Friends of Queens Park Bolton

23/06/2026

After an earlier start and despite the intense heat, we managed to clear one part of the sensory garden border.

We then moved on to the balsam along the River Croal when LifeBridge arrived and we also had a new volunteer who joined us for the first time today.

Thankfully it was a little cooler under the tree canopy and we managed to create some significant piles of balsam 😊
Thanks to everyone for all your hard work today 🥰

21/06/2026

We want to hear from you!
At our event on 23 May, we launched a visitor survey to find out what you think about the park and how it can continue to be enjoyed by everyone.
The survey will run until 22nd August, and we’d love as many people as possible to share their views. Please download the attached survey and email it to [email protected], or drop it off at the Pavilion Café in the park.
If you’d like a copy sent to you, just email us and we’ll be happy to help. You can also find a copy of the survey in the Pavilion Café and you can leave it with the café staff once completed.
Thank you for helping us to shape the future of our park!

20/06/2026

At the Pavilion Café at Queen's Park

We still have some places left on our funded Nature Tots programme at Queen's Park!

We still have a few places left on our funded Nature Tots programme at Queen's Park! We are running these sessions thanks to funding from Bolton CVS and are looking for families with pre-schoolers in the Bolton area to take part.

Each session has a different theme and activities include nature art, story time, bug hunting and more 🐞🔎

All children must be accompanied by an adult. The next sessions will run from 1pm to 2.15pm on the following dates:

Thursday 25th June 2026
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Thursday 9th July 2026

If you are interested, please email our Education Manager, Katie at [email protected]

20/06/2026

It was lovely to see some of the children from todays session proudly wearing the bee hats and showing off the bee houses and 3d models that they made 🐝
We also had a few plants returned and planted in the sensory garden. We hope that the plants that stayed at home are now flowering beautifully in family gardens and bringing joy to the children who grew them from seeds 🌻😍

19/06/2026

What a fantastic networking day we had at Bridge Church, meeting so many brilliant groups from across the community!

We were absolutely delighted to receive an owl nesting box for the park, kindly donated by Chris at Bolton NEWT🦉

We also held a small raffle and raised some much-appreciated funds to support our future planned activities, helping us keep these sessions free for everyone who attends. Thank you to everyone who supported us!

18/06/2026

Would any schools benefit from this help for your families?

Please share with other schools

🏫 Could your School Benefit from Extra Support for Families?

Raksha, our Schools Project Worker, is looking to connect with 4 new schools.

She currently works with a number of local schools, providing weekly appointments that help families access essential household items, including beds, furniture, and other practical support.

If your school would like to find out more about how we can support families in your community, Raksha would love to hear from you.

📧 Contact details: [email protected] or 01204524858

Please share this post to help us reach schools that could benefit from this service. 💙

18/06/2026

We will be at this event tomorrow, come and speak to us 😊

18/06/2026

This Saturday is your opportunity to plant your flowers that you have grown from the seeds planted in March in the Sensory Garden
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Don't worry if you missed the March session though, we have extra plants that you can plant.

We also have some great craft activities you can take part in as well, so come along and join in the fun 10am - 12 Noon at the Pavilion Café at Queen's Park 😊

Come and join us at our next Free Family Event on 20th June.

For those children who joined us at our March event, decorated plant pots and planted seeds, if your plants have grown, you can return one of them to plant in the sensory garden. But don't worry if you didn't join us in March we have other plants that you can help to plant 🌹

We also have some bee related craft activities for you to take part in🐝 so come along and have some fun!

17/06/2026

It was great to have LifeBridge back working with us this week to help tackle the weeds. Good to have Clare back also now her toe has healed.

It was very hot on the sensory garden though, and that impeded our progress, however we did manage to clear some of the borders and could at last see where we had planted some of the plants 🪴