Parks

Park Friends disappointed by flower bed cutbacks

12 May 2013

"Sunset" by Steve Harrison - winner of the Friends of Broomfield Park photographic competition Visitors to Broomfield Park this spring and summer will find the park rather less colourful than usual. Funding cutbacks by Enfield Council have led to a two-thirds reduction in the number of bedding plants being planted out this year - across the Borough as a whole the budget allocation for flowers in parks has been reduced from £24,000 to £8,000. The result will be many.......

Grovelands Centenary organisers call for volunteer helpers

10 February 2013

The Friends of Grovelands Park are looking for volunteers to help run a two-day event to celebrate the centenary of the park's opening. The celebrations, on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May, will begin with a re-enactment of the original 1913 opening ceremony, involving an Edwardian themed historical pageant........

The Great Big Greenspace Survey

17 October 2020

Biodiversity is declining globally but one option for helping to reverse this issue is to improve natural spaces in cities for wildlife. This research project is exploring ways in which people perceive nature-based solutions to urban planning problems so that we can better enhance cities for people and nature.

Community cafe back in business

24 March 2021

The Palmers Greenery Community Cafe in Broomfield Park has reopened, with Covid precautions in place.

Beneath the scaffolding, plant life continues unseen in the Conservatory

12 December 2023

It's now two months since Broomfield Conservatory closed for repair and redecoration. Meanwhile, plant life goes on, mostly unseen.

Knit for our park!

14 April 2025

Calling all knitters! Do you have time in between your knitting or crochet projects to create craft work for the Friends of Broomfield Park arts and crafts fair in December?

Broomfield Park model boating pond: an update

04 March 2022

If you've been wondering why the model boating pond in Broomfield Park has been in such a sorry state for so long, it's because restoring the water supply from a borehole in the park is by no means straightforward. Kim Lumley from Friends of Broomfield Park explains why:

Council recruiting community engagement officer to help 'unlock Broomfield Park for the community'

19 July 2024

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.

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