Valley Gardens Castleford

Valley Gardens is a much loved Park near the centre of Castleford. As a Friends Group we meet every Sunday from 1pm to 3pm. Volunteers are very welcome.

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@JackSpa22813865 Look after yourself Jack

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We have Spring wildflowers in the park as well as all the Spring bulbs.

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Thank you very much @WakefieldCouncil for our lovely new herbaceous bed. We can’t wait to see it grow.

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Hope you all enjoyed Easter 🐣 despite storm ⛈️ Dave. The park volunteers enjoyed Simnel cake made by a volunteer.

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@BlokeFromCas 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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@BlokeFromCas That’s sad your missing one but get some training in for next Sunday.

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We feel like a proper park now as today we had a visit from a @MyWakefield approved Ice Cream Van! 🚐
#parks #icecream #children
#families #sundayafternoon

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@BlokeFromCas Those certain adults have still got their competitive edge we suspect? 🤔

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@BlokeFromCas We believe so? Lower Oxford Street doesn’t seem to get an ice cream van 🚐?

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@CastlefordParkJ All of you were a pleasure to welcome into our park. We hope you all come again.

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We celebrated Mother’s Day in a blustery 💨 park and then retreated to the park pavilion (a members nearby home) for tea and cake. One member made Mother’s Day cards for all the mums in the group and park users too. A lovely afternoon.

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It’s daffodil 🌼 time.

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We planted a community orchard thanks to @theTRUpgrade. Thank you also to the park rangers at @MyWakefield for helping plant them and to Reflections House for making the tree guards.

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Well Christmas Eve is here but before Santa 🎅 arrives we would like to wish all our park volunteers and users a Merry Christmas 🎄 and a Happy New Year 🥳. We will be in the park this Sunday at 12:30pm if you want to join us or say hello 👋

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Happy to have completed the planting of our community orchard. We will have 🍏 🍎, 🍐 and plums. Thank you to Reflections House for fabricating/installing the tree guards and our councillors for their support. All paid for after a #transpenninerouteupgrade grant!

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Love our new play area and markings. Always use the zebra 🦓 crossing folks!

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We’re delighted to have come 🥇prize in the #bloomingreatplaces
#lovewhereyouliveaward2025 Thank you to all those who support us week after week and voted for us too.

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Tonight we will be at the #LoveWhereYouLiveAwards2025 happy to enjoy spending time with each other and all the amazing groups and individuals from our communities. Thank you to all those who voted for us and we will let you know any results as soon as we know.

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@BlokeFromCas Thank you ☺️

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Tonight we will be at the #LoveWhereYouLiveAwards2025 happy to enjoy spending time with each other and all the amazing groups and individuals from our communities. Thank you to all those who voted for us and we will let you know any results as soon as we know.