26/11/2025
The Tuesday Gardening Group finished for the season by decorating the bandstand with Christmas decorations.
This is the summary from Steve of the tasks that the Gardening group have carried out this year. It is through their hard work that Nuttall Park looks so good all year round. We use some of the donations that you give to the Park through the Tea Room and events that we hold, to purchase plants, tools e.t.c.
The photos of the beds were taken throughout the year, when they were looking their best.
"Our first bluebells flowered this year and we have since added another 500 bulbs in the same area. We also added another 450 snowdrops around the park. Still to plant are the additional daffodils we put in pots and I will order another 500 snowdrops in the green in spring.
Geoff has done wonders with what is now the Pocket Forest. Old herbs removed and ready for planting up next year. Similarly with the Monument Bed which is now ready for a brand new planting scheme next year.
The Phormium Bed has had a low fence added, mulched with chippings and the planting completed.
Kate and David have been weeding and adding plants to the Walkway and Dragon Way all year and that's another part of the park that has gone from nothing at all to a colourful planted area.
The Stumpery as always is spectacular all year.
Michael has completely transformed what we are now calling the Fruit Bed. All the weeds and self seeded plants and trees removed, new fruit plants added, edged with logs and mulched with wood chippings. What was an eyesore is now an integral part of the park.
Graham has been working the Prairie Bed all year and it was at its very best in August and September. We have echinacea and eryngium to add a bit of colour variation next year.
The Jubilee Bed is largely as it was with just a tweak of the planting. The eupatorium is the star plant in there. Next year we will divide and replant the red helenium and add some purple salvia Amistad.
The Butterfly Bed was another spectacular bed this year, Geoff has been adding plants all year and it is better than ever.
The Centre Bed project is slowly getting there. We took the telekia out of the raised bed and put them round the outside of it, added orange helenium (from the Jubilee) and gradually added more plants through the year.
The Fragonard roses that are now in the raised bed have done really well and will be even better next year. At least 37 new plants have gone in this year. We still have to keep on top of the ground elder though.
The wildflower area gave a fantastic display again, thanks to a lot of maintenance by David.
And of course Bill has been doing his thing. This year he has created a brand new area known as the Woodland Nook and also a Hayrick to add to the Bug Hotel and Hibernaculum.
Bill has also carved a compass and noughts and crosses template into fallen tree stumps, Phil has added tree signs and signs for the beds, we have added multiple tons of topsoil and chippings, done constant weeding, watering,
strimming, deadheading and kept paths clear as well as attention to all the other beds as well. All done in all weathers as well. "
