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Broomfield Park friends invite you to a communal knitting event this Friday

13 November 2024

This Friday afternoon you're invited to grab your knitting needles and join a communal crafting session in the Broomfield Park clubhouse.

Making Broomfield Park more welcoming for teenage girls

06 November 2024

The Make Space for Girls Broomfield Park project has published a report on the series of workshops with young women that were held in spring this year. Their purpose was to explore and co-design ideas of what's needed to make Broomfield Park more appealing and welcoming for teenage girls, non-binary teens, and boys.

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Council advertising £320,000 contract to deliver the Unlocking Broomfield Park project

05 November 2024

Enfield Council is currently advertising for a multidisciplinary team, led by a conservation landscape architect, to deliver the project to dismantle the remains of Broomfield House, 'memorialise' it, bring the land it occupied back into use as part of Broomfield Park and restore various heritage features of the park.

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What does 'Unlocking Broomfield Park for the Community' actually mean?

21 October 2024

A page on the council's website reveals new details about the project to dismantle the remains of Broomfield House and restore various historic features of Broomfield Park. The development phase of the 'Unlocking Broomfield Park for the Community' project is currently under way, using Lottery funding. The delivery phase, if it goes ahead, is expected to be completed by December 2028.

Walking and talking

16 October 2024

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.

More Enfield in Bloom awards for the Friends of Broomfield Park

09 October 2024

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

Buy a bit of the Broomfield Long Border for your own garden

24 September 2024

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 Pymmes Brook restoration project: Addressing concerns

23 September 2024

The Pymmes BrookERS, a volunteer-run river action group, respond to concerns voiced about a project under consideration that would change the course and appearance of the Pymmes Brook as it flows through Arnos Park.

Coming to a park near you: An updated Victorian horror tale

29 August 2024

It may be one of the events in this year's Broomfield Summer Festival, but prepare to be chilled when the British Touring Shakespeare Company bring their new take on Jekyll and Hyde to Broomfield Park on Saturday 7th September at 4pm - the only London date on their countrywide tour.

Coming up on Sunday: The 2024 Palmers Green Festival!

28 August 2024

David Williamson promises us a great opportunity to celebrate our community at the Palmers Green Festival on Sunday 1st September.

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Check out Broomfield Park's newest free facility

27 August 2024

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.

A new Pavilion for Edmonton

26 June 2024

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.

Celebrating ten years of the Palmers Greenery Community Café

22 May 2024

The Palmers Greenery Community Café in Broomfield Park will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in early June with a series of free events: a Wellbeing Wander, a dog show and a Community Fun Day - something for everyone! But the Palmers Greenery is much more than just - to coin a phrase - an 'ace café'.

Throwing open the doors to Broomfield Conservatory!

22 May 2024

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.

Survey reveals locals' love for Broomfield Park

22 May 2024

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.

Cockfosters to Carshalton via Palmers Green: The North to South London walking trail launches next month

17 April 2024

On Saturday 4th May a group of walkers will pass through Broomfield Park, inaugurating the first leg of a new North to South London Walking Trail that stretches from Cockfosters to Carshalton Beeches.

Making space for teen girls in Broomfield Park

10 April 2024

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.

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Looking after Broomfield's beds

09 April 2024

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.

Still waiting...

29 March 2024

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...

Firs Farm Community Hub gets off to a busy start

23 February 2024

The long awaited Community Hub at Firs Farm opened its doors to the public for the first time on Friday morning, providing food, drink and a warm welcome for visitors to this attractive and family-friendly area of grassland, trees, hedgerows and by now well established wetlands.

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