by Catherine Deering | Nov 16, 2025 | Thoughts about the park
Halloween and all the trimmings came to the Park on Saturday 25th October, managing to find a fairly calm and dry time in these wet and windy autumn days. Many thanks to all of the community who came along and special thanks to all the team of volunteers who put it...
by Maria Novelly | Sep 28, 2025 | Projects, Thoughts about the park
The Friends of Heaton Moor Park are thrilled to announce there is now a defibrillator in the park. Fund-raising at the Easter Egg Hunt was followed by some electrical engineering by the council over the summer and then the actual installation by the supplier in...
by Catherine Deering | Sep 28, 2025 | Thoughts about the park
Park notes and news September 2025 FOHMP – Gardening in the Park Report – Saturday 20th September 2025 A very productive day……..The netball and long flower beds had a good weedingSigns were straightened and cleaned, including the main sign at the Peel Moat...
by Catherine Deering | Aug 18, 2025 | Thoughts about the park
Park notes and news…..August 2025 The stars of the park this month have to be the black eyed Susan……springing up everywhere…..Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan and yellow coneflower, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It...
by Catherine Deering | Jul 5, 2025 | Thoughts about the park
Notes and news June 2025 Parks Festivals in parks “Oasis Heaton Park community funding slammed as ‘pocket money’” The debate about the use of parks for commercial activities rumbles on. Oasis “gigs” will take place on July 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20...
by Catherine Deering | May 28, 2025 | Thoughts about the park
Brockwell Park in Lambeth is a large and lovely park set within a hilly landscape, and containing a network of ponds, trees (including ancient oaks), a walled ‘Old English’ flower garden and wide, open fields.It was originally the private residence of John...
