Category: Gladstone Flowers

Bangabandhu Centenary Peace Grove 100 trees bringing Spring & Autumn Colour

 The Bangladesh High Commission, supported by members of the local community have provided 100 new trees being planted in the south west corner of the park.  They are to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Bangabandhu “The Friend of Bengal”, the founding President of Bangladesh, as well as 50 years of the independence of Bangladesh. 

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The trees have been chosen to elongate the seasons providing spring interest with magnolia, cherry, crabapple and amelanchier blossom, golden summer flowers from the tulip and golden rain trees, brilliantly coloured autumn leaves from liquidambars, parrotias and nyssas along with winter bark interest from the birches and cherries.


And the British natives, bird cherry and wild service trees add even more blossom and fruit.  The bees and birds will not go hungry.
Walkers in the park will no doubt be enjoying the blossom already blooming with much more to come.

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Thank you Councillor Parvez Ahmed for being the inspiration behind this colourful and exciting project. 

Rose donations: Thank You!

The Friends of Gladstone Park would like to thank all those who donated roses for the park.  We achieved our aim and more and were able to buy 89 new roses, a magnificent achievement.

Some bought roses for themselves, some were given as gifts and many bought them in memory of loved ones.

Sadly the two events to thank those who donated roses have had to be cancelled but we hope to go ahead with them as soon as it is safe to do so.

The roses chosen are below.  I was informed that the new roses will be settling in during the first year and will bloom, but that they will be at their best from 2021!

  • Our Beth
  • Margaret Merril
  • Leah Tutu
  • Rose de Rescht
  • City of York
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • New Dawn
  • Comte de Chambord
  • Dublin Bay
  • Macmillan Nurse
  • Mum in a Million

Any queries, please email Gladstone Flowers.

Good News: 100 Cherry Trees for Gladstone Park

Gladstone Park has been chosen by Brent Council to receive 100 of the 6,500 Sakura cherry trees donated by the Japan-British Society though the
the Sakura Cherry Tree Project to celebrate the friendship between Japan and Britain.  The first trees planted were in Regent’s Park in late November 2019 at a ceremony much heralded by local BBC news.

The park’s trees will arrive in autumn 2020 and will be planted along the path from the children’s playground down towards the railway line.  Planting is to be a community effort and it is hoped that people will turn up to help.

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In Japan the cherry tree blossom is called Sakura.  Apparently businesses vary their trading hours to give staff the time to enjoy and picnic under the blossoms.  Spiritually it is a symbol of the shortness and beauty of life, a sentiment tied to the Buddhist roots of Japan.

The trees are being planted all over the UK from Guernsey to Orkney.  Our trees are being grown in the UK and will be 2-3  years old when they arrive.

Wildlife Hedge Planting

Find out the latest news about our wildlife hedge planting along the railway line.

Following up on previous effort, and for the second year running, local people pitched up on a cold February morning to plant phase 3 of a wildlife hedge along the railway line that bisects the park.

The Friends of Gladstone Park won a grant from the Tesco Plastic Bags scheme which enabled us to carry out this work.

We planted part of the north side this time, having completed the south side and planted 123m in just one morning.  As it was a weekend event we used Sunday to maintain the southern hedge.

Hedge March 2020 | Friends of Gladstone Park

London In Bloom Gold Awards

Gladstone Park won a Gold in the Walled Garden category in London in Bloom for the third time in a row.  The Gladstone Gardening Group, along with Veolia, have worked hard to achieve this, renovating the north bed and terrace beds and also the rose beds which have been pruned, fed and mulched.

Gladstone Park also won a Gold in the Large Parks category, in part due to local community involvement.  

People have turned up to help with the monthly litter picks organised throughout the spring and summer; at the planting of 440m of British native hedge plants along the railway line; at the weekly gardening group which regularly has over 12 enthusiasts working each Wednesday and at the copse where hazels were coppiced and dead hedges created to delineate pathways.

Walks and talks on birds, trees, lichens and mosses, nature and bats have been well attended.

Donate a rose to Gladstone Park

Donate a rose for Gladstone Park.

The Friends of Gladstone Park have chosen roses to plant in the rose beds by the walled garden. The selection of roses was made with the help of experts from Peter Beales Roses. All are known for their long flowering period and will be planted over the winter by the Gladstone Gardening Group and Veolia. Here are the roses chosen.

  • Rose de Rescht
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Our Beth
  • New Dawn
  • Mum in a Million
  • Comte de Chambord
  • Dublin Bay
  • Leah Tutu
  • Macmillan Nurse
  • Margaret Merril
  • City of York

Cost of each rose: £16

Donations can be made until 15th January 2020.

A donation of £16 for each rose can be made using the following methods. Bank transfers and cheques to be made to Friends of Gladstone Park.

Buy a rose as a gift or in memory of a loved one

You can buy a rose as a gift or in memory of a loved one. To proceed, pay as detailed below. Then, please choose one of the following options:
– As a gift, please email Gladstone Flowers with your address and a gift card will be sent for you to give to your recipient.
– In Memoriam: Email Gladstone Flowers if you wish to include the name of the loved one on any information published by FOGP.

  • Paypal

  • Bank transfer to 25079268 sort code: 30-94-81
  • Cheque to The Treasurer, please email for details.

All those who have bought a rose will be invited to a thank you ceremony with the Mayor at the walled garden in the Spring. Invitations will be sent out by email so make sure you provide it when donating by bank transfer or cheque.

Thank you.  

Any queries, please contact gladstoneflowersNW @ gmail . com.