08 July 2015
A brand new reed bed is being constructed in Grovelands Park lake to help improve water quality.
The reed bed is being created as part of Thames21’s Salmons Brook Healthy River Challenge together with Enfield Council. The aim of the project is to improve water quality across the area through the delivery of practical environmental schemes. Currently Salmons Brook and the waterways which feed it suffer from pollution due to plumbing misconnections and run-off from roads which contain heavy.......
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07 July 2015
Despite rain earlier in the day, the Proms in the Park season got off to a hot and sunny start on Sunday afternoon. A pleasant atmosphere prevailed as music lovers sat on the grass near the Broomfield Park bandstand to listen to music by North London Brass, with an intermission provided by young drummers from BishBashBosh and BoxBeaters.
There are three more Proms in the Parks concerts featuring a variety of musical styles - see below. As well as the music and great.......
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25 June 2015
As already announced, Silverfit Silver Fridays are about to be launched in Broomfield Park.
Silverfit, a charity that promotes exercise and healthier lifestyles for older people, is looking for a volunteer to act as a "Silverfit Ambassador".
Volunteer Positions: Silverfit Ambassadors
Hours: 3 hours/week
Silverfit isa charitable organisation promoting exercise and healthier lifestyles for older people. We need enthusiastic, highly motivated, enterprising individuals to be our Silverfit.......
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23 June 2015
Breaking with their tradition of running photographic competitions over the winter, the Friends of Broomfield Park have announced that this year the competition will take place during the summer.
Prizes will be awarded in two categories: Adults and Under 16s. You can enter up to three pictures, which must be taken "of the Park or in the Park" between 1st June and the closing date for entries, which is 22nd August.
All entries will be displayed on the Friends of Broomfield Park.......
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22 June 2015
Many people run, swim or cycle to raise money for charity, a few people do two out of three of these things and even fewer combine all three, but one grandmother who does is 72-year-old Eddie Brocklesby, Britain's oldest competing "Ironman" triathlete. And she only took up sport when she was over 50!
Eddie, who recently was listed in the Independent on Sunday’s 100 Happy List 2015, said: "I only started running when I was 50, and competing in triathlons when I was sixty-two. You're never.......
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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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13 April 2015
How well do you know your birds and birdsong? Les Edwins of the Friends of Firs Farm is also a local RSBP representative and is organising a bird survey in Firs Farm this month. It will require early morning visits to Firs Farm between 5 and 6 am to identify birds by sight or sound and recording when they were seen and whereabouts in the park they were.
If you have don't mind the early start and are interested in helping with this, please get in touch to find out more and the proposed.......
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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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27 March 2015
The Friends of Firs Farm Park are celebrating the success of their campaign to revitalise this large green space on the Winchmore Hill/Edmonton borders. The Firs Farm Wetlands scheme gathered the highest number of votes from members of the public among the projects shortlisted for money from the Mayor of London's Big Green Fund II.
As the result of a vigorous campaign by the Friends , the project received more than 2000 votes and has been awarded the highest amount available - £175,000........
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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.
Please email thepalmersgreenery@gmail.com to register your interest.
The Palmers Greenery has been a great success since it opened in August 2014. It is an entirely.......
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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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