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...
The return of the urns in the park

The return of the urns in the park

by | Feb 2, 2023 | Projects

For some time the Friends have been interested in bringing back some of the earlier features of the park. When the cloverleaf field was developed in the 1920’s, stairs were built to ascend some of the newly raised areas, urns were installed on the upper plinths...
Ribbon in the park

Ribbon in the park

by | Jan 1, 2023 | Projects

Starting 2023 with another whole week at home with the kids? Cara Kliman proposes a hilarious antidote to the usual holiday music and activities. Just gather a few props from left-over gift wrapping, look up something on YouTube and you will be all set to play: TIE A...