Parks & Open Space

Sunday 13th October saw the first in a new series of social walk and talk events organised by the campaign Better Streets for Enfield, this time exploring Grovelands and Oakwood parks. Mark Hawkins-Dady, one of the organisers and walk leaders, tells us how the day went.

Broomfield Park's volunteers have won five awards for their tremendous green-fingered efforts in the prestigious Enfield in Bloom competition.

Thanks to the hard work of gardener Victoria Black and volunteers from the Friends of Broomfield Park, our local park's Long Border is now in great shape. And on Sunday 6th October you'll be able to buy some of the plants that make the borders so beautiful to grow in your own garden.

The latest addition to the public amenities in Broomfield Park is a community chess table, located near the Palmers Greenery café and available for use without charge.

Enfield Council is recruiting an officer whose role will be to engage with the public during the development phase of a project to 'memorialise' Broomfield House and 'conserve and enhance' Broomfield Park.

Saturday sees the launch of a summer-long series of free events in Edmonton at the newly built Pavilion on the Green. Between now and September the Pavilion will play host to live music featuring styles from the African diaspora, holiday activities for young people, family arts, theatre and dance workshops, wellbeing activities and a whole range of other activities.

After a closure lasting eight months, the doors of Broomfield Conservatory will at last be thrown wide open on Sunday to let the public into Palmers Green's own mini-Kew Gardens.

Responses to a survey of visitors to Broomfield Park show that it is well loved. People believe it benefits their physical and mental health and helps them connect to the wider community and natural world.

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project is recruiting local girls, young women and non-binary teens to take part in a series of workshops starting this month aimed at teasing out what it is that deters them from using the park as a social space for 'hanging out'. The findings will be used in the design of new park facilities that they will be happy to make use of.

Sally Everist from Friends of Broomfield Park's horticulture group updates us on work to keep the park's flower beds looking good and invites us to a plant sale.

Since it closed for repairs and redecoration several months ago, we've been waiting impatiently for one of the glories of Palmers Green to shrug off its plastic cocoon and reveal itself to visitors to Broomfield Park. But we're going to have to wait a little bit longer...

Friends of Broomfield Park's survey of visitors to the park ends on Saturday, the last day of February. They've keen to know what visitors like and about the park, and what they think could be improved.