Friends of Heaton Moor Park

Latest blog about the park gives plenty to muse over, in between the rain showers.https://www.heatonmoorpark.co.uk/shick-shack-day-druideogs-grasping-the-nettle-and-knopper-galls/

Many have commented that Heaton Moor Park seems special, which may relate to its Victorian roots and design. See more info here at our website:

The Victorian concept of the public park | Friends of Heaton Moor Park The Victorian park is often known as the “lungs of the city”.  The phrase “lungs of the city” is usually attributed to Frederic Law Olmstead, one of the most famous landscape architects.  By now it might be considered something of a cliché: however, it has been a very powerful idea for a ...

Get the skivvy on recent Garden Days, find out about possible robotic dogs in the park and learn what a biophilic city is at our website blog: https://www.heatonmoorpark.co.uk/robotic-dogs-a-plea-for-wolves-paean-to-benches-and-cheeky-cawdaws/

Rhodos and Azaleas in daylight in the park

Rhododendrons by streetlight at night in the park.

And the back of the park sign keeps getting more interesting.

Some mowing going in the footy field. Now, if you could get the opposing team to be playing into the current winds...

Times of a sign. The entrance sign at Peel Moat Road had been missing a section for some years. The Greenspace team hasnnow installed a replacement. Meanwhile, at the back of the sign, a series of interesting plants have happily, if somewhat mysteriously, appeared. Carbon capture of any size always welcome.

Spring musings about the park can be found over at our website: https://www.heatonmoorpark.co.uk/chats-with-the-trees-hyenas-winnie-the-pooh-and-black-capped-lollies/