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Minutes
Contact Us
Galleries of Park Events
Archived News
History of the Park
Forum
Bristol Parks Forum
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the Webmaster
with questions or comments about this web site.
Arno's Event Diary
2012
May
25/26 May
BioBlitz! at Arno's Vale Cemetery.
BioBlitz is a FREE wildlife event where members of the public can join experts and naturalists in scientific surveys documenting and learning about all the wildlife on their doorstep. This is an excellent opportunity to discover the amazingly rich variety of our local environment. More information about BioBlitz here and here.
July
15th July
Geophys Day
The Brislington Community Archaeology Project have permission to use geophys equipment to explore part of the park where, from aerial photogrpahs, there appear to be subterranean structures - think mini Time Team! APAG are planning to make this into a history day for the park - more details closer to the time.
September
Change to date: Saturday 8 September 2012
Dog Show
The hugely popular Dog Show returns! However, we need volunteers to help out. Please contact the webmaster if you can offer a little of your time to help organise the show.
Proceeds from the last shows paid for the benches: we plan to use the proceeds from this year's to create a picnic area.
Wednesday 12th
Brislington Environment Sub Group meeting 6.30pm - 8pm at St Peters Church (To be confirmed)
Minutes of the last meeting can be found here (.pdf file)
2012
May
25/26 May
BioBlitz! at Arno's Vale Cemetery.
BioBlitz is a FREE wildlife event where members of the public can join experts and naturalists in scientific surveys documenting and learning about all the wildlife on their doorstep. This is an excellent opportunity to discover the amazingly rich variety of our local environment. More information about BioBlitz here and here.
July
15th July
Geophys Day
The Brislington Community Archaeology Project have permission to use geophys equipment to explore part of the park where, from aerial photogrpahs, there appear to be subterranean structures - think mini Time Team! APAG are planning to make this into a history day for the park - more details closer to the time.
September
Change to date: Saturday 8 September 2012
Dog Show
The hugely popular Dog Show returns! However, we need volunteers to help out. Please contact the webmaster if you can offer a little of your time to help organise the show.
Proceeds from the last shows paid for the benches: we plan to use the proceeds from this year's to create a picnic area.
Wednesday 12th
Brislington Environment Sub Group meeting 6.30pm - 8pm at St Peters Church (To be confirmed)
Minutes of the last meeting can be found here (.pdf file)
Welcome!
We are Arno's Park Action Group, a group of locals who love the park, and are constantly trying to improve it. We really want to see as many people as possible spending time in this wonderful open space. We are planning events throughout the year and would love to hear from anybody who would like to join in, or who has an idea for an event.
To find out more about APAG, please do have a look around the site, and come back soon to find out what's happening.
We now have a facebook page - please pop over to APAG and say hello!
We look forward to seeing you at Arno's Court Park very soon.
Feb 2012: Arnos Court Park boundary wall report is now available as a free download from the BCAP website: see here.
On Saturday 12th May 2012 the Community Payback Team installed a further 6 benches into the park. They worked very hard all day, digging holes, measuring and 'testing' the benches. The money for the benches came from the last dog show and now provides seating all around the park, in areas for shade, to get out of the rain and to watch the world go by!
This year will see another dog show and all money raised will be used towards the installation of picnic benches. The picnic area will be on the Bath Road side and is an attempt to give people wanting to avoid dogs the chance to eat their picnic off the ground! It is always a difficult task to keep dogs out of the picnics and this is the dog owners way of helping people to picnic in peace.
A big thanks to all those who came to the last dog show as all the benches around the park have been funded from this money and let us look forward to another great event on 8th September 2012 this year. Also thanks to the Payback Team for their hard work on the installation of all the benches.
Next meetings:
Tues May 15th, 8 pm. If you are interested in coming and aren't already on the mailing list of supporters, please email me for location or to request your addition to the mailing list.
Latest News
New photographs of the 2011 Easter Egg Hunt here.
Park Benches
A big Thank You! to the volunteers and the Community Payback Scheme crew who installed the park benches over the 21st - 22md May. The crew were great, everyone worked very hard, and the benches are fantastic! See here. The benches were paid for with funds raised from the Dog Show 2010.
Big Tree Plant – A city-wide bid for more trees in Bristol
In December 2010 the Government launched a National Tree Planting Campaign the ‘Big Tree Plant’, which aims to plant a million trees over 4 years. The campaign is focused on community based tree planting in streets, school grounds and other publicly accessible green spaces.
The Forest of Avon Trust is working in partnership with TreeBristol (Bristol City Council), the Woodland Trust and Trees for Cities, to prepare a grant bid as part of the Big Tree Plant to increase tree planting across the city. The focus is on areas of lower tree cover and higher deprivation but all areas can be included. The bid is due to be submitted in August so we are on a tight timescale.
We are working with community groups and interested individuals throughout Bristol so get in touch if you want to work with us to increase tree planting in your area - on streets, green spaces or anywhere in your neighbourhood where the public will benefit.
We also require match funding so any suggestions would be welcomed.
For more information please contact Emma Whitaker, Big Tree Plant Bid Co-ordinator at the Forest of Avon Trust on 0117 963 3383 or email Emma.
Tree planting provides many benefits including:
Forest of Avon Trust
The local charity for trees, working closely with communities to get more trees planted and to improve existing woodlands.
More Trees More Action
TreeBristol
Part of Bristol City Council, TreeBristol was established to plant thousands of new trees in the city.
TreeBristol
The Woodland Trust
National charity promoting woodlands and native trees.
Woodland Trust
Trees for Cities
National charity working with local communities on tree planting projects in urban areas
Trees for Cities
Park Benches
A big Thank You! to the volunteers and the Community Payback Scheme crew who installed the park benches over the 21st - 22md May. The crew were great, everyone worked very hard, and the benches are fantastic! See here. The benches were paid for with funds raised from the Dog Show 2010.
Big Tree Plant – A city-wide bid for more trees in Bristol
In December 2010 the Government launched a National Tree Planting Campaign the ‘Big Tree Plant’, which aims to plant a million trees over 4 years. The campaign is focused on community based tree planting in streets, school grounds and other publicly accessible green spaces.
The Forest of Avon Trust is working in partnership with TreeBristol (Bristol City Council), the Woodland Trust and Trees for Cities, to prepare a grant bid as part of the Big Tree Plant to increase tree planting across the city. The focus is on areas of lower tree cover and higher deprivation but all areas can be included. The bid is due to be submitted in August so we are on a tight timescale.
We are working with community groups and interested individuals throughout Bristol so get in touch if you want to work with us to increase tree planting in your area - on streets, green spaces or anywhere in your neighbourhood where the public will benefit.
We also require match funding so any suggestions would be welcomed.
For more information please contact Emma Whitaker, Big Tree Plant Bid Co-ordinator at the Forest of Avon Trust on 0117 963 3383 or email Emma.
Tree planting provides many benefits including:
Well being: They give character and a sense of place and history to our neighbourhoods.
Road safety: Tree-lined streets improve the attention of drivers encouraging slower driving.
Environmental: Trees act as large full time air filters, giving us cleaner air.
Wildlife: Trees are an important food source for birds and they provide homes for a wide-range of wildlife, bringing nature to our doorstep.
Economic benefits: Property values are higher in tree-lined streets compared to similar streets without trees.
Road safety: Tree-lined streets improve the attention of drivers encouraging slower driving.
Environmental: Trees act as large full time air filters, giving us cleaner air.
Wildlife: Trees are an important food source for birds and they provide homes for a wide-range of wildlife, bringing nature to our doorstep.
Economic benefits: Property values are higher in tree-lined streets compared to similar streets without trees.
Forest of Avon Trust
The local charity for trees, working closely with communities to get more trees planted and to improve existing woodlands.
More Trees More Action
TreeBristol
Part of Bristol City Council, TreeBristol was established to plant thousands of new trees in the city.
TreeBristol
The Woodland Trust
National charity promoting woodlands and native trees.
Woodland Trust
Trees for Cities
National charity working with local communities on tree planting projects in urban areas
Trees for Cities