Kyneton Community Park

Teddy Bear’s Picnic 2012: thanks

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:26:34 +0000

Friends of the Botanical Gardens and the Kyneton Community Park Committee wish to thank the following generous supporters of our Teddy Bear’s Picnic 2012:

Monsieur Pierre
Fergie’s Larder
Instramental Music Kyneton
Pre Loved Pedlar
Buds and Stems
Kaddy’s Café
Amaze N Herbs
Family Videoland Kyneton
Mosaic Artist Kathryn Portelli
Ethic Organics
Purple Sage
Kyneton Office Shop
Kyneton Shoes
Coffee and Collectibles
Kyneton Photography
Pass-the-Parcel
Tanners Toy Box
Collins Kyneton Authorized News Agency
Make a Bear for me
New Leaves Bookshop
Feeling Framed Art Shop
Aesop’s Attic
New Wrap
Kerri’s Bundle of Bears
Kyneton Brass Band (for the music)
Marx Signs (for signwriting)
Debbie McKnight (for being the official teddy judge)
Kyneton Baptist Church (for supplying the trestle tables)
Andrew and Deanna (for supplying the marquee)

Teddy Bears Picnic 2012

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:32:35 +0000

The Friends of the Kyneton Botanical Gardens, along with the Kyneton Community Park, will hold their annual Teddy Bear’s Picnic on Sunday, April 1st at the Kyneton Botanical Gardens.
Prizes will be awarded in 8 Categories – for the Best Overall Teddy, Best Dressed Teddy, Most Loved Teddy, Largest, Smallest, Oldest and Ugliest, and for this year only, Best April Fool’s Teddy. Entry is 50 c per Teddy.
Bring a picnic lunch or enjoy our coffee and sausage sizzle, entertainment and games.

All ages welcome.

Registration is between 10 – 11 am, judging 11 – 12 noon and prizes awarded 12 noon.

Enquiries to Julie Duncan on 03 5422 6126

Pop-up Playground

kate — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:39:30 +0000

UPDATE 4/03/2012: Pop-up playground cancelled for today due to soggy ground. Go and see something at the Kyneton Boots & Roots Music Festival instead.

We’re still working hard to plan and fundraise for a built park, but in the meantime we don’t have to stay home twiddling our thumbs, the Kyneton Botanic Gardens is already a great space for play for young and old. This year we will be organising a series of pop-up playgrounds to tempt you out of the house and get you playing creatively.

When: 4 March 2012 at 11.00 am

Where: Piggery Oval in the arboretum of the Kyneton Botanic Gardens

Bring a picnic basket and a blanket and a few materials to create a pop-up adventure playground.

Things you could bring include: fabric & tarps, boxes & buckets, rope, twine & yarn, wood & poles, tires, tubing, tape, sticks & leaves. Don’t bring anything you can’t take home again: we bring it all on the day and we take it all away on the day. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you would like more ideas about “loose parts” you could bring have a look at Pop-up Adventure Play or Let the Children Play for great play ideas.

Would you like to help out with pop-up playgrounds? We’re asking volunteers to take responsibility for getting things going and ensuring everything is cleaned up one Sunday a year. If you can help please call Kate Clifford on 5422 7368.

Teddy Bears Picnic

kate — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:07:26 +0000

The Kyneton Community Park group will assist the Friends of the Botanic Gardens with the Teddy Bears Picnic on Sunday 1st April from 10am in the Botanic Gardens.

Please join us with your picnic and your teddy for a great day out.

The Kyneton Show

andrew — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:57:04 +0000

Members of the committee and dedicated supporters braved the torrential rain and the mud to meet members of the public with a stand at the popular Kyneton Show on 19 November 2011. The stand showcased photographs and graphics of our ideas and we discussed the latest developments in the planning of the park. Visitor numbers to the stand were a little low due to the weather, but the number of feedback forms filled out and the positive comments were most encouraging. It was great chance to gain more support and gauge responses.

The Kyneton Botanical Gardens

andrew — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:52:21 +0000

There were Fairies in the bottom of the garden… On 27 November the world record attempt for the largest gathering of fairies, organised by local business, Pass the Parcel, was an ideal time for the KCP group members and supporters to socialise in the beautiful Kyneton Botanical Gardens along with their partners and children. Several committee members handed out KCP leaflets and spread the word about the plans for the Community Park. We all enjoyed supporting the Heart Kids charity event in addition to seeing so many hundreds of people taking pleasure in the Gardens in the summer sunshine.

KCP help celebrate Kyneton Historical Society’s 60th Birthday

andrew — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:51:50 +0000

Members of the committee were at the Kyneton Museum on Sunday 9th October to join in the Kyneton Historical Society’s 60th Anniversary celebrations.

The Kyneton Community Park group have been working with the Historical Society on on the ’12 Steps Through Time’ historical pavers which will form part of the Community Park. The pavers are in the design phase at present and visitors to the musem could see a mock-up of the ‘gold’ era paver along with a design theme board showing what the other pavers will have in them. We anticipate the project to be completed early in 2012.

The Kyneton Daffodil Festival Parade

andrew — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:03:19 +0000

Kyneton Community Park participated in the Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival Parade on Sunday 11th September along Mollison Street, Kyneton.

KCP at the Daffodil & Arts Festival

andrew — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:23:56 +0000

Look out for us at this weekend’s Daffodil Parade, Sunday 11th September from 12.30pm, Mollison Street, Kyneton.

Kyneton Botanic Gardens in the Macedon Ranges Weekly

andrew — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:31:31 +0000

Kyneton Botanic Gardens to flourish under new plan