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Book Review – London in the Wild
A great little book forwarded by Chris Packham is an accessible and a delightful read. Several authors come together to write a little...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Frieze London and Frieze Masters
What an absolute delight to see the two major art shows go so well in The Regent’s Park. The glittering four day event under the covered...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Black History Month – The Garden Trust
We just wanted to mark the end of Black History Month with something we pick up on Twitter. The Garden Trust posted some images for...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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The Royal Parks Annual Report
We are pleased to share The Royal Parks’ Annual Report and Accounts 2021–22, which can be accessed on TRP’s website by clicking on the...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Great Crested Grebes Bag Top Photo Prize
Haringey resident Andrew Palmer has been crowned the winner of The Royal Parks’ birding photography competition. The winning photo...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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The Floral Tributes; A Pilgrim’s Progress
This is follow-up to a short note I drafted in September for the Royal Parks Guild Bulletin, I was unable to make the long queues for the...
Andrew Warnes
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Kew Mutual Society Improcement – Lecture Programme
We are so pleased to see so many of the Royal Parks Apprentices now at Kew and fully engaged with education and learning through the Kew...
Andrew Warnes
Oct 1, 20221 min read
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Alternative Homage to Her Majesty
Circumstances have meant that I was not able to join the overnight queues to Westminster Hall for HM the late Queen’s lying in state. But...
Andrew Warnes
Oct 1, 20223 min read
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Remembering William John Hepburn
Something from the Archives John Hepburn It is 69 years since the death was announced of William John Hepburn (left), superintendent of...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Racial Equity in Nature
The Guild recognizes that diversity in organisations helps better decisions be made more swiftly. This is due to the diversity of...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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Photo Competition – Win Some Binoculars
The Royal Parks charity enlisting the help of David Lindo (aka The Urban Birder) alongside Tony Duckett (TRP’s Conservation Officer)  to...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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HELP NATURE THRIVE – funding award
New funding award for London’s Royal Parks to help nature thrive The Royal Parks charity announces the start of a new long-term...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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English Heriage Recognising Woman Garden Designer
The Metropolitan Public Gardens Associates unveiled a Blue Plaque for Fanny Rollo Wilkinson. This event was attended by several Guild...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Green-fingered Ryde volunteers dig in at the Co-op
Volunteers and organisations from around Ryde got together on Thursday (19 May) to transform the old flowerbeds around Ryde’s Co-op store...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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Super bloom at the Tower of London, Kensington Gardens and Hampton Court
I have been watching over recent months, and with some interest, the work going on in the moat at the Tower of London. And last week – on...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Something from the Archives
This notice appeared in ‘The People’ on Sunday 29 April 1945. This meant the park reopened on 1 May 1945 – 77 years ago this month....
Andrew Warnes
Jun 9, 20221 min read
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For The Love of Trees Across The World
How we love trees… but the frustrations with caring for trees is shared globally Recently we saw this article posted by Angelia Poon in...
Andrew Warnes
Jun 9, 20223 min read
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Buckingham Palace Sculpture – The Tree of Trees
The ‘Tree of Trees’ sculpture has been designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick and symbolises the planting of more than a million...
Andrew Warnes
May 30, 20221 min read
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Young Person’s Breakfast at the Chelsea Flower Show
Bright and early, on the Friday morning of the famous Chelsea Flower Show, two hundred young people were invited to the show’s ‘Young...
Andrew Warnes
May 25, 20222 min read
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We Do Like A Visit
The day at Richmond Park started at the Holly Lodge Centre, took a stroll to nearby Two Storm Wood then retired to Pembroke Lodge for a...
Andrew Warnes
May 11, 20222 min read
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