We are excited to share with you our ‘Words from a bench’ writing and poetry project and would love for you to get involved! We are looking for people to submit short stories or poems based around Rowntree Park, the outdoors/nature in general, or escape. We ask for no more than 1000 words for storiesContinue reading “Words from a bench”
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RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch weekend
Bird blog, with contributions from lead Bird Volunteer Vikki. I don’t think I’ve appreciated the park quite so much as I have done in recent months, as somewhere green and leafy to roam, but more importantly for me: somewhere to see the garden birds that are noticeably absent from our little yard. We have aContinue reading “RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch weekend”
Crafty Crawl
Sunday 6th of December 2020 is the Crafty Crawl. An annual event organised by our friends Planet Southbank. In the local area, many artists and crafters will be selling their home made goods. This is a perfect way to shop for Christmas, and yourself! The Friends of Rowntree Park Craft group have produced a rangeContinue reading “Crafty Crawl”
Wreath Making Kits – instructions!
Thank you to all of you who have bought a wreath kit from us. In your bag should be everything you need. However, if you find you need more foliage -you are welcome to take from the park carefully. We’d love to see your photo’s of you creating and the final wreaths – please doContinue reading “Wreath Making Kits – instructions!”
Welcoming the Winter
Now the nights are beginning to start in the afternoon, and with it only 3 weeks away from the longest night of the year, it might be fair to say that some of us are not feeling as warm and fluffy as we may have in previous years. For many, 2020 has been tough. TheContinue reading “Welcoming the Winter”
Christmas Craft Packs
Update – Instructions from craft packs further down the page. All standard and luxury craft packs sold out, as did the lantern sets. There are some Santa/reindeer puppets still available. Santa and Reindeer SetBuild your own Santa and Reindeer with moving legs and arms! Perfect for decorating and hanging in the home. You get oneContinue reading “Christmas Craft Packs”
Christmas craft packs for children
Have yourselves some festive fun with our Christmas craft packs for children. A range of mainly natural materials to create your own decorations and displays this yuletide period. A fun family activity and festive to boot! All profits made will go toward our fund raising efforts for a new wildlife pond in Rowntree Park. WeContinue reading “Christmas craft packs for children”
Goblins in Rowntree Park!
Goblins have moved into Rowntree Park this October half term! A fun family friendly ‘COVID safe’ activity to keep you all amused during the holiday. Around the park are 10 goblin houses. Your job is to find them and work out the clues to try and help the smelliest goblin remember his name. You downloadContinue reading “Goblins in Rowntree Park!”
Christmas Wreath Making Rowntree Park York
Get festive with the Friends! For the last few years, the Friends of Rowntree park have run Christmas wreath making workshops. The events have run at the cafe and involve the opportunity to work with friends to create your own wreath made from foliage foraged from the park and local area. This is always aContinue reading “Christmas Wreath Making Rowntree Park York”
Friend of Rowntree Park AGM – October 2020
Our AGM takes place on the 15th of October 2020 at 7pm. This will be a zoom meeting. All members and interested parties are welcome to join the meeting. If you don’t have the code/link, please contact us if you would like this. AGM Agenda – October 2020 Chairs Report – October 2020