Guerrilla gardens close to Perivale Park

Along  Hicks Avenue,  the houses of which back up to the park,  we spotted this wonderfully cheerful little Guerrilla Garden.  Its been there for a while, but is looking particularly cheerful at the moment when Perivale  Park itself is starting to wind down for autumn. It is wonderfully well tended, and whoever looks after it, we want you to know it is appreciated.

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New sandpits and benches.

In these posts in the past I have often referred to the two general areas of the Perivale park sports fields and the Longfield meadows and ponds on the other side of the railway embankment as the “Greater Perivale park“. Now sandwiched nicely between these two is Pear Tree park, which along its northern and western edge is entirely contiguous with Perivale park itself, the eastern edge being bounded by the railway line and the southern edge by the river Brent. So when something new or interesting is found in these general areas, I might find myself describing it as the greater park and its distinct three sections, each with their own character. So today the photos were taken in the greater park, and particularly in the Pear Tree section and the Perivale park pond area.

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A summer’s day (spiral) walk around Northala Fields

Just to the west of  Perivale Park are the Northala fields, a prominent feature of which are the four large mounds. The largest and tallest of these has a spiral (right handed!) path to the top, which we walked today. The flowers on either side of the path were stunning – as was the scent from the thistles, attracting quite a few butterflies as well.

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July 7th: A ‘power hour’ of litter picking in your local green space.

The Conservation Volunteers have recently suggested that a “power hour” Sunday 7th July be spent litter picking. So two of the  Friends of  Perivale Park got out their “power picker”, and visited the site where TCV recently spent about two hours replanting the edge of Coston’s brook. As it happens, not too much litter there!

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Perivale Park Academy.

These notices have appeared around the park recently!

Notice the age group, 2-7. So if you have children/grandchildren that age, consider enrolling them! More details will no doubt follow.

An Ealing Greenspace at the start of its new life as a Park.

Last Friday was the last day of the Perivale Park golf course being open – and now it awaits its new life as an Ealing park.  We strolled around the park and here are a few photos to give a flavour of what it looks like now. The next thing to happen will be the installation of four benches and four litter bins – the locations of which are already being discussed. As things  happen,  I hope to record them here.

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The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) in Perivale Park.

The TCV group organises events around the country and today they came to Perivale Park on a corporate volunteering day with a group of about twenty very enthusiastic people from PwC – and one volunteer dog accompanying  Ben!.  An area of ground on the banks of Costons Brook near to its exit from the culvert in the park had recently been cleared by GEL using an impressive robotic cutting system and it was now ready for replanting.

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Listening to birds.

I am certainly no expert on birdsong, and so have come to rely on technology (and any accompanying expert) to identify birds. Occasionally I will “listen” using the wonderful Merlin Bird ID app. Switched on today sitting on a bench near the largest lake in the Longfield meadows, eight different birds were identified after listening for around four minutes. A little further along the river Brent headed to Greenford another one was identified, making nine in all.

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Diversity in the Park orchard: A 2024 update.

Back in June 2021, a biodiversity survey of the park orchard meadows was carried out for us by Neil Anderson. Since then the meadows have largely been left alone, with no added nutrients and only a minimum of “weeding”. Time I thought to see what changes of three years of being left mostly to their own devices might have induced. Neil very kindly agree to repeat his survey for us and the results are included below.

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2024 – A good year for Daffodils.

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that each new season seems to especially favour some species of flower? This year, it seems to be magnolias, cherries and daffodils that are particularly splendid. Perivale park does not have any magnolias or cherries, but it certainly has a nice display of daffodils in the orchard area – thanks to volunteers who planted them last year.

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