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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”

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”

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”

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!”

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”

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

We are delighted to be able to start running some of our events again and even more excited that we’re starting with Forest School! We’ve made some changes to help our volunteers and participants prevent the spread of Covid-19 like limiting numbers, increasing hand washing and designing activities to allow for social distancing whilst stillContinue reading “Forest school is back!”

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What would a park bench say if it could talk?, by Heather Pitchford (age 8) In my life many people have come and sat on me, Unfortunately I can’t talk, But if I could I would say: “Go on, go on,” I would say to a nervous lover about to propose, “Just ask her, ask her!”Continue reading “Young Writers competition 2016”

With a theme of ‘Midwinter’, we offer this range of new writing. Aurora Borealis, by Ásdís Ingólfsdóttir The blue lights from the ambulance light up the dark winter night as it rushes through the empty streets. The young couple inside look terrified. What they have been so excited about and awaiting for the last nine months,Continue reading “Words from a bench February 2016”