We’re celebrating National Allotments Week by working with young people across Newcastle to help take care of pollinators whilst gardening.
Campaigns and Initiatives
Love Parks Week 2022
This week is Keep Britain Tidy’s #LoveParks Week and we’re asking you to #LoveNotLitter the city’s green spaces over the busy summer months. We’re committed to making the parks weContinue reading “Love Parks Week 2022”
No Mow May 2022
This month we’re supporting Plantlife’s annual ‘No Mow May’ campaign to combat a decline in global biodiversity by helping to protect pollinator habitats across the region.
Celebrating Blossom Watch Day in Exhibition Park
Today (Saturday 23 April) as part of Blossom Watch Day we are celebrating the beauty of blossom within our city’s green spaces, with the official opening of our blossom circle in Exhibition Park.
World Mental Health Day 2021: How nature and green spaces can improve our mental health
To mark World Mental Health Day 2021, we’re looking at the increasing role parks, allotments, and green spaces play in supporting our mental health and wellbeing.
Blossom Together comes to Exhibition Park
we’re proud to share the news that Exhibition Park will be one of the first sites outside London to take part in the Blossom Together project.
Plant an Acre with Traidcraft Exchange and Urban Green Newcastle
Today (22nd April) we marked Earth Day by planting the first tree in Traidcraft Exchange’s new Plant an Acre initiative, a projects which aims to see many thousands of trees planted across the UK and Tanzania.
New initiative helps you to Take Ten Minutes in our parks
Take Ten Minutes, a new free-to-use guided meditation service is being trialled in our parks, to encourage people to engage in guided walking meditations to help improve their mental wellbeing.