Two of the council’s rangers have some excellent news; Rachel Simpson married recently (keeping her Simpson email address at the council) and Clair Merrifield has gone off on maternity leave. Congratulations to Rachel and all the best to Clair! The Rangers’ conservation sessions at the Park are on Monday 23rd January and Monday 19th March, 1pm to 3pm inContinue reading “Rangers’ news”
Author Archives: Friends of Rowntree park
New year, new website
Welcome to our new website; we hope you like it. We hope to keep it up to date with all the news on the Park and its Friends, and look forward to your comments and contributions.
Found when digging the pond
We knew that the wildlife pond was going into an area of the park that had been used as a dump. After about 20cm of top soil, we were into a layer of dumped domestic debris – bottles, jars, bits of twisted metal, part of a doll’s face, even a chunk of hymn book. Most of thisContinue reading “Found when digging the pond”
New wildlife pond created
On Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th November 2011, we created a new wildlife pond in Butcher Terrace Field. Rachel Simpson (the Park Ranger) had spent hours finding all the resources that we’d need, and discussing utilities, diggers and other matters with all and sundry, and the Friends had got the funding from the York CommunityContinue reading “New wildlife pond created”
Subscription to go up for 2012
At the AGM in October 2011, it was agreed to put the subscriptions up to £5 a year, per household. This was mainly because the costs of producing and circulating paper copies of newsletters had increased.
Beautiful trees
The autumn leaf colours have been fabulous over the last couple of weeks, but several trees have also needed attention from the tree surgeons, to make them safe. The most noticeable was the large horse chestnut near the tennis courts, after a large branch fell onto the tennis courts during high winds. This tree has now been reducedContinue reading “Beautiful trees”
New pond news
The Friends received a £2000 grant from the York Community Pride Challenge Fun, adminstered by Two Ridings Community Foundation, to make a pond, as part of our work to enhance the wildlife potential of the park (including making space for tansy beetles). We’re working hard with the Park Rangers and other council staff to make our plans andContinue reading “New pond news”
Equipment repair
John Barnes-Tee sent us this list of repairs that he’s done: The steps to the small embankment slide have been repaired. The round about bearings are worn but we have the supplier booked in to re-fit new bearings. Various nets on the large Multi play unit are due to be replaced with new ones fromContinue reading “Equipment repair”
Welcome to the Friends of Rowntree Park’s blog
The first post to try out this blog is about our wonderful NEW BOOK! Stories, memories and copious photos about the history of Rowntree Park, from the beginnings right up to the current day. Written by Chris and John Dowell, based on their research, and on interviews with many park-users. Available at the Pig and Pastry (Bishopthorpe Road) orContinue reading “Welcome to the Friends of Rowntree Park’s blog”