Tag: Thomas Gamuel Park
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London in Bloom awards our gardeners gold
The green fingered volunteers have earned a top rank in this year’s horticulture awards, again. The Queens Boundary Community gardeners were rated gold in the Small London Village category for the 2nd year in a row with a score of 86 out of 100 points. The citation said the overall impression was: An extensive range…
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Party in the Park
There was free food and fun for 4 hours on Sunday afternoon in Thomas Gamuel Park. Lots of local residents came for tasty treats and activities for all ages. Fantastic effort, QBC – a super day! So good to see so much splashing fun in the sun! 30 seconds away in Stafford Hall, there was…
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Park abuzz with activity thanks to volunteers
Thomas Gamuel Park had a terrific warm and lively atmosphere today as QBC volunteers picked up litter, did gardening and for the first time this year opened the cafe. The gardeners weeded, mulched, deadhead daffodils. Everyone remarked on how lovely the perennial border is looking after 3 years of work by the team. The litter…
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Funding for warm spaces, food pantry and youth projects
: we’ve been successful in securing council money for valuable community initiatives: Community living room warm space, Food pantry, Youth engagement.
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Cafe in aid of Pakistan floods
The latest opening of our pop-up park cafe raised £1,102.80 for flood victims. On Sunday 2 October people came to Stafford Hall to enjoy drinks, cakes and savouries made by local volunteers. You could also buy seeds from our most successful plants in the changing climate, plus get henna tatoos! All proceeds were be donated…
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Winners of London in Bloom 2022
QBC scored gold and won the Small London Village category of the 2022 London in Bloom competition. Queens Road Cemetery also earned a silver guilt award. Residents were quick to heap praise on those who had grafted so much for this accolade and their beautifying effect on our area. Thanks Caz and Clem for your…
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Cafe raises £9,000+ for Ukraine
Our park cafe, run and stocked by local volunteers, generated £9,115 for those suffering from the war in Ukraine. Residents queued in Thomas Gamuel Park to buy a spread of cakes, snacks and soups, made and gifted by their neighbours. This included people with relatives in Ukraine, whose fate is distressingly unknown. The proceeds, including…
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Community gardening 2021-22
Thanks to everyone for your help with gardening this year. It really is appreciated. In 2021, we made a massive leap forward in Thomas Gamuel Park, focusing on doing as much as we could: creating a perennial border improving the three main path flower beds sowing a perennial meadow building a willow tunnel poppy sowing…
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Wonderful willow tunnel woven
Volunteers have woven a series of willows into archways and walls in Thomas Gamuel Park to form a new natural habitat and play space. Several local residents gave up most of a cold wet Sunday to dig, plant and arrange the plants. Angela Baker, an expert from Twisted Stocking, directed the endeavour. Volunteers were sustained…
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Free exercise classes for women
9:30 to 10:15am from Friday 15 October until April 2022 at Thomas Gamuel Park. Sessions of cardio, muscle toning and resistance exercises, by Giulietta De Lissandri. Come along for perfect Covid safe outdoor exercise, meet your neighbours, see how the park has changed and improved in recent years as well as an opportunity to help…
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