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The sun shone brightly for our May work party. We repaired the new beech hedge alongside the derelict tennis club. 50 out of the 70 new trees in the park have been weeded and mulched and great progress has been made managing litter and dog poo. Come and join us on June 8th if you […]

March saw our first work party in the park since covid. 19 volunteers turned up and the council inspector said we did a great job. Now we will be having a work party on the second Saturday of the month ending in October. The Council have also given us a small grant to purchase necessary tools and safety equipment.

The tree team have completed removing all the unwanted undergrowth that can be reached at the edges of all the woodland at the London Road and Rennels way end of the park. They have done a great job and the sight lines will be much improved.ANDThey assures me that once the bluebells have died down,

The tree team worked hard in the park recently planting 4 silver birch and hundreds of whips to make a future hedge and windbreak all around the playground.

We have almost 70 young trees in the park and they need some TLC, especially when they are forced to go almost 8 weeks without rain. This happened in 2022 and again this year. 14 of these trees have been adopted by friends of the park who agree to weed and mulch their tree in

Dear Friends of Thornbury Park,
The Parks team are pleased to inform you that Thornbury Park has been awarded its Green Flag Award 2023.
We would like to thank you for your ongoing support and contribution towards this accolade.
We look forward to working with you for another year to continue to achieve the Green Flag standards.

June 22nd, 7.30, Milford Arms.

I was nominated by local councillors to receive an award for “voluntary service within the community” and had the pleasure of attending a lovely ceremony at the town hall. I was able to take our top volunteer, Billy with me and received a framed certificate from the Mayor.  >>>Very proud<<<

There are over 70 young trees in Thornbury Park including 31 fruit trees in our community orchard. They all need some dedicated care, particularly when we have prolonged dry periods.   Will you adopt one?   All you need to do is weed and mulch it each spring (we provide the mulch) and bring it water

A hardy group turned out after Christmas to plant around 400 bulbs in the area around the London Road entrance and near the skate park and playground. Hoping for a good burst of colour as springtime comes around.