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Task Days
Saturday 29 September 2018 between 10am and 2pm.
We like to keep a record of what we get up and here are details of past task days.
Open Gardens 7 - 8 July 2018Friends of the Park were delighted to be involved in the organisation of Open Gardens in Marple. During the two days of the event we had an information point in the park, where we sold tickets, ran a raffle and talked to visitors about the open gardens and about our work in the park. It was a huge success and we were very pleased to play our part in raising an amazing £11,500 for Cancer Research UK!
During Open Gardens we took the opportunity to have a dry-run on the installation of 141 knitted poppies on the war memorial railings. This is one poppy for every man on the memorial killed during WWI and will be repeated in November this year for the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War. Didn't they look wonderful!
Special Task Day 26 June 2018Today we compacted the French Boules Court using a Wacker-Plate from Wright Hire. A big thank you to them for delivering and collecting the machine to the park for us and charging us a preferential rate for the hire. It was a hot and dusty task but it's now even better than when the contractor did it originally back in 2008.  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court Special Task Day 25 June 2018Today we had a special task day with Marple College. Public Services students Gina and Sarah, plus their teacher Adam, joined us to spread 6 tonnes of material to top-up the French Boules Court that we originally constructed in 2008. It was a daunting task for just 6 people in today's heat but on average we shifted a tonne each in around one and a half hours. So a very big thank you to Gina, Sarah and Adam, and we wish the girls good luck in their Public Services careers, whatever they decide to do.  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court  Boules Court Task Day 23 June 2018Today's Task Day was rescheduled from 16 June as it had clashed with the Carnival. Of course we were there and this year we were promoting Open Gardens in Marple and raising funds for Cancer Research UK by selling plants and tickets. The big task today was distributing fresh new soil onto the main flowerbeds and the war memorial beds. The soil was provided by Stockport Council but was delivered much later than we had hoped, so it was quite a challenge to spread in the beds as they are so full of plants. Despite that our volunteers did really well and distributed all 4 tonnes we'd had delivered. Other work included strimming the grass in the Bandroom garden and treating benches throughout the park. We've done a number of ad-hoc task days recently too, including regular watering of new plants because the weather has been so dry. Many of these are in the circular flowerbed, which this year is dedicated to 100 years since the Vote for Women. We've worked in partnership with local group Equality Matters Marple on the artwork for this and we're very pleased with the display. We've also replanted the pots beside Corporal Danny Winter's bench recently. We feel that Danny's bench has become a really important feature in the park and we try very hard to keep the pots looking their best. As well as the recent topsoil delivery we have also received 6 tonnes of material to top up the French Boules Court and we'll be doing that with the help of students from Marple College next week.  Flowerbeds  Flowerbeds  Flowerbeds  Flowerbeds  Benches  Votes for Women  Votes for Women  Carnival  Danny's Pots  Boules Court Thank you to park visitors, who showed support for our efforts by placing over £24 in our donation bucket! Task Day 26 May 2018Another busy task day from Friends of the Park, mostly working on the main flowerbeds and the Sensory Garden but also treating benches, installing paving slabs and strimming lawn and hedges at the Bandroom Garden. The latter is the reason that there's a bit of a shortage of photos this time! We've now installed slabs in front of all 3 Boules Court benches and we think it's made a huge improvement. Next up is the Skatepark benches. The main Circle Bed is being prepared for the commemoration of 100 years of votes for women and we're hoping for a great display of green, purple and white in a few weeks time. As well as looking after Marple Memorial Park, the group also takes care of the Lock 17 Flowerbed on Oldknow Gardens. As we're low on pictures this time we've included one from recent work there to fill the gap. As usual park visitors kindly placed around £12 in our collection bucket, despite our A-Board material getting blown away in the wind wistling through the park.  Sensory Garden  Sensory Garden  Circle Bed  Benches  Lock 17 |
