Colourful Carlisle

Look forward to a colourful Spring in Carlisle’s Parks

(Date of issue: Wednesday, 13 October 2010)

As nights draw in, Carlisle City Council and the various ‘Friends Groups’ associated with the city’s parks and green spaces are working together to prepare a colourful Spring.

Local residents are invited to take part in a mass bulb planting this Saturday (16 October) with the Friends of Melbourne Park, planting 1,000 mixed daffodils between 10am and 12noon to splash spring yellows across the grassy areas adjacent to Walkmill Crescent (near the Lakeland Gate). Everyone is welcome. Meet at the site at 10am where gloves and equipment will be provided for those taking part.

Newlaithes Primary School will be joining the Friends of Chance’s Park next Tuesday (19 October), between 10am and 12noon, to plant 5,000 crocus bulbs, some donated by the Friends Group, which will be amongst the first flowers to emerge in the city next spring.

The Friends of Hammond’s Pond is also holding a mass bulb planting event on Saturday, 13 November, between 10am and 12noon. Again, everyone is invited to come along and plant some spring colour for 2011. Meet at the Hammond’s Pond café where gloves and equipment will be provided.

In the next few weeks, Carlisle City Council’s Neighbourhoods and Green Spaces Team will be adding to the colourful spring by planting around 50,000 naturalising daffodil and crocus bulbs across the city’s parks and green spaces and another 30,000 bulbs, including many tulips, in the city’s flowerbeds.

Anyone wanting to know more about the bulb plantings or about the various Friends Groups that contribute to the management of Carlisle’s parks and green spaces, should please telephone Carlisle City Council on 01228 618594.