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Annual General Meeting – Wednesday 12th January 2022 at 20.00 in WPCC
FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER PARK
www.westminsterpark.org.uk
Secretary: Sue Britton, 24 Lache Lane Chester CH4 7LR
Annual General Meeting
will be held at 8.00pm on
Wednesday 12th January 2022
at
Westminster Park Community Centre,
Five Ashes Road, Chester CH4 7QS
Volunteer Weekend – Saturday
Thank you so much to our amazing volunteers today. We achieved so much. Tomorrow will see planting of the wildflower areas, more de-turfing for later bulb planting and completion of pond digging. Hope to see more volunteers on Sunday – any time between 10.00 and 16.00.
Volunteer Work
Weeding the borders
Tidying the edges
Clearing brambles
Volunteer Weekend Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September 2021 10.00-16.00
FoWP volunteers are looking for help, even just for an hour, to assist in their on-going work to develop Westminster Park for the benefit of humans and wildlife in agreement with the CW&C parks officers.
Plans for the Volunteer Weekend include:
- Digging a wildlife pond
- Sowing wildflower areas (after removing turf)
- Clearing brambles and creating habitat piles
- Gardening on the formal beds, planting, weeding, pruning
- Bulb planting and much more.
It’s a great range of activities for families and for people of all abilities – there will also be a chance to hear about the projects in more detail and how they will benefit our local wildlife.
If anyone can bring their own tools or bits of kit that would also be brilliant:
- barrows
- saws
- loppers
- spades
- trowels
Whatever you bring, please also ensure that you have suitable footwear and sturdy gloves.
FoWP Gardening Update
A little edging along the side of the tennis courts today to keep out of the sun! More weeding of the formal flowerbeds and pruning the hedge by the Golf Shop.
Photos from the Volunteer Sessions
Good effort team – how much better does the main entrance look? And we’re getting there on Cliveden Road too.
Volunteer Session Photos & Update
Progress is amazing but keeping it neat and tidy is on-going! Thank you to all our loyal volunteers who are in the park every Wednesday from 10.00-12.30. Please join us for as much (or little) time as you can spare.
We need to strim the grass around the benches where the mowers don’t reach. If anyone has a petrol/ battery operated strimmer, please do come along and help.
Photos from Volunteer Sessions
FoWP Community Volunteer Day
FoWP Community Volunteer Day – Sunday 21st July 10.00-14.00
Following on from the success of our January Volunteer Day, we have arranged another Sunday get together for 21st July. The main focus of activity will be the flower beds bordering the old putting green and the car park. Westminster Park Gardening Club have kindly agreed to lead on this and have done a site survey to assess the extent of work. There are quite a number of shrubs in the border and we plan to put mulch/ bark down in the future to help keep the weeds at bay.
If there are sufficient volunteers, we can tackle other areas too. Please feel free to help for as much time as you are able – there is no obligation to attend for the whole time.
WP Gardening Club have suggested that we really need to maintain those areas we have cleared and it would be helpful if a few volunteers would be prepared to manage a small area on a more regular basis. If you feel able to commit to this, please let us know.
If you are able to volunteer please could you advise us in advance. If you know of anyone else who would like to help with this effort, please pass on this note.
Look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on that day. It will help to make our well appreciated open space even better.
Sue Britton & Steve Telford,
Friends of Westminster Park