If you go down in the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go down in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.

For ev’ry bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.

We have lots of great activities for the adults & kids alike;

Punch & Judy, Face Painting, Music from Stockport Silver Brass Band, Story Telling, A Clown, A Raffle with loads of prizes donated by local businesses, Guess the Teddy Bear’s name, Guess how many sweets in the jar… and much more!

Bring along your teddy bears, rugs and picnic baskets and join in the
fun from 2pm until 4pm.

The Friend’s Group would like to thank Exquisite Marquees (www.exquisitemarquees.com) for the marquee in the park, and Dream Creations for the balloons, and the following local business for donating a raffle prize: Bamford Arms, Bowling Butchers, Davenport Chip Shop, Garden of Eden and Love Hairdressers.

The fine weather brought everyone out in droves and we sold out of all plants within just an hour and a half!

We would like to thank all who came down to support the event and send special thanks to all who volunteered their time to help plant up the hanging baskets. Thanks too to Woodbank Nurseries who supplied the wonderful plants for the event. I’m sure everyone agrees – they were blooming marvellous!

Come and join us in Hallam Coronation Gardens, just bring along your hanging basket or pot (one per household) and fill it up with plants for only £3.!! We’ll provide the rest. The event starts at 11am and is on a first come first served basis. Assistance in carrying home planted baskets or pots is available.

We look forward to seeing you there!

You can spot this new addition at the Bramhall Lane entrance to the park.

Everyone was in fine voice and sung along beautifully to Stockport Silver Band’s musical accompaniment. What a jolly way to herald the advent of Christmas.

A Fastigiate Oak (narrow spreading)

These trees are as old as the park and are coming to the end of their lifespan. Three are currently earmarked from removal and will be replaced with fastigiate oaks which just means narrow rather than wide spreading so that they will fit into the space available.

The oaks will support more wildlife than the poplars so we are quite content with the change.

The children and some adults enjoyed having their faces painted and tried the circus skills – not nearly as easy as it looks when done by experts.

Everyone was captivated by the Punch and Judy which was a great hit once again.

Thus we found ourselves digging frozen ground in winter to maintain the crisp lawn edges and rooting out every weed and unwanted tree shoot that raised it’s head above ground and with years warm wet weather those weeds grew like …. well weeds.

However all the hard work paid dividends as we were delighted to learn that we have succeeded in being awarded a Green Flag. Not too sure what happens now as we don’t have a flag pole but there must be a way around that

***GREEN FLAG UPDATE***

We got a Flag Pole!

The Punch and Judy show, face painter and ‘story-time’ proved popular with the children whilst the music from Stockport Silver Band kept everyone else entertained. [Keep an eye out for them all again at our next event in August!] The fireman turned up with the fire engine (which I think was loved by big and small kids alike!) and all in all it was a wonderful day that we hope was enjoyed by all who came. We hope to see you all again at our next event on August 1st.