Author: Louise Allerton
-
Could you be our next Membership Coordinator?
Following our recent AGM we have a keen, very willing and even more able committee. With just one missing Trustee. After a long and dedicated run our membership coordinator has […]
-
Pittville Circus tree walk
On a pleasant autumn evening in early October, Chris Chavasse, Senior Trees Officer for CBC, kindly led a delightful and informative walk on and around Pittville Circus, discussing the trees […]
-
New path in the west park
We were delighted to receive news from Wayne Sedgwick, the Senior Ranger with the Green Space Team at CBC, that work is due to start immediately on a new path […]
-
Opening the Sensory Garden
On 30 September, the mayor of Cheltenham, Dr David Willingham, came to the park to officially open the Sensory Garden in front of the aviaries and unveil the carving of […]
-
Green Space Volunteers
First, an anniversary. 19 November 2009 was the start date of the Green Space Volunteers with just six members, two of whom, Judy and Terry Langhorn, still volunteer regularly with […]
-
Two hundred years since the laying of the Pump Room foundation stone
We wanted to mark the bicentenary of the laying of the Pump Room foundation stone in 1825. So we decided, with the agreement of Cheltenham Borough Council, to design and […]
-
A Garden for all the Senses: Friends of Pittville’s New Sensory Garden & Sculpture
Nestled between the children’s play area and the aviaries in Pittville Park, Cheltenham, a new sensory garden has taken root — combining planting, sculpture, and community spirit to create a […]
-
Green Space Volunteers
The volunteers, as always, have done a grand job this month, with around twenty people turning up for each session. Amongst other things, we have pruned the laurels on the west […]
-
Cheltenham Cobras Volleyball Club
I noticed there have been regular volleyball sessions in the park over the last few months so I stopped and asked Andrea, one of the organisers, more about it. At […]
-
Chris Archibald – our sort of hero
Fiona Clarke, one of the founders of Friends of Pittville, worked very closely with Chris on all Friends of Pittville matters until her departure for Australia a couple of years […]