Victoria Park in 2024 - Panels & Grass
w/e 07 July 2024
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300.

A month by month look at Ilkeston's Victoria Park in 2024 - Part 07 July. If you've been following this monthly series you will already be aware that we usually make the acquaintance of at least one canine and this time our dog encounter was with Maple.

Before bumping into Maple, we had entered the park at the Drummond Road/Bristol Road entrance observing the shrubs and patch of bare earth where flowers were normally to be seen. It would appear that budget restrictions, not only here but all through the borough, have resulted in a drastic reduction in flower displays. Presumably, as in other locations, grass seed will be sown here if it has not already been so.

More shrubs line each side of the pergola but these are not new as they have been there for a long time.

We walked past the pergola and the bandstand noting the trees are now in full leaf and it was just beyond here that we met Maple and her owner.

We walked a little way with them passing the panel giving lots of historical information about the park and turned to walk by the empty flower beds in the central area. These have been levelled and again it looks as though the whole area will soon be grass covered.

We parted company with Maple when we stopped to look at the carpet bed and the adjacent panel. The display is to celebrate 100 years of the Bowling Club and the panel says that there was a "grand opening ceremony for the new bandstand, bowling green and bowls pavilion" on August 1st 1923. The panel also includes two photos from the opening.

Another panel at the end of the Long Border identifies many of the plants in the border ....

.... but it's not always easy to identity them, at least to my untrained eye, from the pictures on the panel.

Before leaving the park we made a short detour to view the bed the we said we'd keep an eye on when it looked ready for planting back in May. Well now it is obvious that it was planted as it is full of wildflowers.

We left the park by the Manners Road/Bristol Road gates where the former flower bed has been transformed into another covered with grass. Back to Part 6 - June 2024 Victoria Park in 2024 Index Part 8 - August 2024 `

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