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David Hockney Exhibition - Private View
Tuesday 28th April, 6pm - 7pm -
Tour of the Hyde Park Nursery
Thursday 7th May, 6pm -
AGM Hyde Park Learning Centre at The Look Out
Wednesday 8th July, 6pm
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Newsletters include the latest news and items from the Friends relating to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, which may be of interest to Members. The Annual Review provides further news on developments within the Parks and Friends events.
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The government reopened the consultation process with a closing date of December 19th as there had, previously, been an underestimate of the potential noise levels over Central London.
Rob Dowling
We will be very sorry indeed to say goodbye to Robert Dowling at the end of January. After 13 amazing years in Hyde Park he has been enticed away to set up and run Al Bidda Park, an exciting project in Doha, Qater.
Amongst the millions of human visitors to Winter Wonderland there was another very rare small feathered visitor.
Rides at Winter Wonderland
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We congratulate all of the team at IMG for winning the contract to stage Winter Wonderland for the next six years.
Ice Kingdom, Winter Wonderland
The Friends had a generous invitation to Winter Wonderland thanks to Suzy Griffiths, who is Head of hospitality at this event. A group of 28 Friends met at the Crystal Lounge (the V.I.P entertaining area) for mulled wine, hot chocolate and mince pies. This was followed by a tour, some rides, a visit to the Ice Kingdom and finished up with the Cinderella Ice Ballet. Cathy I’Anson, a member of FriendsHPKG describes the eventful afternoon ….
Autumn bedding planting was completed on Thursday 26th October and the Rose Garden at the Hyde Park Corner end looked magnificent. Only two days later on Saturday morning 28th Oct it was obvious that about 40 plants had been stolen from that area, some time either during the night or very early in the morning, leaving large gaps.
At the Stables
A beautiful warm and sunny summer’s day in mid-July, the scent of hay, the sounds of horses’ hooves on cobbles coupled with the odd contented whinny, followed by refreshments in a country-style garden with an abundance of beautiful wild flowers. Where were 12 lucky Friends on 18 July?
