the park yesterday!

Read more about it here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 26 May 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 busy day in the park on Saturday with volunteers at work, the Family Treasure Hunt and Little Growers running side-by-side.

The Treasure Hunt was a great success and we'll provide a separate update on that when all the money is counted.

Read more about it here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 12 May 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]

Beautiful weather for a task day in the park but unfortunately yesterday was somewhat marred for our volunteers.

Read more about it here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 28 April 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]

Back to winter weather for Easter but we got lots done in the park on Saturday and our Little Growers scheme got off to a good start!

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 14 April 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 bright (but cold) sunny morning yesterday saw Friends of the Park planting more bulbs, tidying beds and maintaining benches.

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 31 March 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]

It was great to get back into the park today for our first task day of 2018! As well as planting another 1,000 bulbs (donated by Open Gardens in Marple - who won them from Parker's) we rescued the Poppy Rocks painted by local children during last year's Remembrance period and put them back on display.

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 24 February 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]

Unfortunately we had to cancel both November and December Task Days due to the weather but someone was certainly busy in the park in November!



The first scheduled Task Day of 2018 is Saturday 27 January 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've planted almost 15,000 new bulbs in the park since September now, and also had a good tidy up of the main flowerbeds and memorial beds on Saturday to ensure the park looked its best for the Remembrance Day Service on Sunday.

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 25 November 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]

Mostly planting bulbs supplier by Stockport Council's Greenspace team during yesterday's task day in the park.

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 11 November 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]

Time for a tidy-up of our lock-up in the park and time also to begin preparing the flowerbeds for Remembrance.

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 28 October 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 damp task day saw volunteers planting 5,000 Crocuses provide by the Rotary Club of Stockport. We were please to be joined by volunteers from Marple Co-Op too!

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 14 October 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]

For one reason or another I haven't been in the park much recently, but today I walked through and thought it looked beautiful.  Thank you all for all your hard work.

Thank you @Barbara

On Saturday we started early and finished early without a tea break and then headed off to the Food and Drink Festival for lunch!

Read more about was done here: http://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days.html

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 30 September 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.

[Barbara]

For one reason or another I haven't been in the park much recently, but today I walked through and thought it looked beautiful.  Thank you all for all your hard work.