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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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This popular event which took place at the Will to Win Tennis Centre, by kind permission of Steve Riley, was blessed with a sunny evening, enthusiastic attendees and keen competition for the bowls championship.
Friends awaiting to descend ..
The chilly weather did not deter the group of Friends who had signed up for a rare and privileged opportunity to explore the structural underpinnings of the famous landmark.
For a city with 8 million inhabitants, London is blessed with an enormous amount of green space, in fact probably more than any other city of its size in the world. Plans are underway for London to become the world’s first urban National Park and the campaign is gathering momentum.
FHPKG committee member Simon Walton is following developments and will report back in more detail over the coming months.
Cars in the rally
Sunday 2 November saw the start of the annual London to Brighton car rally.
The Royal Parks have been successful in applying for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) for the Brompton Cemetery Conservation Project.
Serpentine Pavillion: This year’s design by Chilean architect Smiljan Radic resembles a space pod, or maybe a puff ball, which glows at night.
Photo by Gillian Hardy, one of the Friends attending the tour.
The numerous Friends who enthusiastically signed up for the first of the Spring/Summer 2014 Events programme were not to be disappointed.
