Celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day with Parks in Mind on Sunday 3 May from 6:00 – 7:00am. Join top ornithologist Stuart Clarke live online on a virtual bird song walk through a Boscombe woodland. We’ll listen out for the dawn chorus from song thrush, blackbirds and robins to see what we can hear on the[…]
Thanks to a grant of over £25,000 we’ve introduced some new play equipment to Knyveton Gardens in Springbourne. The park now has a variety of toddler play equipment installed, with the work being completed by BCP Council. Further improvements to the landscaping of the park is planned over the winter months, including the introduction of[…]
Join us in Woodland Walk in Boscombe on Saturday 18th May to appreciate the dawn chorus and learn how to identify woodland birds by their song. We’ll start at Woodland Walk and make our way to Shelley Park where we’ll have a scrummy breakfast in the park. The walk is free and if you’d like[…]
One of our marketing volunteers, Annie Vencl, braved the Autumn weather, put on her muddy boots and experienced her first Parks in Mind session. Read her blog below to see what she learnt during her day. I arrived at Horseshoe common and began chatting with the other people that had turned up. Peter, the organiser[…]
The new Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, recently urged Doctors to suggest social prescribing such as gardening and arts activities rather than anti-depressants.Bournemouth are one step ahead with a new project launching in late September to offer volunteering sessions within our parks to improve participant’s health and wellbeing.In 2017 NHS figures show that 7.3 million people[…]