Tidy-up sessions for July and August

Friends of Marie Louise Gardens June 18, 2021 0 Comments

Sat 10th July 11.00am Wed 28th July 6.00pm Sat 14th Aug 11.00am Wed 25th Aug 6.00pm

Summer Tidy-up sessions.

Friends of Marie Louise Gardens June 1, 2021 0 Comments

Now June is here the gardens are coming into their full summer glory. if you want to help maintain our 'hidden gem' the next two work sessions will be on Wed 9th at 6.00pm and Saturday 26th June at 11.00am., meeting at the park shelter. you're welcome to do as much or as little as you like and enjoy helping to keep our park looking beautiful! Please also look on our Facebook page for more...

Tidy-up Sessions to resume

Friends of Marie Louise Gardens August 14, 2020 0 Comments

Our tidy-up dates for the next 5 months are now scheduled. The first is Saturday 15 August. We'll be meeting outside the shelter at 11.00 am and sprucing things up for a couple of hours - sweeping the paths and picking up deadwood. If time allows, we'll also mulch some of our trees and shrubs. Marie Louise will finally receive some much-needed TLC! New helpers welcome...the more the merrier! The...

Website Updated!

Friends of Marie Louise Gardens February 14, 2020 0 Comments

You may have noticed that the website design has been updated. It should include all the information you need to find out about 'West Didsbury's Hidden Gem', including finding our location, membership options, a history of the gardens and a contact form. Please let us know what you think. Gradual additions and improvements will be taking place over the near future including links to the original...

The Friends of Marie Louise Gardens

The Friends of Marie Louise Gardens1 week ago

TODAY'S TIDY UP IS CANCELLED

Unfortunately, because of the appalling weather, we have had to postpone this evening's tidy-up. We will re-schedule it as soon as possible, so please watch this space.

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The Friends of Marie Louise Gardens1 week ago

Tree of the Month
The Gardens are home to a fine collection of trees, including many rare species. However, we thought we might start this series with our National Tree, the English Oak or Quercus robur. Groves of such trees were sacred to the Druids long before the Romans arrived in these islands about 2000 years ago, and the word Druid may well derive from the Gaelic for oak, and mean “men of the oaks.” Subsequently, for centuries they provided the “heart of oak” of which the navy’s ships were built in the age of sail. Individually, perhaps the most famous oak is the “Royal Oak” at Boscobel House in Shropshire, in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, and which is commemorated to this day in the name of numerous pubs, including one in Didsbury Village.
The specimen shown is number 20 on our Tree Trail, and is situated to the right of the path leading from the round bed in the centre of the gardens roughly northward towards the shelter.
Watch this space for some of our rarer specimens!

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