Latest Friends’ News, Park Diary, Walks, Courses and What to See in Isabella Plantation in July and August
Wendy Macaulay
A tribute to Wendy Macaulay
Douglas Reynolds MBE 1920-2017
A tribute to Doug Reynolds
Lady Parachutist lands in Park
Miss Sylva Boyden, the ‘famous English airgirl’ lands in Richmond Park in 1919
Thames Water £40,000 donation
Friends of Richmond Park (FRP) and Friends of the River Crane Environment (FORCE) will each receive half of the money to spend on community projects,
Family Invertebrate Project
Families! Become Ant Ambassadors and help carry out lottery-funded research into Richmond Park’s ancient ant hills – home of the yellow meadow ant.
Isabella Plantation Trail and Picnic
There were few butterflies and insects to be seen in the Isabella so our families followed a trail of clues around the Plantation instead
Park Life – a new book
John Bartram (the Park’s gamekeeper who retired after 40 years) publishes his book ‘Park Life, The memoirs of a Royal Parks Gamekeeper’ on 13 July.
Bugs and Butterflies Trail
25 June – Discoverers’ Summer Bugs and Butterflies Trail and
Royal Parks Free Exhibition
27 July – 11 August, 2017 exhibition at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1 shows how London’s Royal Parks have evolved over the past 500 years.