A blog of Friends of Wollaton Park volunteering activities in Wollaton Hall.
Walled Garden Summer Festival 5 & 6th July
Read more: Walled Garden Summer Festival 5 & 6th JulyTell all your mates!
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Conservation Session Cancelled
Read more: Conservation Session CancelledDue to the hot weather, tomorrow’s conservation session (June 21) has been canceled. We’ve made this decision on health and safety grounds, as we believe it would be unwise to undertake the activity in these conditions.
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Walled Garden featured in Lenton Times
Read more: Walled Garden featured in Lenton TimesThe Walled Garden is featured in Issue 50 of the Lenton Times.
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Repair Work to Start
Read more: Repair Work to StartUrgent Wollaton Hall repair work to start after £248,000 decision taken.
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Litter Picking
Read more: Litter PickingNew Sunday Litter Picking dates announced.
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Planning Permission Granted
Read more: Planning Permission GrantedThe plans previously reported have been approved.
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Food Chain
Read more: Food ChainWildlife cameras capture the food chain.
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Tackling the Lakeside Invader
Read more: Tackling the Lakeside InvaderThe familiar purple blooms of Rhododendron ponticum might look pretty, but our May volunteer morning was dedicated to their removal from the delicate ecosystem around the lake.
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Small Mammals
Read more: Small MammalsA few more images from our Hedgehog cameras: Fox, Squirrel and Mouse.
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Walled Garden on TV
Read more: Walled Garden on TVNotts TV visited the garden.
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Walled Garden Spring Festival a success!
Read more: Walled Garden Spring Festival a success!More than 1300 visitors over the weekend!
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Badgers
Read more: BadgersWhile the hedgehogs remain shy, these cameras have successfully captured some fantastic images of Badger
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Bothy Planning Permission
Read more: Bothy Planning PermissionThe Wollaton Walled Garden Project has applied for planning permission to restore the bothies.
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Rabbits
Read more: RabbitsThe absence of rabbits in Wollaton Park has long been a curious question, especially given their large population on the nearby University campus. Have we found one?
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Dam Maintenance
Read more: Dam MaintenanceClearing the Dam Bank
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Muntjac
Read more: MuntjacWollaton Park is renowned for its magnificent herds of Red and Fallow Deer. But were you aware that another, that Muntjac Deer also roam the park?
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Archaelogical Dig
Read more: Archaelogical DigAn overhead image of the Harrow Road field shows a square structure. What could it be? Archaeologists are attempting to find out.
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Wollaton Hall Press Release
Read more: Wollaton Hall Press ReleaseThe release covers: Wollaton Hall New Dinosaur Gallery, New Charges for the Hall, Annual Nottingham City Museum Rover Ticket
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Walled Garden Spring Festival
Read more: Walled Garden Spring FestivalThe WG spring festival is on 26/27 April.
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Walled Garden Tours 2025
Read more: Walled Garden Tours 2025Walled Garden tours are starting every Thursday from March 20th Book here
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Nottingham Crocus
Read more: Nottingham CrocusWollaton Park Rangers undertook bracken removal to support the Nottingham Crocus’s growth and natural spread.
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Human Impact
Read more: Human ImpactA volunteer ranger report on the impact of human threats to local wildlife populations.
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Eco Islands
Read more: Eco IslandsWhat are the strange islands in the lake?
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Dead deer, natural causes.
Read more: Dead deer, natural causes.NCC: No cause for concern over dead deer found in a fenced off area in Wollaton Park.
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