This year’s front gardens competition is going to take a different format.
The QPCC’s Mystery Garden Shoppers will be touring the area during June and awarding certificates.
The street with the most certificates will be declared the winner, to be announced at the Queen’s Park Gardens Summer Festival.
GET PLANTING!
Thanks to our Community Council, the wonderful Crissie Chambers is able to give FREE advice and another one of her legendary sessions. Make a note of the date!
Dog workshops, classes for puppies & small dogs and one-on-one sessions all take place in the Dog Exercise Area of Queen’s Park Gardens.
Dog Owners are invited to come along with their dogs for help with training such as pulling on lead, recall and socialising.
4th June – 2pm to 3pm
‘No extension leads please’
‘Walking to heel’
‘recall, barking and fear aggression’
Ilbert Street, W10 4QJ
CALL CRISSIE ON 07949 523 71O
WWW.QUEENSPARKCOMMUNITYCOUNCIL.GOV.UK
We could not have asked for better weather on Saturday. Our main work was in the triangular bed where the weeds seem to grow the fastest but we had a fantastic turnout of willing hands to help.
We are always looking for new volunteers and we’re happy if you can only spare an hour. If you do more than that, we’ll make sure you have a break with some chocolate and water, to revive your energy levels.
We will be gardening next on 10th June but sign up for our newsletter in case we schedule any more sessions in between.
The park is looking spectacular this Spring and we hope you had a chance to enjoy it over the weekend.
The tulips are still blooming around the shrub by the Third Avenue gate.
Even though the crocus blooms have faded, we think the heart shape still looks very cheerful on the bank.
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The weather was so good on Saturday that we arranged an impromptu gardening session which was really well attended.
We finished laying gravel on the woodland path and cleared huge amounts of leaves from all the walkways and meadow.
Our next session will be on the morning of the Queen’s Park Winter Fair. Do come along if you can.
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Poor air quality has a direct impact upon our health and life expectancy, and has been linked to an increased number of premature deaths each year. Queen’s Park Community Council are considering a proposal, put forward by our most environmentally aware gardener Ray, for attaching low-tech Diffusion Tubes onto lighting columns (Street Lamps) around the Queen’s Park Council Wards from Harrow Road to Kilburn Lane. Diffusion tubes are designed for passive monitoring of gaseous airborne Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2). Similar projects have been conducted in Brent and Kensal Triangle.
If you are interested in joining us to attach diffusion tubes or would like more information about how poor air quality affects our health please email info@nullqueensparkcommunitycouncil.gov.uk
If you live on the Mozart Estate, you can vote for how to spend the SECOND reward earned for improving your recycling habits.
You can vote online or via a form available on reception at the Beethoven Centre.
There’s only a week left to vote!
We are so very proud to announce that the London in Bloom incentive has awarded us with a Silver Gilt in The London in Bloom Small Conservation Area of the Year – up to 5 acres category.
The Annual Awards is where London in Bloom celebrates the efforts of London’s boroughs, communities, businesses and individuals who do so much to make London a special place to live, work and visit.
We hope our certificate will soon be on display at the Beethoven Centre and we would like to thank everyone who has made a contribution to our efforts in the Wildlife Area, from the QPCC to Quinn’s contractors, the various people who have supplied wood chip and tree rounds, seeds and tools, but most of all we would like to thank the local residents who turn out in all weathers to maintain the area as a place for everyone to enjoy.