Green Space Volunteers

Category: Friends of Pittville

  • Green Space Volunteers

    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

    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

    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 […]

  • Launch of the Sensory Garden

    Launch of the Sensory Garden

    You are invited to the official opening of the Sensory Garden and the unveiling of the large carving that is part of it, which will be held in front of […]

  • Could you be our next Membership Secretary or Volunteer Co-ordinator?

    Could you be our next Membership Secretary or Volunteer Co-ordinator?

    Are you interested in volunteering for Friends of Pittville charity? We are actively recruiting for the following immediate vacancies: Membership secretary (this role is also a trustee position). The role is […]

  • Wednesday 11th June – Join Natasha Houseago as she carves our tree sculpture

    Wednesday 11th June – Join Natasha Houseago as she carves our tree sculpture

    Natasha Houseago will be starting work on carving the tree sculpture in front of the aviaries in Pittville Park on Wednesday June 11th! She will be there most of the […]

  • Initial Planting of the Sensory Garden

    Initial Planting of the Sensory Garden

    Green Space Volunteers started planting the Sensory Garden beds on a sunny day in May. There are six beds in total as you can see in this first ‘before’ photo. […]

  • Building the bug hotels

    Building the bug hotels

    We’re grateful to Men in Sheds for making the two bug hotels that will be part of the Sensory Garden. Here they are in the process of being made by […]

  • Pittville Swans & Friends

    Pittville Swans & Friends

    Earlier this year, it was an honour to be invited by the Mayor, Paul Baker, to afternoon tea and cakes in his parlour within the Municipal Building of Cheltenham Borough […]

  • Friends of Pittville Plant Sale

    Friends of Pittville Plant Sale

    Philippa Howell has successfully coordinated the FoP plant sale in recent years but now that she is no longer a trustee, the task fell to others to put it together […]