We have Tom Boswell Trees to thank for a delivery of some lovely, fresh wood chip to renew the paths and educational area.
Astrid worked hard to get the area looking good for the festival.
They also gave us more logs for our Woodland Walk stepping stones which Astrid and Ray have been digging in.
Open Age, Queen’s Park Community Council, Beethoven Centre and the two local housing trusts have got together again to make a special event on the day of the Queen’s Park Summer Festival.
The over 50s can enjoy and afternoon of music, dancing, bingo, raffles and of course, wonderful refreshments from 1pm to 5pm in St Judes Hall, right next to the park.
For more details about the festival in the park, check our home page.
The Queen’s Park Community Council have joined forces with Paddington Development Trust and City of Westminster to bring a wonderful day of music and fun to our little park again this year.
We will be set up in the Wildlife Area to answer your questions. We will have a fun quiz for the young woodland explorers, with chocolate bugs for those who get it right, so do come and see us.
For details of a special event for the over 50s, please click here.
The development plan for the wildlife area will be available for consultation from the beginning of August. We will have details of this at our stand and would welcome your opinion on the plans.
Come along and show us what you’ve got!
From midday to 4pm on Saturday in the Beethoven Centre, the creative arm of Queen’s Park Community Council will be holding their annual auditions, searching for talent to perform at this year’s Summer Festival.
To register your interest please email: qpauditions@nullgmail.com or fill out a form at the Beethoven reception and leave with a member of staff for the attention of Oliver James Events.
Talent categories are: Singers, bands, rappers, comedians, instrumental, spoken word, magicians, acting, or any other hidden talents that you want to share with your Community.
Just a short distance from our ‘village’ is the St Charles Hospital which is home to the Second Half Centre, encompassing Open Age.
Tomorrow, Friday 17th June, they are holding their annual exhibition, showcasing the talents of the may Second Half and Open Age creative groups.
More details at the Second Half Centre website.
This is to coincide with the London Creativity and Wellbeing Week. Do pay a visit between 12pm and 4pm. You may even discover some work from one of our gardeners.
The Queen’s Park Community Council launched the Front Gardens Competition last month.Entry forms will be available from Beethoven Centre reception, online and and at Queen’s Park Library and you must enter by midnight on Sunday, 9th July.
You can nominate yourself or a neighbour. Let’s make this a record year for entrants!
The combination of wet weather and humid heat has given the Wildlife Area all the help it needs to flourish.
The meadow is full of ox eye daisies and buttercups but if you look more closely you’ll also find a few poppies, cornflowers, corn marigolds,teasels, oil seed rape to name but a few (to name the ones we can remember!).
We were thrilled when a new visitor pointed out that at least one pair of Common Blue Damsel flies were hovering around the long grasses.
There were many families visiting the area while we were gardening this weekend. When we see others enjoying the place, it makes us happy to spend time there.
If you’d like to join in the fun of our random gardening sessions, check this page or better still, ask to join our mailing list.
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They have a wonderful raffle with a variety of prizes including a picture of the church by the Secret Artist. The flower displays are beautiful and diverse; created by the congregation plus groups and businesses in the local community.
Later on this evening, St John’s Music have organised a concert by the internationally acclaimed Silk Street Sinfonia, who always draw in a good audience. There are usually refreshments on the lawn afterwards (but don’t quote me!).
Please scroll down to look at some of the exhibits in our gallery.
Saturday 11th June
Festival Concert at 7pm with the Silk Street Sinfonia
Sunday 12th June
11am Thanksgiving Mass
from 12.30 Community lunch in the grounds of the church and Vicarage
4pm Festival Evensong
Contributors to the Flower Festival include: Us! (the Friends of Queen’s Park Gardens & as commended by the Area Dean of the Church), Queen’s Park Community Council, Cheeky Rascals Playgroup, Avenues Youth Project, Essendine Primary School, RISE on Kilburn Lane, Co-op Funeral Care on Harrow Road, The Kensal Triangle, The Church Lads & Church Girl’s Brigade, In the Garden (with a donation from D.A.T. Tyres), Jay Venn Garden Design and Restoration, William Rhodes of Your Credit Union, the Sunday School – Junior Messy Group, Nigel, Geri and many others – young and old – from the congregation.
Corner Display by Nigel Avenues Youth Project Junior Messy Sunday School Group
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This year, in commemoration of the Queen’s 90th birthday, St John the Evangelist are holding a Flower Festival next weekend with a schedule of celebratory events:
Friday 10th June
6pm Flower Festival opens
Saturday 11th June
Festival opens at 10am, with refreshments in the Vicarage garden
Festival Concert at 7pm with the Silk Street Sinfonia
Sunday 12th June
11am Thanksgiving Mass
from 12.30 Community lunch in the grounds of the church and Vicarage
4pm Festival Evensong
If all the energetic stuff in our park seems like a little too much effort this weekend, why not attend the Paddington Festival launch, including Round One of the Paddington Festival Bake-Off!
Join the fun between 11am and 3pm at Maida Hill Market.
