10 more apple trees were planted on the Inkerman today. Organised by Peter Corke from the Borough Council ably assisted by Paul Stone the Mayor. Members of the Ashgate Allotments dug the holes, Council rangers brought the trees and children from Old Hall School planted them and filled in the holes. Afterwards Transition Chesterfield pressed apples collected by the 'Abundance' project and all had a taste of how good fresh apple juice can be.

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The rain stopped for our bird box workshop and 27 out of the available 40 kits were made, including one by the police!

Bird Box Building

The Friends will be having their new event, the Bird Box Building Workshop on the Inkerman Park on Sunday 13th October between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.
Kits will be available at a cost of £2 each for you to assemble at the event. Tools and help provided.

Look out for the gazebo!

Sporting Futures Multisports Sessions

Sporting Futures will be running free multisport sessions for 13 - 19 year olds on the Inkerman Park each Monday from 9th September to 21st October between 4.00pm and 6.00pm.

Community All Stars

An initiative by the Street Pastors has seen the 'Community All Stars' team on the Inkerman. They will be here for another two weeks on a Tuesday afternoon.

Apples for Cider

First lot of apples donated for cider making ready for the Wassail in January.

Inkerman Buzz

Fantastic weather for this years Buzz and lots of entries for the dog show.

Buzz 2013

Only a couple of days to go before this year's Buzz. Any help would be welcome on the day to set up from around 8.30am.
Hope to see you at the event between 11.00am and 3.00pm.

Inkerman Buzz 2013

The 2013 Inkerman Buzz will be on Sunday 14th July. See the 'Buzz' page via the link above.

Summer?

The last few days of good weather have ensured the park is being well used, several families having picnics, kite flying and cycling through.

More Snow and Looking Forward!

Yet more snow this weekend but looking forward we now have all the funding in place for this years Inkerman Buzz in July and the new birdbox building workshop in October.

We understand that the deed to dedicate the Inkerman as a QE2 Field in Trust has been signed by Chesterfield Borough Council. The document now has to be returned to the F.I.T authority and the Inkerman will be granted the QE2 status.

Bulbs

First sign of Spring - the bulbs are starting to peek through.

A Week after the Wassail

Snow scene at the park entrance.

Wassail

Great Wassail event yesterday, over 60 people came along. Mulled cider from apples collected by Transition Chesterfield. Mulled fresh pressed apple juice and a variety of cakes.

Wassail

Don't forget our Wassail event on Sunday 13th January 2013 at 2.30pm. Mulled local cider (apple juice as well), morris dancing, 'doff' your hat to the apple trees and hopefully some cake!

Hope to see you there.

Unfortunately the park suffered from some vandalism two nights ago - a plastic litter bin was set alight. Council and police informed.