The Friends of Bedfords Park: March 2010

Thursday, 25 March 2010

April Work Day - Sunday 11th April 2010

Our next work day is on Sunday 11th April 2010. Meeting as usual in the visitors' centre for a 10 am start. Wet weather gear and wellies might be a good idea !

See you then

Easter Event @ Bedfords Park

We will have two tables at the Essex Wildlife Trust's Easter Event on Sunday 4th April in the Visitors' Centre from 11am, where we will be selling cakes and advertising the park and our Friends group. Please come along if you can to support us, and 'man' the tables to give others a chance to go to the loo !

Monday, 8 March 2010

Next meeting at The Town Hall

Our next bi monthly meeting is on Thursday 18th March 2010, at 7.30 pm, at Romford Town Hall. Everyone is welcome but if you are not a member of the Friends can you please let us know you wish to attend so that we can ensure adequate seating. Contact us on tel. 01708 704619 or email fobp@hotmail.co.uk .

Work Day Sunday 7th March 2010

Yet another glorious sunny day. Just right to get wet and muddy ! Today we 'reinstated' drainage channel/s from the lower pond in Nursery Wood into Valley Marsh. We also cleared part of the existing 'ditch' to enable the water to drain quicker into the marsh. Hopefully this will stop some of the waterlogging at the north end of the marsh which is one of the two main ways in/out of the Wildflower Meadow.

Water flowing from the pond in new channel

Clearing the existing ditch

The wet area we hope will be drained

One man and his bog !

What We Do

The Friends of Bedfords Park meet monthly, on the 2nd Sunday, at 10.00a.m. in the Visitor Centre.

All are welcome to join us for the day, or for as long as you like. If you plan to be with us all day don't forget to bring food and drink, although there are usually sandwiches and drinks available in the Visitor Centre.

We will usually be creating or clearing footpaths, cutting back shrub, clearing ponds, removing saplings etc. Obviously this all depends on the weather and ground conditions but you can expect to get your hands dirty! We supply tools and gloves but please ensure you have your own sturdy/waterproof footwear.

For further information contact Lois or Bill on 01708 704619. We do have an email address: fobp@hotmail.co.uk so you can contact us on this also. Replies may take longer than a phone call as email may not be checked daily.