Maidstone Borough Council 7


Heather House Community Garden


Residents in Park Wood can now enjoy a wonderful community garden thanks to a project between local residents, the council and local businesses. Local residents group, Parents is the Word, worked with community garden design company Fleurs de Filles to design the space, and volunteers transformed the area, introducing a sensory garden, a play area for toddlers and a vegetable patch. The garden will be used to hold events and activities for local residents, schools and community groups, as well as being a space for residents to relax and enjoy.


Local businesses including VINCI Construction UK Ltd, Gallaghers and NG Bailey generously provided materials for the project.


The garden was opened by (left to right) Cllr Marion Ring, Jade Webster of Parents is the Word and Cllr Malcolm Greer.


Mote Park events


For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/motepark. To book free events, email moteparkevents@maidstone.gov.uk. Paid for events can be booked by calling the Hazlitt Theatre on 01622 758611.


Get to Know Mote Park Walk (Love Parks Week) 27 July, 9:30-12:30, free


Bat Evening 30 July, 6 & 30 August, 6 & 20 September, £2.50


Mote Park Nature Detectives Woodlands - 5 August, 10-12:30, free


Meadows – 19 August, 10-12:30, free


Treasure Island – Theatre & Workshop 18 August, 15:30 £9.50 adult, £6 concs, £5 workshop


For more information, visit


www.facebook.com/motepark or email alanfrith@maidstone.gov.uk.


Woodland Bushcraft Workshop 24 August, 9:30-15:30, £35


Tales of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny - Theatre 31 August, 17:00 £9.50 adult, £6 concs


Twelfth Night


1 September, 17:00 £9.50 adult, £6 concs


Wild Foods Walk 28 September, 10:30-12:30, £2.50


Cobtree Manor Park


Cobtree Manor Park’s new ‘Maidstone Zoo’ play area is officially open.


Unveiled by Helen Grant MP and Councillor John A. Wilson, Chairman of the Cobtree Manor Estate Charity Committee and Maidstone council’s Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure Services, it includes towers, tunnel slides and wobbly bridges. New circular footpaths, a resurfaced woodland walk, new benches, bins and information boards have also been installed.


A new sculpture trail by local artist Jason Mulligan, and a new visitor centre and café are also planned.


For more information visit www.maidstone.gov.uk/cobtree.


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