The Committee of the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens presented their Annual Report for the financial year 2023/24 at the Annual General Meeting in July 2024.
The 9-page document aims to provide an easy-to-read, illustrated snap-shot of the work of the Friends.
We are pleased to announce that we are holding our second Dog Show as part of our Pinner Picnic event on Sunday 2nd June 2024 in Pinner Village Gardens park.
Like last year we expect keen interest so please do not leave it too late to register for the Dog Show.
Registration 12noon – 2pm. Judging starts at 2.30pm
Registration will be at the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens stall (near other stalls).The show ring is near the Rose Circle’
1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category will all be awarded rosettes. Judging will again be by Fauna Vets of Northwood who are donating prizes for those awarded 1st places and treats for all dog entrants.
Entry: £5 per dog for as many categories as you wish and are eligible. £3 per dog for a single category. Any surplus funds, after the Friends event costs, go towards maintaining the park.
With the exception of the Puppy category, dogs of any age may enter the other four categories. Puppies can enter all five. There is a category specifically for young dog handlers under 16 years of age.
Dogs placed 1st and 2nd in the 5 categories will automatically be entered in the People’s Choice finale – which will no doubt produce an interesting result.
The categories are:
Dog on leads please – except when it is your dog’s turn to respond to command ‘sit & come’. Long leads also encouraged.
The Friends of Pinner Village Gardens are all looking forward to the Coronation Event and Picnic and hope you are too. For further information on the overall event, please see our announcement below…
Following the very successful Coronation Picnic Party, by public request the Friends of PVG are running a similar event – Pinner Picnic in the park on Sunday 2nd June 2024, 12noon – 4pm. The free to enter event, invites people to bring-your-own-picnic to Pinner Village Gardens park. There will be music, children’s rides, food stalls and pond dipping. There will again be the very popular fun dog show.
It was a very busy Autumn and Winter for the volunteers of the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens. This 6 page Newsletter gives at taste of all the activity. Remember more hands make lighter work – we are always happy to welcome new volunteers.
A government grant from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is helping to support a new event – Pinner Picnic 2024 – being organised by the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens. It will help to cover the costs of posters and banners.
The Committee of the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens presented their Annual Report for the financial year 2022/23 at the Annual General Meeting in July 2023.
The Annual Report continues the style introduced with the Spring 2023 newsletter.
The 8-page document aims to provide an easy-to-read, illustrated snap-shot of the work of the Friends.
A special Coronation Picnic Party & dog show newsletter has been published by the Friends of Pinner Village Gardens to record this fun event as part of a historic weekend.
What it cannot show you is the hours of planning by the volunteers that went into making it a success before and after the event. The party is not over until the clearing-up is done.
There are lots of photos – you may see yourself or your dog – but we cannot include everyone.
It was a great surprise that King’s representative for Greater London Deputy Lieutenant Simon Ovens attended to deliver a message from King Charles III, and accompanied the then Mayor of Harrow Councillor Janet Mote.
This is the first edition of the new Newsletter for Friends of Pinner Village Gardens.
This Spring 2023 edition looks forward to an exclusive visit to see rare, historic, fragile botanic books and to our Coronation Event & Picnic Party on Sunday 7 May 2023, gardening tips for Spring into Summer, and a brief look at the past very cold Winter.
It also includes an exclusive opportunity to visit to the rare & historic books section of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Library in central London.
Very few people get this opportunity to go behind the scenes into this strictly controlled, secure, climate-controlled library area.
For these reasons, this opportunity is initially only being offered to Life Members and those who have renewed their Annual subscriptions (individual and family).
Tickets are £10 per person, limited to a maximum of two. The visit is Tuesday 13 June 2023. More details are in the Newsletter or contact us.
We are very privileged to be given this opportunity by the RHS Library and delighted that they are supporting the work of the Friends of PVG in the park.
In future, this quarterly Newsletter will only be emailed to Life Members and those with current paid Annual subscriptions. This is to give our subscribers the first opportunity to join special visits, talks, or training sessions we plan to run. Some four weeks later we will publish it on this website.
We are pleased to announce that we are holding our first Dog Show as part of our Coronation Picnic Fun Event on Sunday 7th May in Pinner Village Gardens.
Registration will take place in the park for the Dog Show between 12 pm and 2 pm, it’s important to come on time for this as there is keen interest. Judging will commence at 2:30 pm.
1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category will be awarded rosettes and all entrants will be sent a certificate.
Entry is £1 per dog per category with funds raised going towards maintaining the park.
The fun categories are:
The Friends of Pinner Village Gardens are all looking forward to the Coronation Event and Picnic and hope you are too. For further information on the overall event, please see our announcement here.
The Friends of Pinner Village Gardens are finalising plans for the Coronation Picnic and Fun Event on Sunday 7 May.
The event will take place from 12 noon to 4 pm. There will be live music including Harrow Steel Band, children’s rides, stalls, and food.
Understanding nature pond dipping will take place around 1.30 pm.
The Dog Show takes place at 2.30 pm and includes fun categories such as ‘Most Regal Promenade’ where the handler must be in royal fancy dress, but not the dog.
To take part in the Dog Show register in the park before 2 pm, £1 per category. Other Categories are: Old Grey Whisker Test for dogs over 9 years; Be Good sit, down, stay adult dogs; Happy Puppy under 1 year; and the ‘Waggiest Tail’ for all.
There will be stalls and local trades participating for a donation towards the upkeep of Pinner Village Gardens. The Friends of Pinner Village Gardens need to raise about £4,000 a year to keep the park looking lovely. The Friends welcome donations of any size to help this work.
To volunteer for the event, apply to host a stall or if you have any questions Contact the Friends via our contact form here. Get your picnic packed for Sunday 7 May!
