Updates in Mayow Park 3rd Feb 2011

Glendales's maintenance team have been hard at work in Mayow Park

5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL:
Regular users will have seen the markings painted on the grass for the 5-a-side football pitch. This is great news. Towards the end of 2010 we were promised that a designated football area would be provided, towards the western side of the Oval.
If you know of a group or club that would like to use the pitch, the person to contact is Paul Harper, Glendale's Sports development Officer.

His contact details are:Paul.harper@glendale-services.co.uk                                      

or phone him on 020 8318 3986

CRICKET SQUARE

Last week the unsightly wire mesh fencing around the cricket square was replaced by chestnut paling. This still provides protection for the specially seeded grass area but looks far more attractive.

STATE OF THE GRASS VERGES

While there is support for the improvements mentioned above, there is still concern that maintenance vehicles are damanging the grass verges unnecessarily. It is understood that vehicles need to go across the grass when collecting leaves, but there is evidence of damage to the edges which could have been avoided.

Park maintenance 20th Jan 2011

 

Leaves from autumn have been removed from the grass areas by a team of Glendale staff using hand machines and a vehicular vacuum sweeper. This will allow more light to reach the grass to enable healthy growth in the spring. The rose beds near the Silverdale entrance and those near the de Frene entrance have also had a tidy. There are plans to develop the site of the rose beds near the pavilion so no work was done there this time.

Grow Mayow’s Christmas Fair

December 9, 2010   Friends of Mayow Park would like to congratulate Grow Mayow on their successful Christmas Fair,  held on Sunday 5^th December 2010. Despite the cold,  a constant flow of people came to buy items, make decorations and socialise in the nursery depot near the Burghill entrance to Mayow Park.

 Here is a  taste of what there was:   A range of food; stalls selling saris, felt products, knitted products, painted pebbles, canal art-ware and much more; opportunities to make table decorations with natural objects and plenty of glitter.
 Even the busy volunteers enjoyed the day. To quote Suriya, one of the volunteers managing the site, “it was a magical, cosy atmosphere, with fairy lights and wood burning stoves warming people up. And many people  voiced an interest in learning gardening skills.”
The Grow Mayow volunteers have turned this small site in Mayow Park into an active social hub which draws people in, not only to the project but also into the main park.

Winter wonderland scene in Mayow Park 1st December 2010

Friends of Mayow Park now have a new blog site

Friends of Mayow Park have had some problems with their wordpress blog and email address. For this reason we have started a new blog. Watch this space as the site develops.
Regards from the FOMP team