A large group of volunteers from friends of Park Hill gathered to liberate some young fruit trees from fast growing competitors. Despite high winds, great success was had and the before and after photos say it all. Hopefully we'll have set up our little trees for great fruitfulness next year!

A group of local residents and volunteers with Friends of Park Hill, settled in to clear back the abundance summer growth reducing access to the and blocking light from the street lamps.

Much done and still much to do! Join us for the second bite of the apple on Sunday 11th October at 1000

Due to adverse weather conditions we had to take a rain check not to worry we'll be going back to Parkhill in June.

The group met on a chilly Tuesday evening at the entrance to Park Hill. With head torches switched on, the team bee-gan the hill climb. The group were guided to the top by the glow of Josi and Catherine's torch, who were awaiting their arrival.

The team quickly set to work. Ingrid and Josi collected litter from the walled gardens and from the park. Meanwhile, Hannah, Nik, Catherine and Liz raked and swept the paths in the walled garden. The leaves were collected, so that they can bee composted.

The next activity was to investigate a nest. Could it bee a wasp nest or a bee's nest? Nik spotted honeycomb next to the nest. The bee detectives concluded that it must be a bee's nest!

Finally, the team took the tools back to the shed and bee-gan their decent of the hill.

Great job, team!

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The team met on the square for a warm-up on a warm summer Tuesday. Nik had just completed the Croydon giraffe trail, so led the way for some giraffe spotting on route to Park Hill.

Upon arrival, the team discovered that there had been a little miscommunication and unfortunately the task owners were not there. However, this did not stop the team from putting their necks out to do good! Tools were located behind the compost bin and the team worked hard weeding the GG area of the walled garden. The weeds were moved to the compost bin and the tools were put away before the team departed.

All in all the team had fun and a good giraffe!

Last night two Good Gym runners set off at a merry pace to help the Friends of Park Hill prepare the Flower Fairy Garden ahead of the children's summer activities.

Firstly and foremost, the rain held off! Despite a rather ominous grey sky we were able to complete our run and task in the dry, hurray! We were met in the Walled Garden by Catherine and Josi, who were armed with all the tools and equipment for tonights task. A lot of preparation had already been done by them Friends to prepare the new board with the sign for the flower fairy garden and it was our task to help put it up. After some careful measurements and a bit of a wiggle to make sure it was straight we were able to apply the nails and glue to keep it in place. The sign had been missed by the park users so they will be glad to see it back up in place.

We swept up the paths and the pavillion leaving the area ready for the children's activities to begin.