Date | Event/activity/project |
March-April | Words from a bench displayed |
Feb-April | Plant for the park (grow at home project) |
March | Bird Trail |
March | Centenary Logo Competition |
April | Art competition |
April | Easter hunt/trail |
April onward | Sensory Trails/nature walks |
April Onward | Yoga Leaflet (trail) |
May or June (TBC) | Tropica! Family DJ and picnic day |
May | Words from a bench (second displays) |
May and June | Butterfly and Bee events (if allowed) |
June-Aug | Art in the Park |
June (TBC) | History timeline display boards installed |
June/July | Scarecrow Trail? TBC |
June-Aug | Tree trail updates (stories/videos) |
15th July 11am | Friends of York Art Gallery tour |
June/July (date?) | Gardening info event/displays |
June-Autumn | Woods for wellbeing (women’s nature craft sessions) |
June/July/Aug | Stone project and languages project |
21st June-8th August | Park Bench Theatre |
June-July (TBC) | Launch History tour app |
June/July/Aug | Hula Hooping workshops |
June/July/Aug | Other crafty events? (Craft Group/Hippy Stitch) |
27th July | York Explore Summer Read challenge launch (theme: nature) – events in front of cafe on grassy area |
July | Install 100th birthday banner |
July-Sept | Craft display (quilting) – workshops in lead up to |
August (TBC) | Model Boaters |
Aug | Enchanted woodland event (children) |
5th Sept | Massed hula hooping (aiming for 100 hula hoopers) |
14th Sept 11am | Yorkshire Museum gardens walking tour (we host) |
Sept | Install Bees and butterflies yarnstorm |
Sept/Oct | Autumn Art (children) |
Oct | Halloween Event (children) |
March – Dec | Wildlife area project – 4 year project. 2021 includes:hedge/fence Butcher terrace field (match-April)Wildflower planting (March-June)Shelter for forest schoolBog Garden/small pondOrchard pruning in winter |
Education/children/family
Forest school weekly fro Pre school and sessions for 6+
More Events (if COVID allows)
Music in park
Crafting workshops in park, in lead up to Hippystitch and Craft Group installations
Organised volunteering
Gardening on Tues, Tues and wildlife area Fridays plus one Sat per month.
Items we’d like to prepare/install, this year if possible
Map of park/welcome board
Chess Board bench
History of the Park boards on compound wall
History of the Park leaflet