Christmas Carols - Friday 11th December

The Friends of Cottenham Park

Invite you to join us for 

Christmas Carols

in the Pavilion

on

 Friday 11th December 2015

 at 7 pm

Mulled Wine, Soft Drinks & Mince Pies

The hall will be decked and our musicians, Maggie, Henry and Rafaella have a grand selection of carols ready to accompany your fine voices!  

Children as always are very welcome.

There is no entrance fee for the evening though you are welcome to put a donation in the "watering can" on the night to help cover costs.

Entry to the Pavilion will be via the park's lantern lit north east gate on Melbury Gardens.

We look forward to seeing and hearing from you again.

Best wishes

Friends of Cottenham Park

Christmas Carols - 11th December and gardening thanks

As your diaries are no doubt filling up with festivities already, we wanted to make sure our annual Christmas Carol event is included too.

We've had to bring the date forward slightly on previous years, but we do hope you all can join us for music, mulled wine and mince pies in the Pavilion on Friday 11th December at 7pm. We'll send you further details nearer the time.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped us maintain the gardens in the park over the summer months.
Huge thank yous particularly to the Pane family for diligently watering the new raised bed in the Melbury corner, Robert and Susanna for watering the Cambridge Road corner garden and to Jocelyn for keeping the new shrubs alive on the west wall during the very dry weather. Jill and Jocelyn have put in many hours tending the wildlife gardens and new native hedge and their hard work is much appreciated.

We've all enjoyed the ever-changing colours the planted areas bring, from the first bulbs and blossoms of spring through to the vibrant wildflower beds which continue to thrive with cosmos - even in November.  Last month it was also encouraging to see a few apples on the four new trees The Friends had planted earlier in the year. We hope someone enjoyed eating them!

Finally, big thanks to Mo Hammond for organising the summer park opening rosta again this year.  It's quite a task to coordinate and schedule all our volunteers though it's invaluable in ensuring the park stays secure each night.

With best wishes
Friends of Cottenham Park

Tea in The Park 2015 - Sunday 19th April

Hello

This warming sunshine brings with it the announcement of The Friends of Cottenham Park's annual spring get-together and we look forward to welcoming you all:

Tea in the Park

Sunday 19th April

2.30 - 4.30 pm

in the 

Pavilion Gardens

We'll have all the favourite stalls and activities including the bottle tombola, books, homemade cakes, plants, raffle, face painting, fun and games for the kids and of course, cups of tea aplenty.

This year we are also very excited to announce the addition of Basil and Crew's mobile petting farm so there'll be opportunity for children (and grown ups!) to stroke and feed Shetland ponies, goats, sheep, ducks and chickens too.

As always, we welcome donations of bottles, jars and gifts for the tombola and any good books. (We will be in touch to confirm drop off locations, though if you can start to clear out your shelves and cupboards in the meantime)

We are also hoping to receive your usual generous and delicious offerings of baked goodies for the cake stall as well as any plants and cuttings you might have. These always sell very well and you can bring these along with you on the day.

The raffle was a big hit last year so do please let us know if you have something that would make a super prize.

Finally, we also need volunteers to help us set up in the morning, help run stalls and deliver flyers - the more the merrier! So if you can help, please get in touch.

Fingers crossed for sunshine...

Thanks and best wishes

Friends of Cottenham Park