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Task Days
Saturday 29 February 2020 between 10am and 2pm.
We like to keep a record of what we get up and here are details of past task days.
Task Day 12 October 2019A smaller than usual band of volunteers today enjoyed a surprise visit from the sunshine. Unfortunately the park was still so wet that it wasn't possible to work on the flowerbeds without making a mess of the grass, so we focused on litter-picking and clearing weeds from the main entrance to the park, the car park and pathways. We also carried out a gentle crown-lift of branches at eye-level on trees throughout the park. One of our volunteers spent the morning engaging with visitors to the park about our new 50-50 Club scheme too.  Allotment Bed  Gutters  Crown lifting  Street cleaning  Cobbles The sun encouraged plenty of visitors to the park, who kindly donated over £43 in our bucket! A special thank you to the two young lads who joined in to help pick up litter at the skatepark!
Task Day 28 September 2019We almost cancelled today due to the rain but decided to give it a go. A surprising number of volunteers turned up and we managed to get some work done on the war memorial beds, complete a litter-pick and plant four trees donated by a local resident. However, by tea break the rain was very heavy and seemed set-in for the day, so we retired gracefully but very wet! One of our volunteers also spent the morning engaging with visitors to the library about our new 50-50 Club scheme.  Memorial Beds  Memorial Beds  Memorial Beds  Memorial Beds  Trees Earlier this week we were delighted to unveil the cobbled setts we've had laid in from of Danny Winter's bench. This small project has been funded by Friends of the Park, with a very generous contribution from Danny's family too.
If you'd like to help keep Friends of the Park's funds topped up so we can continue to make the park a better place why not sign-up for our 50-50 Club fund-raiser. You have until Monday 30th to sign-up for the first draw or join at any time in the future. Task Day 14 September 2019A quieter turn-out due to the Tour of Britain coming through Marple at lunchtime today. What a beautiful day it was for that too! We broke off from our labours to watch it go down Station Road at amazing speed. Despite the lower numbers today we still managed to do a good amount of work, including resetting some broken and misaligned slabs in front of a bench, litter-picking, planting in the Jubilee Bed in front of the library, weeding on the main flowerbeds and the application of yellow safety paint to the steps at the Bowling Green. One of our volunteers also spent the morning engaging with park visitors about our new 50-50 Club scheme and we received lots of positive feedback about what we do for the park. Sign-up before the end of the month to be included in the first draw. Visitors also showed their support by donating just under £20 in our collection bucket.  Benches  Flowerbeds  Flowerbeds  Flowerbeds  Bowling Steps Town Centre Task Days 10 & 13 September 2019In 2016 we began a major refurbishment of the benches in Marple Town Centre. We completed the refurbishments in 2019 with the last 3 benches on the Hollins. Every one of them has now been sponsored by a local family or business.  Town Centre  Town Centre  Town Centre  Town Centre  Town Centre This week we paid our annual visit to maintain and re-treat all the benches to keep them in the best possible condition. Our visit coincided with discussions in the Marple Community Hub Facebook group about "Chat Benches", so we teamed up with The Marple Website and with the support of local shop keepers made one of the benches on Derby Way into the first Marple "Happy to Chat" bench. Read more about this on the Marple Website: https://www.marple.website/chatbench
Task Day 31 August 2019Mixed weather with a late downpour that sent us to the pub didn't stop lots of work being achieved today. We even managed to finish painting the library steps and hopefully it wasn't all washed away! Lots of was work done on the Jubilee Bed in front of the library too and all those annoying weeds were cleared from between the paving slabs and brickwork. In other areas, the Bandroom lawn was mown and the hedge trimmed, litter was picked, self seeded saplings were bashed with the Pullerbear, and there was also work done on the bed behind the Toilet Block and the one in the Infants Play area. The uncertain weather meant fewer visitors to the park but those who came popped just over £10 in our bucket. If you'd like to support what Friends of the Park do you can now subscribe to our 50-50 Club and put yourself in the frame to win a cash prize each month too. Sign-up before the end of September to be included in the first draw on Monday 14 October.  Bandroom Lawn  Library Steps  Toilet Block  Jubilee Bed  Library Area |
