Picture your love for Mote Park
Do you love Mote Park? Do you enjoy taking photos? If this sounds like you, then we’d love to see your images! Enter the Mote Park Photography Contest 2013.
Mote Park events
All events are free unless stated. For chargeable events, please book through the Hazlitt Theatre on 01622 758611. For other bookable events please email
moteparkevents@maidstone.gov.uk.
Monday 29 April, 9:30am-3:30pm Introduction to Birdwatching £28 Classroom and field activities.
Saturday 4 May, 9:30am-12pm Mote Park Spring Wildlife Watch
A seasonal wildlife walk around Mote Park.
Friday 10 May, 9:30am-3:30pm Bird Song Study Day £28 Classroom and field activities.
Saturday 11 May, 10:30am- 12:30pm Wild Foods Walk with Carol £2.50 Foraging for wild foods with our local bushcraft expert.
Saturday 11 May, 2pm til late Bat Walk Leader’s Training £40 - adults only. An introduction to bats and their conservation, followed by a bat walk.
Monday 27 May, 9:30am-12:30pm River Len Safari £6 Guided walk along the riverbank and guided row around the lake courtesy of the Mote Park water sports centre.
Thursday 30 May, 7-9pm The Ecology of Mote Park Discover how every plant, tree and animal plays its part in the day to day life of Mote Park.
Saturday 15 June, 12-4pm Teddy Bears’ Picnic Family fun for the little ones (free but some activities may be charged) No booking necessary.
Thursday 20 June, 6.30pm-9pm The History of Mote Park Guided walk explores the hidden history of Mote Park.
Tuesday 9 July Lakeside theatre - Richard III £9.50 Adults, £6 concessions.
For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/motepark or email
alanfrith@maidstone.gov.uk.
Join the fellowship
New volunteers are needed to join the Mote Park Fellowship. It is a group of volunteers who give up their time to help restore and enhance the park.
Volunteers can work in the park to create wildlife habitats, deliver events or improve facilities. There’s no shortage of work for hands on volunteers in the park but we also need others with expertise to help set up a
charitable trust to secure new funding for the park.
If you’re interested, come along to the open day at Maidstone Leisure Centre on 27 April. There will be a presentation at 10am followed by tea and cakes and then a guided walk around Mote Park finishing at 1:30pm. Visit
www.facebook.com/motepark for more details, or email
alanfrith@maidstone.gov.uk
Your photo could
WIN A £250
giftcard to spend at
The competition is free to enter, open to everyone*. Images can depict any aspect of life in Mote Park from scenic views, dramatic landscapes and striking wildlife to family days out, fun activities and everything in between. The competition will run on a monthly basis and entries will be available to view on the Mote Park Facebook page. Two heat winners each month will go on to compete in the Grand Final of the competition, with one photographer being named overall winner for 2013.
How to enter
Simply send your entries via email to
moteparkphotos@maidstone.gov.uk with your name and contact telephone number; each month’s heat closes on the last day of the month, with the final deadline Saturday 31 August. Entries are limited to two photos per person per month and any photos received after the deadline will be entered into the following month’s competition. Entries will be available to view at
www.facebook.com/ motepark. Submission is by email only – any works uploaded directly on to the Facebook page will not be valid. Good luck!
Terms and Conditions
All images must be taken in Mote Park and must be your own work. By emailing your photos, you give permission for Maidstone Borough Council to reproduce your images in publicity and promotional material and to be displayed on the Mote Park Facebook page. Maidstone Borough Council will assume that any persons shown in photos have given their full permission for their image to be included in such material. Heat winners will be chosen by a peoples’ vote on the Mote Park Facebook page and by an invited Guest Judge or representative of Maidstone Borough Council. The decision of the judging panel is final and discussion will not be entered into.
* The competition is not open to employees of Maidstone Borough Council
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