Category: Friends of Pittville
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Calling ALL Artists – FoP seeking submissions by 30 September 2024
Our current project is to create some sensory beds in the Play Area that will be educational and appeal to children. We seek submissions initially, deadline 30.o9.24. For full details please watch this video, then…. Please submit your ideas to Chris at volunteer@friendsofpittville.org.uk
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Sensory Garden
The six brick planters between the aviaries and the main children’s play area have been cleared by the Green Space Volunteers and will be covered in black plastic sheeting to kill off weeds before planting out next winter and spring. Design of the planting and information boards is underway. An advertisement has been placed in…
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Horticultural features
The Green Flag judges were keen on seeing some horticultural features in a park. With very tight budgets and disappearing skills in local authorities, flower beds are now mainly planted with shrubs and trees. While these can look attractive, they can sometimes lack colour and variety. The FoP Green Space Volunteers are helping to look…
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May Plant Sale
After weeks of rain the sun came out and brightened up everything, so there was lots of activity at the FoP Plant Sale. There were stalls from a number of local nurseries and the FoP stand included plants donated by members and friends. A new feature this year was the Lucky Dip bottle stall, which…
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Cheltenham Town Wheelers in Pittville
If you’ve been walking in the far west of Pittville Park near the Prince of Wales Stadium on a Saturday afternoon, you may have come across the Cheltenham Town Wheelers. They run courses there for young cyclists who want to enjoy the thrills and spills of cyclo-cross and mountain biking. I went to find out…
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The front garden at Holst Victorian House
Last Autumn a team of Green Space Volunteers dug out the old garden in front of Holst Victorian House. Some weeks ago Chris Archibald spent a few sessions landscaping and replanting the garden, and now it really looks excellent. Thank you, Chris. Sally Thomas
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This year’s cygnets
It’s always a delight to see the new cygnets on the lake. Five were born this year and at the time of writing they are all alive and well. Let’s hope it stays that way.
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Green Flag and Green Heritage Site Accreditation
Pittville Park is judged biannually for these two internationally recognised awards and this took place on 1 May this year. The Green Flag Award Scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks, setting a benchmark standard of recreational outdoor spaces. There are 27 criteria on which the park is judged. The Green Heritage Site Accreditation award is…
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April’s executive committee minutes available
Click here to read them
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Uncovering Wartime Memories
Pittville History Works group recently received a query from Mrs Pauline Paucker. At 95 years young, she is in the process of writing a memoir of the wartime evacuation to Cheltenham of her school, King Edward VII High School for Girls in Birmingham. She approached us to see if we could find any information on…