Task Day in Memorial Park [Last Saturday each month]

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Our task day on Saturday was hampered by high winds and intermittent rain, so we had to stop painting but there was plenty of other work done!

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

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 11 August 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.

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Our volunteers were all over the place in the park yesterday and we were told several times that the park is looking better than it ever has!

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

The next scheduled Task Day is Saturday 28 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.

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Today we completed the refurbishment of the French Boules Court by compacting it with a wacker-plate hired from Wright Hire.

See more here: https://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

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We squeezed in a special task day with Marple College today. Public Services students Gina and Sarah with their teacher Adam helped friends of the Park spread 6 tonnes of top-up material onto the French Boules Court.

See more here: https://www.marplememorialpark.org.uk/task-days/task-days-in-2018.html

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.