Join us in the ‘Enchanted Woodland’ area of Rowntree Park. If you listen quietly you will hear whispers…it is rumoured that elves and fairies live here! Our event is taking place on Thursday 9th of August in the morning (see below). We’d love you to join us for crafts and activities in the woods. MakeContinue reading “Enchanted Woodland Event”
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Orienteering for all ages!
This week has mainly been about orienteering in the park, and there is more to come! We hosted a Saturday orienteering event in conjunction with the amazing Eborienteers. It was fantastic to see people of all ages running, walking, jogging, pram pushing around the park – map in hand seeking out those orange and whiteContinue reading “Orienteering for all ages!”
Scarecrow Trail Weekend
The Friends of Rowntree Park hosted our first ‘Scarecrow Trail’ over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of July 2018, and what a fabulous weekend it was! The theme was ‘children’s stories’ and the trail took people around the streets neighbouring the park. The local community produced some wonderful, inventive and awe-inspiring offerings. ToContinue reading “Scarecrow Trail Weekend”
Orienteering in Rowntree Park
The Friends of Rowntrees Park and Eborienteers have run some orienteering events in Rowntree Park. Orienteering promotes physical wellbeing and map reading ability, and most of all it is great fun! To put it simply, orienteering involves using a map to navigate from point to point. In this case, finding markers placed all over theContinue reading “Orienteering in Rowntree Park”
Gardening progress, guest post by Rosemary
Rosemary is our wonderful gardening co-ordinator, and this is her report on progress so far, in 2018 The volunteer gardening team have met – weather permitting – on a weekly basis since March. The plan for Spring was to increase the perennial plants in the borders, adding lupins to copy the original George Russell (aContinue reading “Gardening progress, guest post by Rosemary”
Boat Making!
It’s been a wonderful half term in the park – glorious weather, lots of people out and about, and the Young Friends of Rowntree Park hosted a ‘Boat Making’ activity! Making the most of our park recycling, our young engineers set to work trying to create crafts that float. It was wonderful to see theContinue reading “Boat Making!”
Nature Ninjas spring into action!
What an amazing start our ‘Nature Ninjas’ have had! This new after-school club has been running a few weeks now and it is proving to be lots of fun! Our Younger Friends of Rowntree Park have been trying out a variety of nature-based activities including den building, pond dipping, bug hunting and making birds nests. Continue reading “Nature Ninjas spring into action!”
Is Rowntree Park rusting?
Occasionally we notice some curious (natural) goings-on in the park and we do our best to figure out what’s happening. Recently a Friend pointed out an area with rust-coloured water running over the lakeside paths – what was it? where did it come from? Was there a giant iron structure buried in the park?? LuckilyContinue reading “Is Rowntree Park rusting?”
We’re in the news!
Our lovely Easter Egg trail was covered in the local paper: many thanks to Christine and the Younger Friends group for all their hard work – and especially to Hilary and family for getting stuck in (and wearing the bunny ears!) : http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16126840.Easter_gets_underway_in_York_park/
Artist in Residence 2018
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Artist in Residence is Nick Booth, a MA student studying Fine Art at York St John University. We met up to discuss his ideas on Saturday, and we were intrigued by his proposals. Partly inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, Nick wants to explore some of the historical aspects ofContinue reading “Artist in Residence 2018”