Awards for All Project

The first phase of our Awards for All project was completed yesterday by Chesterfield Borough Council. Planting 6 trees alongside the new path.
We will shortly be planting 6000 flower bulbs around the trees. Then replacing the wooden benches and installing a noticeboard.

Trees on the Inkerman

The next phase of enhancement in the park will start shortly. Following grant funding from the National Lottery we are having 6 mature trees planted either side of the new section of path. Shortly afterwards we will be planting 6000 flower bulbs around the new trees.

We will also be replacing the wooden benches with recycled plastic ones and installing a noticeboard.

Bird Box Building Workshop

It's our annual bird box building workshop on Saturday October 3rd. 1.30pm to 3.30pm on the Inkerman Park. £2 per box. Look out for us in the orange gazebo!
Please contact us beforehand if you would like to reserve a kit, we have a limited number available.

The Buzz

Planning meeting tonight for the Buzz!

New Path in Use

Grass beginning to grow next to the new path, great to see families cycling across the park.

Inkerman Litter Pick

Our community litter pick went ahead today, a group of 7 of us collected a barrow full of bottles and 9 bin bags of rubbish!

Postponed

Our litter pick had to be postponed today due to wet weather.

Community Litter Pick

Join us for a community litter pick in the park on Wednesday 1st April at 4.00pm until 6.00pm.

Chesterfield Borough Council have provided litter pickers and rubbish bags for us to use.

Latest news on the Path

With work now complete on the new path and drainage we do have some concerns. The flooding of the gardens on Rockingham Close hasn't been alleviated and we think the top dressing of the path is inadequate. We are pursuing these issues with the Borough Council.

Wassail 2015

Around 70 people came along to this year's Wassail. Mulled cider and apple juice together with cakes were enjoyed by all!

Pruning

The pruning workshop in action!

Pruning Workshop

Pruning workshop briefing underway.

Pruning Workshop

On the morning of January 18th Transition Chesterfield are holding a 'pruning workshop' on the park. The focus of the workshop will be our apple trees.
If you would like to come along and learn how to prune apple trees to create a good shaped tree and promote growth please contact workshop@transitionchesterfield.org.uk to book a place. The cost is £2.00 per person.

Transition Chesterfield's website - www.transitionchesterfield.org.uk

Work in the Park

The bulk of the work on the path and drainage is now complete.

The large piles of soil are going to be used within the park and the excavated rocks will hopefully be used to create a feature near the junction of the old and new paths. However larger machinery is needed for these tasks and the ground conditions are so poor at the moment it was thought best to wait until the spring to finish off completely.