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As the weather gets chillier and the leaves change colour and drift downwards, Cara Kliman shares some of her thoughts about autumn. She has also been chatting to people heading in the direction of Heaton Moor Park about what they ...

To boldly go where no perennial has gone before You may have noticed changes to the 'Star Bed,' located just to the left of the entrance from Buckingham Road. For many years, the Star Bed has boasted a memorial Cherry ...

Now that summer is over, Cara Kliman looks at how to encourage your children to celebrate the change of season… ‘I’m too old to jump in piles of autumn leaves,’ Alice says, as we walk through Heaton Moor Park on ...

Cara Kliman continues with one last idea for arts and crafts you can do with kids in the park. Alphabet Drawing Game For this, I first made a grid of 26 squares for each child on a large piece of ...

The second arts and crafts idea that Stephanie recommended takes inspiration from the artist Andy Goldsworthy. He creates art out of nature, using twigs, leaves, stones, flower petals, seeds, grasses but strictly avoids using man-made materials such as brushes, glue ...

Cara Kliman shares ideas on keeping your kids entertained in the remaining days of summer, or the next half-term or indeed any weekend. Now we are in the thick of the summer holidays, I am scraping the bottom of the ...

Despite - or possibly because of - some heavy rains, the new wildflower meadow surrounding two sides of the tennis court has been starting to strut its stuff. This wonderful wildflower mini meadow was created for everyone to enjoy but ...

We are thrilled to announce that thanks to support from LocalGiving Magic Little Grants and funds provided through the winding up of the Four Heatons Traders Association, we now have a new wheelchair accessible picnic table. It's been in the ...

With all the recent sunshine, the colours in the park have been wonderful to wander through. Hardy Geraniums back in bloom Lovely Laburnum New Cloverleaf border and urn Bowling Border Immense shrub over centre isle Poppies in centre isle Delicate ...

The 15-minute city is an area where a person can meet basic needs within a 15 minute walk or bike ride, with no need to resort to a car. Access to nature seems a pretty basic need, so a park ...

Thanks to a grant from the Rural Skills Hub, the Friends had a very different type of day in the park - learning the skills of dry stone walling. Although the Heaton Moor Park has no free-standing dry stone walls ...

The best-ever Easter Egg Hunt be in the park soon! Join us Saturday 8th April 2023 10am until the eggs run out (last entry 11:30) Heaton Moor Park - Park Road Entrance (SK4 4PY) Suggested donation - £2.00 per child ...