October is our month for looking back over the last year, and for our AGM. The summary of our work over the last year can be found here. Our financial statement is viewable here. Everyone’s welcome to the AGM (18th October, 7pm at the Reading Cafe), so do come along and have your say about what’sContinue reading “Friends annual round-up and the AGM”
Category Archives: Events
Christmas Wreath Making
Get festive with the Friends! Join us for our annual Christmas Wreath Making session on Saturday 8th of December 10-12.30pm. You can choose to start at 10am or 11am. It generally takes an hour or a bit longer, but stay as long as you like! This popular event is back! We will be based onContinue reading “Christmas Wreath Making”
Spooky Saturday!
Join the Young Friends for a very Spooky Saturday on October 27th 2018 1-3pm in Rowntree Park. There will be potion making, broomstick creating, a terrifying trail (actually not really terrifying in case you are worried about your little ones!) and some Halloween crafts. This event was very popular last year, therefore we are sellingContinue reading “Spooky Saturday!”
Lest we forget
November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of WW1 (1918). Rowntree Park was opened as a memorial to the First World War in 1921 by the Rowntree Family. On the park’s opening in July 1921. Joseph Rowntree stated that the park was “intended to serve as a perpetual memorial to the members of theContinue reading “Lest we forget”
Enchanted Woodland Event
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”
Walking to Wonderland?
As part of the Bloom! the festival, follow our scarecrow trail this weekend, walking through the local neighbourhood. The theme is children’s stories. What an array we have with creative scarecrow designs based on Miffy, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Iron Giant, The Boy In The Dress, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Aliens Love Underpants andContinue reading “Walking to Wonderland?”
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”
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!”
Loads of music in the park!
The first York Music Centre session went really well on Saturday – we even organised the weather! It was so lovely to hear the kids make a joyous sound, in the open air … There’s more to follow and various other events, music and otherwise, to come. Check out our What’s On page!
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/