{"id":956225,"date":"2026-05-13T03:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956225\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:55:23","slug":"friends-of-bramley-park-welcome-new-volunteers-as-walled-garden-work-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956225\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Bramley Park welcome new volunteers as walled garden work continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By Wendy Exley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends of Bramley Park is a community group run by volunteers who need more support to help revitalise the walled garden in Bramley Park, off Upper Town Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The walled garden provides an enclosed space of calm, where people can sit and chat, enjoy the plants and wildlife and is a place of sanctuary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to come and join in the fun, any age, (children must be accompanied by a parent\/guardian. No experience is needed, some tools and gloves are provided, or you can bring your own, wear closed toe footwear and comfortable clothing.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000051033-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202497\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Friends of Bramley Park has a core group of committee members, including Councillor Kevin Ritchie (Lab, Bramley &amp; Stanningley) and India Sida-Murray, a local horticulturist, and four active gardeners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The friendly and welcoming group, which works with Leeds Parks Department, wants to enrich the planting in the walled garden to increase diversity and create wildlife habitats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000051025-900x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202498\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested and could spare an hour or two, the group meet up on certain Saturdays 12pm-3pm, (the next gardening day is planned for 11 July) in the walled garden. Dates are announced on their website and Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A plant sale has been arranged for Saturday, 6 June, in Bramley Park at 10am-2pm. Volunteers have been growing and nurturing the plants ready for sale. All funds raised will help to buy more resources and plants for the garden.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on events and dates, <a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofbramleypark.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the Friends\u2019 website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-13.23.42.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191083\"  \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.specsavers.co.uk\/stores\/kirkstall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Wendy Exley Friends of Bramley Park is a community group run by volunteers who need more support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[207298,212555,748,208169,393,255802,4884,1860,16,15,266955],"class_list":{"0":"post-956225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-bramley","9":"tag-bramley-park","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-community-reporters","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-friends-of-bramley-park","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-leeds","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wendy-exley"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116565254579154884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}