Healing, Growing, and Connecting Through Nature
By Holly Dodd
Celebrate Community Gardening Week (March 31st to April 6th) by joining local gardening groups. It’s a chance to improve health, learn new skills, and connect with others. Whether you’re a beginner or expert, gardening fosters well-being, reduces loneliness, and creates beautiful shared spaces. Get involved and discover the joy of growing together!
Community Gardening Week is taking place from 31st March to 6th April.
Fancy doing a bit of community gardening? Would you like to be part of a group and get to know people? Welcome to Longford Park Gardening Group’s drop-in session on Friday morning, 4th April from 10.30 to 12.30.
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Please click here for details and dates of all the Health Walks for 2025.
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Sign up is open for our fun, charity tournament – Manchester Disc Golf Ice Bowl 2025. We join a global network of Ice Bowl tournaments that raise cash for their local homeless charities.
Sunday 19 January, 2025.
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FOLP are once again taking part in the St Matthews Christmas Tree Festival.
Festival Opening times are as follows
Christmas Tree Festival in St Matthew’s Church Stretford on Friday 13th (3-8pm), Saturday 14th (10am-6pm) and Sunday 15th (12noon-4pm) December.
Well worth a look at all the brilliant trees.
Feel free to add decorations to our beautiful Community Christmas Tree, situated on the other side of Pets’ Corner away from the cafe.
We’re delighted to announce that North West in Bloom ‘It’s your Neighbourhood’ has awarded outstanding to Longford Park. Check out the results page by clicking here.
Tree Amigos are selling trees from Monday 25th November.
Both events have been cancelled this month due to the adverse weather conditions. Many of the paths in the park are already flooded.
Longford park now has a tiny library fixed to the wall of Firswood Community Centre. Feel free to put any children’s or adults’ books in if you have any.
Please respond to the Ryebank Fields Consultation – closing date 1st November!*
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This charity event for Medical Detection Dogs is taking place on Sunday 27th October at 10.30am. all welcome. Click here to read more about it.
Come along on Sunday afternoon 29th September for coffee, cakes, plant sales, music, talks and more!
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Calendars are £7.50 each or 5 for £35. All profits will go to campaign costs (legal fees, surveys or publicity materials). Please consider purchasing a few extra to gift to others or to task yourself with selling them on for the campaign. Place orders ASAP, the print order closes 27.09.24. Please place your order by sending the number of calendars …
Friends of Longford Park have been pressing Trafford Council for some time on reopening the tennis courts in the Park, which closed at the end of April. The work was originally scheduled to take two months but various delays – including the decision to replace the fencing on three sides, after the resurfacing has been done – mean that the …
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Here are some great ideas to entertain children in Longford Park: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/about-groundwork/get-outdoors-with-groundwork-this-summer
Come and have some cycling fun in Longford Park on Sunday 21st July. There’ll be a cycling parade at 11am, circus skills, ride a unicycle and loads more. Click to see more details.
Calling all young adventurers! Are you ready to join the legendary Robin Hood on a quest filled with laughter, thrills, and a touch of mischief? Gather your friends and family and journey into the heart of Sherwood Forest for an unforgettable outdoor theatre experience!
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Sunday 26 May saw the 20th anniversary Health Walk take place, led as normal by Jean Byrne and Janice Rendel.
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What an achievement for the organisers! All welcome to join this gentle stroll round the park. Click to find out more details.
The GM Walking Festival happens in May every year. This year there are 2 short walks in Longford Park listed in the programme.
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Work is due to start on a scheme to update and improve a number of tennis courts across Trafford.
A total of eight courts will be refurbished as part of Trafford Council’s Pilot Park Tennis Investment and Sustainability programme.
The first two courts to benefit are Longford Park, Stretford, and Ashton Park, Sale. Work is due to start on the two-month long rebuild of Longford Park court on April 29, 2024, and at the Ashton Park court on May 7.
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Join us for fun for all the family at our Spring Open Day Sunday 28 April, 1.30pm-4.30pm We’ll be joined by Andy Simpson from the RHS North West Outreach team who will be giving an interactive talk and demo on Gardening for Wellbeing (talk repeated at 2.30pm and 3.45pm). We’ll also have live music from the wonderful Stretford Uke, and …