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Public Parks Study Day, 29 March 2025

A Study Day on Public Parks in Britain over Time, 29 March 2025, London The Birkbeck Garden History Group is holding a Study Day to explore changing attitudes to public urban spaces and their evolution from the seventeenth to the
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Sandford Award for Gunnersbury learning team

This report, with very pleasing news, appeared today, 11 October 2024, on BrentfordTW8.com, the local community website. It is posted here with congratulations to the learning team! Gunnersbury Park has joined a range of heritage venues including Windsor Castle and
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Gold London in Bloom Award & Green Flag

Announced today, 16 July 2024, Gunnersbury Park has been awarded Gold by London in Bloom and also the Green Flag Award. The London In Bloom judges consider civic pride and enthusiasm, provision of flowers and plants and overall cleanliness when
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Tree walk with John Wells, Sunday 30 June 2024

Everyone is welcome on this Gunnersbury Tree Walk – John Wells, a long standing member of the Friends, knows the trees in the Park really well and is an affable guide. Meet outside the the Museum at 10.30am next Sunday
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Humanitarian Aid Memorial

No decision has yet been made about the future of this project. With opposition to the proposed site from both Historic England and the Friends the planning officer handling this matter has asked the applicant to liaise with Historic England
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Urban Tree Festival : Mulberries at Gunnersbury 18 May

Tree walk, 2.00-3.30pm, Saturday,18 May Meet outside Gunnersbury Park Museum As part of this year’s Festival mulberry specialist Peter Coles will present the two mulberries in the Park (one a Paper Mulberry) and talk about the introduction of the mulberry
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Community Choice returns

The Gunnersbury Museum & Park Development Trust has once again announced projects for which members of the public can vote. These are described in short films on their website. One scheme would provide bursaries to local schools who would otherwise
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Glen Barnham 1945-2023

We are very sad to report that Glen Barnham died in September at the age of 78. He had been a member of the Gunnersbury Friends’ organisation since at least 1988 and served on the committee from 2018. Long before
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Gunnersbury tree walk, 11am 29 October

John Wells, the tree expert, has been booked by the Ealing Walking Club to do a tree tour in Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, 29 October. The event is free and will start at 11am outside the Museum. It will last
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