Friends of Kensington Playground

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Friends of Kensington Playground We're a group of neighbors who are trying to improve Kensington Playground (KP).

To Donate:
Our GoFundMe page is: Save Kensington Playground
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/save-kensington-playground

Hi Everyone!FOKP is hosting our 6th Annual Pumpkin Festival in Kensington Playground on Saturday, October 24, from 1:00 ...
10/15/2026

Hi Everyone!

FOKP is hosting our 6th Annual Pumpkin Festival in Kensington Playground on Saturday, October 24, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Kids will have the opportunity to choose a pumpkin and decorate it, help build a scarecrow for the park fence, play Jack-O-Lantern bean bag toss for treats, and select a few books to take home. Everyone can enjoy c***r and donuts. All free!

We thank YNHH for its generous support of our event, along with our other supporters: Stop & Shop, Big Y, and GDDC.

We hope you will join us for this fun, family-friendly event in our favorite
park!

Flyer attached.

PS: We need volunteers and welcome donations!

2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the Montessori School on Edgewood (MSOE)!Founded in 2006, MSOE was the first publicly...
10/08/2026

2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the Montessori School on Edgewood (MSOE)!

Founded in 2006, MSOE was the first publicly supported Montessori school in New Haven. It was created as a project of the Greater Dwight Development Corporation (GDDC) with a vision of providing children with the very best beginning through a full-day, full-year Montessori program.

To celebrate this incredible milestone, MSOE brought its community together for a special anniversary festival at Kensington Playground. On a sunny fall afternoon, children, families, teachers, and friends gathered in the park to enjoy an afternoon filled with food, fun, laughter, and play.

For 20 years, MSOE has helped nurture young minds and strengthen the Dwight community.

Happy 20th Anniversary, MSOE! Here’s to 20 wonderful years—and many more to come!

Look at the beautiful butterfly wing mural that the talented artists from Fellowship Place ArtShip painted in the park!L...
10/07/2026

Look at the beautiful butterfly wing mural that the talented artists from Fellowship Place ArtShip painted in the park!

Led by Nadia, the artists created stunning butterfly wings that beautifully complete the butterfly and complement the planted flower garden.

Friends of Kensington Playground would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Fellowship Place and all of their wonderful artists for creating this stunning mural and adding so much beauty to our park. We are grateful for your creativity, time, and community spirit!

Thank you! Well done!

Our caterpillar garden has been replanted after it was accidentally mowed over this spring. Look how lovely the garden ...
08/08/2026

Our caterpillar garden has been replanted after it was accidentally mowed over this spring. Look how lovely the garden looks!

Thanks to Anh and Olivia for their hard work adding soil, planting, mulching, and watering the garden this morning.
Thank you, too, to the NH Parks department for providing us with such beautiful flowers!

We had a great Urban Resources Initiative URI community greenspace workday yesterday in Kensington Playground!We weeded ...
06/14/2026

We had a great Urban Resources Initiative URI community greenspace workday yesterday in Kensington Playground!
We weeded garden beds, refilled the bird feeders, planted bearded irises, mulched and weeded, then mulched and weeded some more!

Fun fact: bearded irises should be dug up and divided every five years or so to prevent overcrowding, which can dramatically reduce flowering.

The park is especially lovely this time of year, with dappled sunlight filtering through the tree canopy and serviceberry bushes heavy with red berries that the birds love to eat.

Thank you to Anh, Angie, Ashley, and Olivia for spending part of their day improving Kensington Playground. Special thanks to Margaret, our URI Urban Forester, for supplying the mulch, tools, and expertise that made the workday possible. And thank you to Kathy for generously sharing extra bearded irises from her garden so they could beautify our park.

Reminder: We work Saturday’s 10:30 to 12:30 through the end of July - except July 4th weekend. Everyone is welcome, including kids! No experience needed. Tools, gloves, and light refreshments provided. We hope you’ll join us!

Hi Everyone,We had our first Urban Resources Initiative Community Greenspace work day this morning in KP. Despite the c...
05/30/2026

Hi Everyone,

We had our first Urban Resources Initiative Community Greenspace work day this morning in KP. Despite the cold, windy weather, we accomplished a lot. We weeded and mulched the gardens, started weeding the back of the park, picked up fallen branches, and removed a few stickers from the splash pad.

The park looks grea! Green, leafy, blooming flowers, and the birds are using the bird feeders (made by kids at our Spring Celebration a few weeks ago), plus the new playscape, swings, and Splash pad!

Many thanks to Anh and our URI urban forester Margaret!

We are NOT working next Saturday, June 5, but hope you will join us on Saturday June 13, for another park workday!

Hi Everyone! Our URI (Urban Resources Initiative) Community Greenspace group begins work this Saturday, May 30 at 10:3...
05/28/2026

Hi Everyone!

Our URI (Urban Resources Initiative) Community Greenspace group begins work this Saturday, May 30 at 10:30 am.

Join us and help take care of our park!

Kids are welcome
No experience needed
Tools and gloves provided
Light refreshments.

Flyer attached

We can’t wait to see you Saturday!

Hi Everyone,We had a wonderful Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who ca...
05/17/2026

Hi Everyone,

We had a wonderful Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who came out to the park on this glorious spring afternoon!

35 kids and their families made bird feeders, planted flowers, learned about recycling, and played on the new swings, playscape and splash pad!

We’d like to thank the Parks Dept for donating flowers, Rose R of the City for teaching us about recycling, New Haven Reads for supplying gentled used books, and all our volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you!

We’re looking forward to seeing you at our Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground this Saturday!
05/14/2026

We’re looking forward to seeing you at our Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground this Saturday!

Postponed! Due to a forecast of rain and a thunderstorm, our Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground has been postp...
05/09/2026

Postponed!

Due to a forecast of rain and a thunderstorm, our Spring Celebration in Kensington Playground has been postponed.

We will now hold the event next Saturday, May 16, from 1–3 p.m.

We hope you can still join us!

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25 Kensington St. Interstate The Park Location. (Our Mailing Address Is Different. )
New Haven, CT
06511

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