Ghost in the Park?

Ghost in the Park?

by | Aug 13, 2024 | Projects

Looks like someone is already practicing for the Halloween event this year! Or could it be someone managed to traipse through spilt paint on a nearby road and didn’t get shunt of it for a bit of a stroll? We will probably never know…
Willow Tunnel for the Wild Corner

Willow Tunnel for the Wild Corner

by | Jul 19, 2024 | Projects

Yet another twist and turn in the ‘Wild Corner’ at Park Road and Buckingham Road. Because the path along the Wild Corner often transformed into an ad-hoc pond when it poured with rain, the Stockport grounds crew built a soakaway in the corner back in 2021....
Star Bed Enterprise

Star Bed Enterprise

by | Oct 1, 2023 | Projects

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 Tree in its centre and, in summer...
Arts and Crafts in the Park (3)

Arts and Crafts in the Park (3)

by | Aug 27, 2023 | Kids' activities, Projects

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 paper. In each square, put a letter of the alphabet, or have the kids do...
Dry stone walling in the park

Dry stone walling in the park

by | May 7, 2023 | Projects

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 as you find gracing the hills of the Peak...