Can you help? Contact me at [email protected]

Huge kudos to our Tuesday volunteer team who plant and care for Rowntree Park Sensory Garden. A difficult year for growing and gardening with all the floods, plus it’s rained off a number of their sessions this year - but look at the colour now!

We are looking forward to our Autumn Fayre this Sunday 🍎🍏

Just one of the many lovely activities happening at our Autumn Fayre in Rowntree Park this weekend! We will be joined by Abundance York (a project from Edible York) We can’t wait to see you there! Part of York Environment Weeks 2024 🍏🍎💚

Fun times painting with blackberries and making the most of the rain at this morning’s Very Young Friends of Rowntree Park monthly meet up. Interactive stories and nature play and exploration for little ones. Why not join our October meet up? rowntreepark.org.uk/events/booking

Morning scenes from Rowntree Park…

‘Hello Autumn’ is our event in Rownreee Park Sunday 15th Sept 1-4pm 🍎Apple Pressing 🍏Willow Weaving 🍎A Foraging Walk 🍏Storytelling 🍎An acorn felting workshop 🍏Apple related crafts for children 🍎Live Music 🍏Wood carving 🍎Jam and bakes 🍏The apple olympics York Environment Weeks 2024

Inadequate lighting in public spaces, including parks, creates barriers for teenage girls and women. This interesting report from Australia supports findings in the UK. The right type of lighting matters too. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Thank you! Workplace volunteer days like this really make a difference and mean so much to our community

Still time to offer your support for our autumn Fayre tomorrow! Drop me a line [email protected]

Thanks to all who attended our Autumn Fayre on Sunday. Lots of rain but still lots of people!! Part of York Environment Weeks 2024

Lovely to have St Nicks #YorksGreenHeart at our Autumn Fayre sharing their Green Corridors work. Rowntree Park is part of this project 💚

Thanks Abundance York (a project from Edible York) for coming along to our Autumn Fayre in Rowntree Park. The apple tasting and ID was amazing! 🍎🍏🍎🍏 York Environment Weeks 2024 💚

Day 2 of #BCC2024 and what a day! 🙌 Over 50 volunteers have been hard at work at New Walk and Rowntree Park Wildlife Area, transforming these green spaces and making a real impact for our community! 🌳💪 #YorkCares #Volunteering #CommunitySpirit #GreenSpaces

Looking pretty today at Rowntree Park

‘How to design better cities for women and girls’ - a really valuable report from Australia. Estelle Grech travelled across Europe and the US to research - it was great to meet her along the way. churchilltrust.com.au/project/the-pe…

Holding onto the summer in Rowntree Park../

Inaccurate. The council do no more in Rowntree Park than Hull Road Park, or any other council ‘managed’ parks. National and local funding cuts over the years have led to the council doing less in parks. Perhaps it’s the work of our volunteers that the writer noted?