Despite three days of heavy rain and storm damage, our amazing volunteers turned out in force to help keep Didsbury Park safe and looking its best. A huge thank you to everyone who braved the weather, including our young families and the NatWest team - what a wonderful community spirit!

What a busy morning! Our 48 volunteers enjoyed some lovely autumn sunshine as we welcomed Penny and Harley for the first time, planted wildflower seeds, prepared the Poppy Path and tackled plenty of weeding and tidying. A huge thank you to everyone! We also have three lovely events coming up, starting with Saturday's Big Leaf Clean Up.

What a morning! We welcomed 42 volunteers, admired Millie’s wonderful autumn artwork and put the finishing touches to our new flower bed. There’s also a new Didsbury Park electronic game starring Izzy the dog, though I must confess I haven’t managed to catch a single squirrel!

With 47 volunteers in the park, there was plenty happening this week, from tree maintenance and cricket pitch care to planting, weeding and even work on a new “Hedgehog Palace”. Meanwhile, our autumn and Christmas events calendar is filling up nicely!

Once again, we had a great turnout of 41 volunteers on a warm and dry morning in the park. From a major clear-up of the wild flower meadow to weeding, edging, litter picking and path sweeping, there was plenty of fantastic work going on.

There was plenty to celebrate this week, with progress following the summer vandalism, Geoff’s excellent rebuild of our circular bench and an amazing 44 volunteers joining us on a beautiful sunny morning. From litter picking and flower beds to hedge trimming, CCTV and even a fly-tipped children’s cooker, it was another very busy morning in Didsbury Park!

What a morning! We welcomed new faces and old friends among 47 volunteers, who tackled everything from creating our new flower bed and trimming the wild flower meadow to litter picking, gardening and tidying the Poppy Path. Didsbury Park really is a-changing – although, sadly, our volunteers’ song never quite made the charts!

From sunshine last week to some spectacular downpours this week, nothing seems to stop our volunteers! Despite the Bank Holiday weather, 33 people joined us for another brilliant morning of hard work, reunions, goodbyes and plenty of jobs around the park.

I’m delighted to report that Friends of Didsbury Park have made the front page of the Manchester Post, celebrating the opening of our new wildflower meadow. It’s fantastic recognition for six years of hard work by our volunteers and the difference they continue to make in Didsbury Park.

The hot, dry weather has revealed the outlines of Didsbury Park’s Second World War air-raid shelters, offering a fascinating glimpse into the park’s past. Meanwhile, 37 volunteers were busy watering, planting, tidying and caring for the park on another wonderfully productive Monday morning.

From the newly repainted Poppy Bridge to bird boxes, watering, woodland work and giant games for children, it was another wonderfully busy week in Didsbury Park. A huge thank you to all 48 volunteers, including our growing number of young helpers, who made such a tremendous difference.

What an incredibly busy and rewarding week it has been, from preparing for the RHS judges to welcoming 43 volunteers into the park. Thank you to everyone who watered, weeded, litter picked, repaired, planted and helped us achieve so much.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped with extra watering shifts during last week’s heatwave. With the RHS judges arriving on Thursday, our 43 volunteers worked incredibly hard to make sure the park was looking its very best.

Despite a few tired volunteers after England’s World Cup match, we still had a very respectable turnout of 51 this morning. With the RHS judges due in just 10 days, everyone worked incredibly hard watering, weeding, mulching, hedge cutting, litter picking and generally helping the park look its very best.

A memorable day for Didsbury Park as the Lord Mayor officially opened our beautiful new wild flower meadow. Alongside the celebrations, 50 volunteers and corporate teams continued the incredible work that's helping the park look its very best ahead of the RHS judges' visit.

What an amazingly beautiful morning we had in the park today, with blue skies, temperatures climbing and a huge team of volunteers helping us get the wild flower meadow ready for the Lord Mayor’s visit next Monday. A huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard, from weeding and watering to hedge trimming, repairs, litter picking and all the vital behind-the-scenes jobs that keep our Monday mornings running.

It was an amazingly busy morning in the park today as we worked towards two major upcoming events in our calendar. With the wildflower meadow looking stunning, preparations underway for the Lord Mayor’s visit and Britain in Bloom judging, and an incredible 73 volunteers lending a hand, there was a real sense of excitement and community spirit throughout the park.

After five years of hard work, we are delighted to announce that the Lord Mayor of Manchester will formally open our wild flower meadow on 29th June. With 43 volunteers in the park today, plenty of planting, path clearing, mowing, litter picking and yes, of course, the promise of cake, it was another brilliant morning in Didsbury Park.

In record May temperatures we took delivery of nearly 2,000 colourful new summer bedding plants from MCC, so it was all hands to the pumps this morning as 46 volunteers, including a brilliant team from NatWest, helped plant them around the park. The wildflower meadow is also looking beautiful, with ox-eye daisies taking centre stage this year…

On a very hot Bank Holiday Monday, 21 willing volunteers still turned out to help across the park, from watering the Flower Walk to tidying trees, flower beds and the Bird Garden. A huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard in the heat — including our regular families, new volunteer Felix, and all those keeping Didsbury Park looking its best.