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Ravenscroft Gardens – tomorrow

duncan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:26:47 +0000

Tomorrow in Ravenscroft Gardens there will be another family fun day with a 1940′s theme. There will be lots to see and do including Punch & Judy, The Barnet Band, Simply Sax and a dog show courtesy of our friends and the Wood Street Vets. Please come along and support your local park. Entrance is free although we will be taking donations all of which will be spent on improving the park.

Festive Celebration – Ravenscroft Gardens

duncan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:04:29 +0000

Well it all went pretty well. The weather conspired to cause problems with a few showers, but people stayed around and enjoyed carols, singing and a great group of sax players. The mulled wine was popular and Santa was almost mobbed. I would like to say a big thank you to all those who helped make it happen. These events take a lot of organising.

Festive Celebration This Sunday

duncan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:53:51 +0000

If you are in High Barnet on Sunday evening then why not come along to Ravenscroft Gardens on Wood Street and join in with the Friends of Ravenscroft Gardens Festive celebration. There will be community carol singing, music and refreshments and Santa. Admission is free although donations are welcome. Any money raised will be spent on the Gardens. It all starts at 5pm and finishes at 7pm.

Victorian pasttimes in Ravenscroft Park

duncan — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:10:00 +0000

One of the things I really enjoy about being a local Councillor is the opportunity to make things happen that enhance the community. One of these things is to get people involved in caring for and having a say in their local parks and green spaces. One way of doing this is to form friends of parks groups.

I have started two in High Barnet ward. The first was the Friends of Highlands Gardens which help care for a very special little park hidden away in New Barnet with an amazing water feature. The other friends group I have set up looks after Ravenscroft Gardens. This park is far more prominent but probably equally unknown beyond the few surrounding streets.

The first event that the friends have held in the park was a Victorian past times day. This was held lask Sunday and we were blessed with glorious weather. We had arranged a number of events including a dog show and a tug of war competition as well as various traditional stalls and entertainment courtesy of the Barnet Band and a great Saxophone group.

The number of people who came along exceeded all expectations. The police estimated that we had 1000 people in the park. There were a couple of hundred watching the dog show alone. The really satisfying part was the number of people who came up to me and said that they could not recall anything similar happening before and how they really hoped we would do it again next year and also how wonderful the atmosphere was in the park. There were people of all ages enjoying themselves and a complete lack of commercialisation enhanced the feeling of a real community event.

It was a lot of fun to organise and there were lots of people involved to who did alot of work, but I think it is safe to say that we all had a really great time and the other benefit is that we made around £1000 which will be re-invested in the park and future events.

And yes the photo is me sweltering in the heat in Victorian costume.