We’re delighted to be able to offer members of the Friends a special deal – 10% off the price of food and drink at the Reading Cafe, in Rowntree Park. This means those delicious cakes, hot drinks and snacks will taste all the more scrumptious! Members can pick up their personalised 2016 membership card fromContinue reading “New for 2016!”
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Words from a bench 2016
We would like to invite writers to contribute to the new ‘issue’ of the Words from a Bench project. The subject is ‘Midwinter’ and the closing date is March 1st. The full guidelines are available here and the young peoples guidelines are here.
Birthday Party, July 12th
This year’s Birthday Party (aka Summer Fair) is on July 12th, from 1-4pm. All are welcome to come and browse the stalls, enjoy the entertainments, take part in the activities, listen to the music and eat delicious street food! Follow the event on Facebook to keep up to date with the developments. The Friends are lookingContinue reading “Birthday Party, July 12th”
Words from a Bench Winter 2014-15
This is a ‘guest’ blog post, from Karen Green, the editor for our writing project. Karen says: “Submissions for Words from a bench for the winter competition were on the theme of ‘Crossed paths’. The best seven entries are available to read here. Although we typically encourage pieces about the out of doors and nature,Continue reading “Words from a Bench Winter 2014-15”
Happy 93rd Birthday, Rowntree Park
The 93rd Rowntree Park Birthday Party was a fantastic success! The first time for many years that it was community-led (with assistance from Jenny Cairns, CYC). These pictures, from Graham Smith, tell the story better than any words. Thanks to everyone who helped before, during and after the event, and thanks to everyone who cameContinue reading “Happy 93rd Birthday, Rowntree Park”
The Birthday Party is nearly here!
Rowntree Park will be all dressed up on Sunday 20th July, to celebrate its 93rd birthday. The party will start at 1.00 and go on until 4.00. All are cordially invited to attend. There is no charge for admission. For the first time the party is being organised by the local community. There will beContinue reading “The Birthday Party is nearly here!”
Latest writing, from both York and Iceland
Spring is such a beautiful time of the year in the Park. We’re delighted to see all the new green leaves, the fresh blooms and the tiny ducklings, frantically paddling to keep up with mum. This year, we’re also thrilled to welcome new pieces of writing from writers based in York, and in Iceland (whereContinue reading “Latest writing, from both York and Iceland”
News about the Tour de France
The Friends were lucky enough to have a City of York representative, Liz Topi, at the most recent Friends’ meeting, and she summarised what was known so far, as far as the Tour de France is concerned. The Park will be one of 3 ‘hubs’ for activities on the day (6th July), including a bigContinue reading “News about the Tour de France”
Photo competition 2013
This year’s photo competition has the theme of ‘Colour’; interpret this as broadly you wish! We’re hoping for a spring that will dazzle us with its colour, and we’re sure that the photographic entries will reflect the beauty of the park. The deadline is noon on the 30th of June and, as ever, the entriesContinue reading “Photo competition 2013”