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Have yourselves some festive fun with our Christmas craft packs for children. A perfect pack for you to use in a lovely ‘crafternoon’ together. A fun family activity and festive to boot! The pack includes:A wooden lantern – build and decorate (LED candle included)2 Wooden 3D hanging stars to decorate2 wood slices – 1 toContinue reading “Children’s Christmas Craft Packs 2021”

We are excited to share with you our calendar for 2022. Featuring a range of designs from ‘Art in the Park’ – this was a project that challenged local artists to create an image of Rowntree Park influenced by an art style or decade of the last 100 to celebrate Rowntree Park’s centenary year. ThisContinue reading “Calendar 2022 – Rowntree Park”

The FRP have just over 800 members. Around 240 completed the survey. The age range of respondents wasn’t collected but from the data we do have – the majority (around 65%) of members are over 50. However we cannot comment on the age range who completed the survey as age wasn’t asked on this occasion. Continue reading “Members Survey Autumn 2021”

Why not download this free sheet and take it out and about in Rowntree Park! Perfect for keeping little ones occupied and exoploring nature! The Autumn Scavenger sheet was created for us by at Catkin & co (who create nature resources, kits and crafts for kids). We will also have some printed copies in theContinue reading “Autumn Scavenger Hunt!”

York Mind are running a Mental Health and Well-being Activities Programme that is funded by City of York Council. York Mind is working in partnership with a number of groups including the Friends of Rowntree Park to provide a programme of activities for people to get involved in. These sessions are free to take partContinue reading “MIND – Mental Health and Wellbeing programme in Rowntree park”

From Monday 17th of May 2021, the Environment Agency are scheduled to change access to Terry Avenue whilst flood defence work is carried out at Clementhorpe. This work will mean that parts of Terry Avenue are closed for around 12 months. Vehicles, pedestrians and bikes will no longer be able to access town via TerryContinue reading “Flood Defence work affects Rowntree Park”

Katy Jenkins And on that day when  it felt that everything would fall apart, when it felt that it was all dust and  particles and  emptiness and  pointlessness.  I came here. And so softly the pieces of the world moved around me. The breeze and the leaves and the trees and the sounds of theContinue reading “And On That Day When”

Angela Peacock I can’t wait till it’s over And all the world is free To get out in the park and talk To friends we couldn’t see  I can’t wait till it’s over Escape to near or far The world it will our oyster be By foot or plane or car I can’t wait tillContinue reading “I can’t wait till it’s over”

Guest blog by Vikki O’Brien Eggs-tra, eggs-tra, read all about it! (Strap in, the egg puns are eggs-traordinary)   As we eggs-it from what has been an egg-ceptionally challenging Winter, are you egg-cited to egg-splore the park now it’s reopened? We love that there are so many people using the park as part of theirContinue reading “Birds in Rowntree Park”