08 June 2015
Following lobbying by friends of parks groups and submission of public petitions, Enfield Council has modified the decision it took in 2014 to cease locking all parks overnight. The new policy is to completely cease locking those parks where only some entrances have been locked, but to continue to completely lock parks where the practice has been to lock all entrances overnight.
Broomfield Park will be locked overnight (photo by Belinda Robinson from the FoBP Facebook page)Now that there.......
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02 June 2015
The mysterious "Palmers Scream" scroll, discovered in Southgate Town Hall, says that "Broomfield should be a happy place. All effort should be taken to bring joy and merriment to its grasses throughout the year, for each smile reduces the power of the witches as they sleep." One group of people who are rising to the challenge of "bringing joy and merriment to its grasses" are the Friends of Broomfield Park, who this year are extending the season of summer free musical events to take in.......
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24 May 2015
Photographs of two beautiful plants that are flowering now in Broomfield Conservatory.
On the left, an Epiphyllum.
Below, a Gloriosa Vine.
The Conservatory is open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 2.30 to 4.30pm. (Please note, it will not be open on 3rd and 10th June because of work to install the former toilet railings from the Triangle.)
Iqbal from the Friends of Broomfield Park's Conservatory Group comments: "Gloriosa superba is the national flower.......
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20 May 2015
Efforts are continuing to obtain the funds needed to restore Broomfield House. In preparation for a probable public consultation exercise later in the year, a model of the house dating from 1951 (the model, that is - the house is rather older!) is to go on show. It is hoped that a Conservation Management Plan for the whole of Broomfield Park, currently in development, will enable the Broomfield House Trust and Enfield Council to make a second, successful, bid for Heritage Lottery.......
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03 May 2015
If you're a regular visitor to Broomfield Park, you're probably familiar with the pair of Egyptian Geese that were frequently seen there. Sad to say, there is now only one of these good-looking birds.
Egyptian geese in Broomfield Park during February 2013The death of one of the Egyptian Geese was noted by Derek Honnor of the Friends of Broomfield Park. Derek posts a monthly report on bird sightings in the Park, which you can find on noticeboards and also on the Friends of Broomfield.......
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27 April 2015
On Sunday 26th May a ceremony was held at the Garden of Remembrance in Broomfield Park to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the World War One Gallipoli Campaign.
To mark the centenary an almond tree was planted in the remembrance garden. Those taking part included Captain Ken Semmens, representing the Australian High Commission; the Leader of the Council, Cllr Doug Taylor; the Mayor of Enfield, Cllr Ali Bakir; Cllr Joanne Laban, representing the Leader of the.......
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30 March 2015
Within a few days of the news that the Friends of Broomfield Park had succeeded in a bid for Enfield Residents Priority Fund money for the Conservatory railings, the energetic park protectors were again celebrating - this time for being awarded a further £5000 from the fund to help create a wildlife pond.
Artists' imprssion of the Conservatory Railings projectAnd last week the Friends also got the go-ahead from Enfield Council for an extension of the wildflower meadow on the Aldermans Hill.......
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15 March 2015
The Consortium of Friends of Enfield's Parks has launched a public campaign in opposition to Enfield Council's plan to leave pedestrian gates to parks unlocked overnight.
The Consortium is asking people to sign an online petition which reads as follows:
Enfield Council is planning to withdraw all night locking from 22 parks in the borough. If implemented,the pedestrian gates of those parks that have always been locked would be left open all night.
This decision has caused alarm amongst local.......
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10 March 2015
Enfield Council is running a public consultation to gauge views about an application for funding for improvements to children's play facilities in three local parks.
Hazelwood Recreation Ground, Tatem Park and Grovelands Park Play Areas
The Friends of Hazelwood Recreation Ground, Tatem Park and Grovelands Park are proposing to improve the play areas in these parks and they need your help to apply for funding. The groups are looking for people’s views and comments on the current play.......
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03 March 2015
The Friends of Hazelwood Recreation Ground are currently preparing a funding application to a charitable foundation for £50,000 to improve the playground in the Rec, including installing new play equipment.
In order to succeed, it is necessary for the Friends to consult local residents and users of the recreation ground and demonstrate that the new equipment is needed and that the project has public support.
Enfield Council has set up a web page for the consultation and members of the public.......
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09 February 2015
After a very successful Sunday entertaining children with Floating Lanterns on the Model Boating Pond, the Friends of Broomfield Park are preparing to brief the public about the many projects that they are involved in.
A floating lantern on Broomfield Model Boating Pond - the new improved 2015 design impressed with its increased top speed!At their quarterly Open Meeting at the Ruth Winston Centre tonight (Monday) the Friends will report on developments in Broomfield Conservatory and the.......
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07 February 2015
The Palmers Greenery Community Café in Broomfield Park is looking to recruit some additional volunteers for the Spring. If you have a few hours each week OR every month to spare and you would like to be a part of this exciting project, the Greenery holding a training session on the afternoon of Sunday 8th March.
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26 January 2015
Friends of Broomfield Park are looking for volunteers to help them launch their latest project - creating a Community Growing Space on an area next to Broomfield Community Orchard.
A typical growing space
The Friends recently reached agreement with Enfield Council to take over an area of the Park measuring.......
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24 January 2015
A new multi-use games area will be installed at an Palmers Green park after the council successfully bid for £45,000 from the London Marathon Charitable Trust.
The improvements to Hazelwood Recreation Ground off Hedge Lane, will significantly improve the current five a side grass football pitch and tarmac basketball area, be free to use all year round and will tackle problems with waterlogging on the football pitch in the winter.
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20 January 2015
Friends of Broomfield Park are hoping to find a new home for the decorative railings that until not long ago adorned the entrances to the subterranean Ladies and Gentlemen's toilets at Palmers Green Triangle.
The planned new location is in front of the beautiful restored Conservatory in Broomfield Park, replacing the functional, but not exactly pretty, chainlink fence that currently protects the vulnerable building from vandals. A suitable design has been devised, but more money is.......
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09 January 2015
A project to create an attractive wetlands habitat from a previously underused green space has been shortlisted for support from the Mayor of London's Big Green Fund.
Firs Farm, the open space to the south of Firs Lane on the Winchmore Hill/Edmonton border, has up to now been associated mainly with football pitches and dog walking (though earlier in its history it was used as a shelter for prisoners of war). However, its transformation is already under way, thanks to collaboration.......
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27 October 2014
Enfield Council's plan to leave parks unlocked overnight will be discussed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday. The meeting will be held in the Civic Centre at 7.30pm on 29th October.
The proposal to cease locking parks for a trial period of one year is an economy measure - a saving of £22.000 is anticipated. The paper being considered on Wednesday envisages that vehicle entrances would still be locked overnight. It also states that if a known specific.......
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06 October 2014
In the centenary year of the outbreak of World War One, the Friends of Broomfield Park are hoping that money will be made available for the restoration of the Park's Garden of Remembrance, which has fallen into serious disrepair.
Remembrance Garden pond with fountain (1930s)The bid for money is a joint project by the Friends and Enfield Council. At the request of the Friends the Council last month applied to the War Memorials Trust for a grant of up to £30,000 to restore the.......
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29 September 2014
Despite being part of a big city, we're certainly not short of green space in Palmers Green and around. Broomfield Park, Arnos Park and Grovelands Park immediately spring to mind, but the smaller patches of green are also very important. Firs Farm Playing Fields is an excellent example of a smaller, but very attractive "green lung". Like the bigger parks, it now has its own "Friends", a group being set up by local resident Toni Guiver. The Friends of Firs Farm have their.......
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