At last a new boardwalk over the mud In this past wet winter the ground in many places was churned up by the huge extra footfall and where possible we persuaded the Park workers to put down wood chips re-cycled from the cut fallen trees but we did not have enough. One obvious and serious […]
Sadly, we have to report that the former Friends’ Secretary and founding member, Anne Ceeney, has died. She was extremely active in the local area and also helped to set up the Woodcroft Wild Space. Ann lived adjacent to the park for 47 years and loved it very much doing much-appreciated work for the FOGOP […]
Active Enfield were hoping to start a new Nordic walking course in Grovelands Park, which is basically walking with 2 sticks a little like ski poles. Initially, they would want to trial a 6-week course, to see if the class is popular. Mon 10th Sept – Mon 15th Oct 2018. 10am – 11am. The class […]
Courtesy of a much-appreciated initiative by Thames 21 a highly skilled chainsaw operating tree carver arrived in the park and has created some wonderful additions out of a fallen dead tree. What appears at first glance to be some sort of Jurassic creature, a stranger to our park, turns out to be on closer inspection […]
The beautiful vista of the original parkland for Grovelands House, now the Priory, was laid out by master gardener Humphrey Repton. It is this landscape that now makes up most of our treasured Groveland Park. In 2018 The Garden’s Trust celebrated the Bi-Centenary of this great man with a series of events at numerous Repton […]
This year there are three swans on the lake. One got stuck on the ice so was rescued and taken to a swan sanctuary to recover. It was then released. Three cygnets were born which looked beautiful on the lake but great care must be taken as the swans naturally protect their young and may […]
