Message from the Chair | September 2024
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Keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in Pittville
Our newsletter is published four times a year and covers the latest developments in Pittville, project updates, forthcoming events and longer feature articles. If you would like to contribute to the newsletter or help us to distribute it, please contact us.
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Hello everyone, the year is progressing and what summer there has been is now almost behind us as we pass into autumn, ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ as Keats […] Read More
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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 […] Read More
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Habitat Boards
The Friends of Pittville applied for grant to fund the graphic design and manufacture of lantern style information boards that describe three different habitats in the west side of Pittville […] Read More
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Sensory Garden
In 2024 the Green Space volunteers began a project to convert the raised beds between the play area and the aviaries into a collection of sensory beds designed to appeal […] Read More
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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 […] Read More
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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 […] Read More
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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. […] Read More
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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 […] Read More
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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 […] Read More
