Our next gardening session will be:
Saturday, 1st June 2019 – 10am to midday
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Perfect day for planting with @FoQPGardens today. Who needs RHS Chelsea when we have flowers like these on our doorstep? PS those in the vase are from the garden, not stolen from the park! pic.twitter.com/Pgakf89QDm
— La Sambista (@Jillpoppygirl) May 25, 2019
We are so lucky to have wonderful people in our community like Lizzy. She has organised an Easter Egg Hunt in the Wildlife Area on Easter Monday! Just £1 to enter.
Do come along from 11am.
Even colourful cats and birds
What do you mean “this isn’t blossom”?
We had a very industrious couple of hours work today.
Steve from Continental Landscapes gave us some witch hazel and lavender to plant today and some hops that Claire potted on, to strengthen before planting out.
If you can, take a closer look at the witch hazel. It is such an interesting plant.
Errol kindly helped us inflate the tyre on our barrow.
Here are Alison and Simon planting the lavender.
The daffodils springing up amongst the euphorbia was an inspired bit of planting, thanks to Charlotte’s suggestion.
Neil refilled the bug hotel and Ray laid some woodland walk path where people are cutting through.
A father brought his 3 year old son and they were wonderfully helpful by picking litter, and came back with a huge bag full!
Our next session is on Saturday, 16th February from 10am until 12, noon.
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You may have read on social media and neighbourhood forums, that there have been incidents of extreme sickness and even mortality in various open spaces, including our very own Queen’s Park Gardens.
Our heartfelt sympathies are extended to the owners of any pets who have suffered as a result of this awful sadness.
Local resident, Crissie Chambers of Canine Culture and our local Westminster Warden, Nuno Reis have been working together to keep local residents informed and you may have had an educational notice through your door if you live close to the park.
We thought it would be helpful to put it on our website. Please feel free to share this on your own social media. Thank you.
With great thanks to the vast knowledge of Andrew from the RSPB, we had a glorious bird count in the park for their Garden Birdwatch.
Our friends, the Cheeky Rascals Child Minding Group were also counting in the Wildlife Area, where we began. The children were so energised and interested.
We were there for 11 mins & saw:
2 Blackbirds
2 Carrion Crows
2 Goldfinch
2 Great tit
4 Blue tits
1 House sparrows
1 Robin
5 Wood pigeons
1 Feral pigeons
We moved over to the Rose Garden for a more sustained session for the prescribed one hour, and this is the count submitted to the RSPB.
4 Blackbirds
5 Blue tits
2 Carrion Crows
5 Goldfinch
5 Great tit
15 House sparrows
1 Robin
8 Wood pigeons
8 Feral pigeons
1 Dunnock
1 Coal tit
1 Chaffinch
1 Common Gull
1 Grey Heron (flying overhead)
Why not consider becoming a member of the RSPB to support all the great work they do and learn much more? Andrew came to us from the Central London group who hold a variety of meetings and talks.
These were our results last year.
We will begin the count in the Wildlife Area at 11am and it will last an hour, on Monday, 28th January 2019 to do our count. Someone from the RSPB will be in attendance and you are welcome to join us.
More information about the RSPB Garden Birdwatch here.
Astrid and the team are gardening in January and we’d love you to join us.
We are planning gardening sessions on Saturday 12th and Saturday 19th January between 10am and 1pm weather permitting (if it is raining it will be cancelled at short notice).
Hopefully we’ll see some of you at one session or another. Any queries please use the contact form.
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Please remember to take your completely undressed Christmas trees to the collection pen on Ilbert Street (by the Rose Garden gate). Do no fly-tip – it diverts council funds that could be better used elsewhere. Details Here.
