ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM will be hold on Wednesday, 6th December at 3.30pm at 31 Denmark Road, Gloucester Please contact us on hillfieldgardens@gmail.com to confirm your attendance and so papers can be sent in advance of the meeting.
Kingsholm Activity Day, Saturday 5th August
The Friends are really pleased to be involved with the Kingsholm Activity Day project with Voices Gloucester on Saturday 5th August. Martha has made some wonderful animated illustrations which we hope everyone will enjoy looking at as they walk around the Gardens and see the monuments.
On the Queen’s Green Canopy map
Our Jubilee tree planting has now been uploaded to The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) map! Take a look to see photos of other trees that have been planted across the country as part of the Jubilee. The Queen’s Green Canopy write: Thank you for your contribution to this special initiative, which we hope will inspire countless others.…
Lord Lieutenant plants silver birch
As part of events to mark the late Queen’s Diamond Jubilee earlier this year Gloucestershire’s Lord Lieutenant, Edward Gillespie, has planted a tree in Gloucester’s Hillfield Gardens. The tree, a multi stemmed silver birch , is one of three that have been allocated to the county . Three hundred and fifty were used to create a…
1000 crocuses planted for Purple4Polio
This week the Friends of Hillfield Gardens planted 1000 purple crocus bulbs, kindly donated by Rotary@Kingsholm as part of the Purple4Polio campaign to raise awareness and eradicate polio across the world. Can’t wait to see them in the spring!
Hillfield Gardens honoured with ‘Tree of Trees’
Three Gloucestershire organisations have been honoured with trees from the ‘Tree of Trees’ sculpture which formed the glorious green centrepiece to the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations at Buckingham Palace in June. Chipping Campden Cricket Club, Girlguiding Gloucestershire and Gloucester’s Friends of Hillfield Gardens are being awarded the trees to mark their outstanding contribution to the environment and their communities. They…
Cedar tree felled
Unfortunately, the council had to fell the majestic blue cedar last month. It had been examined by the tree officer last autumn, and disease was found in the cleft between the two main branches when it had been felled. The rings show the tree was at least 170 years old. It will be missed!
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