Can you spare just a couple of minutes to support Ford Park?

Unearthing a little bit of history... A few weeks ago, a team of dedicated volunteers were busy pulling up brambles to create a new border near the entrance of Ford Park, when they uncovered a rather large and unusual stone buried beneath the undergrowth. Curious about their find, the team reached out to Bob, a local geologist, who quickly confirmed that the stone was no ordinary rock. It’s an erratic, a rock transported and deposited by glacial ice, often originating far fro

Compost is crucial at Ford Park. All the wonderful plants and flowers we have growing in the wall garden and in the park rely on compost. In collaboration with the charity Garden Organic, the compost demonstration site was established in 2023 as a place to teach visitors about how to compost in their own homes. It plays an impactful role in making sure that nothing in Ford Park goes to waste.

🎃 Don’t bin your pumpkin, compost it! Once all the fun of Halloween is over don’t throw away your pumpkins, compost them! Pumpkins break down quickly and add valuable nutrients to your compost heap or garden soil. Simply remove any candles or decorations, chop it up, and pop it in your compost bin, or leave it in a quiet corner of your garden for wildlife to enjoy. Let’s keep pumpkins out of landfill and help our gardens grow!   If you’d like to find out more about how you c