On Saturday 28 October 2017 the Friends of Walkden Gardens are offering a free guided tour of the Gardens.
The tour will start at 11.30am at the dovecote with tea/coffee and cake.
All free but donations would be welcomed!
Some images of the Gardens.
On 14 October 2017 delegates to the World Urban Parks Europe Congress visited Walkden Gardens as part of their pre-congress meeting tour.
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Local historian George Cogswell is giving a talk on the history of Walkden Gardens.
7.00pm on Wednesday 27 September 2017 at The Moorfield pub, 131 Marsland Road, Sale, M33 3NW.
Entrance FREE and all welcome!
The minutes of the Friends of Walkden Gardens AGM, which was held on 3 July 2017, can be downloaded from here.
On 21 August 2017 five volunteers from Sage (an accounting software company based on Salford Quays) gave up their time to work in the Gardens with Sue Hirst from the Friends Group.
Many thanks to the Sage volunteers and Sue for all their hard work!
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Walkden Gardens have been awarded a Green Flag for 2017/18. The Gardens have held this prestigious award for several years.
This is due, in no small measure, to the work of the Friends Group volunteers.
We are pleased to announced that, at the Sale Lions Father’s Day event in Worthington Park, the Friends of Walkden Gardens were awarded a grant of £1,500 towards the cost of the proposed labyrinth in the Gardens.
Many thanks to all those who voted for our project.
Sue Hirst, on behalf of the Friends Group, received the cheque from the Mayor and Mayoress of Trafford.
Tour of Walkden Gardens (thanks to Josh Green)
We are always looking to recruit new volunteers to help maintain and improve the Gardens.
The gardening volunteers meet at 10am on the last Saturday of every month (except December). Tools etc are provided.
If you are not into gardening, our events team are looking for people who can spare some time to help at the various events that are held in the Gardens.
If you are interested, please email info@walkdengardens.co.uk
Emily Frier, a physiotherapist at Bolton Royal Hospital and from Sale, held a pilates class in the Gardens to raise money for the families affected by the recent terrorist attack in Manchester. Some £300 was raised and donated.
