The Jubilee Walk Information Board in Barclay Park (2)

Image: © David Hillas Taken: 28 Sep 2019

This photo shows the information board at the west end of Barclay Park and has the following wording: THE JUBILEE WALK Left Column This walkway was created by the Friends of Barclay Park to celebrate and commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. Funding was received from Barclays Bank who donated £1,700 towards this project in honour of the historical link to the park. County Councillor Alan Searing donated £1,000 from the locality budget and Merck, Sharpe and Dohme donated £600, enabling final planting to be purchased. The beds were split into 10 sections. Each section contains: 1 Betula utilis Jaquemontii 3 Cornus alba Siberica 7 Potentilla Red Ace 8 Potentilla Rupestris 30 Geranium Johnson Blue Each section also contains the following spring flowering bulbs: 1000 Anemone St Brigid 1000 Galanthus Nivalis 1000 Anemone Mount Everest 1000 Anemone Ice Maiden 1000 Muscari Armeniacum 1000 Anemone Mr Fokker 1000 Anemone Lord Lieutenant Middle Column Photos are of i) Volunteers planting flowerbeds ii) Trees donated to the park Right Column 345 hours of volunteer labour was provided to create the walkway. 23 Barclays Bank branch managers volunteered a whole day's labour to plant this walkway working alongside Barclay Park volunteer group, the Mayor and consort and the Friends of Barclay Park committee on 19 September 2012, preparing the flowerbeds. On 21 October 2012, members of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th Hoddesdon Brownies and 1st Hoddesdon Guides planted 7,000 snowdrop, anemone and grape hyacinth bulbs. On 5 November 2012, 10 trees were planted by the individual donors listed below. On 30 April 2013, this walkway was completed by seven volunteers from Merck, Sharpe and Dohme. With thanks to individual tree donors: Councillor E.Rowland and Mrs J.Rowland, U3A, Glenys Brown in loving memory of husband David, Mr and Mrs Garside who wanted to donate a tree to Barclay Park, Mark and Mary Wipperman in loving memory of Terry C.Archard, Mark and Mary Wipperman in loving memory of Lois E.Vernon, Mark and Mary Wipperman in loving memory of Margaret C.Hadley Smith (née Wipperman), Mr Tigwell who wanted to donate a tree to Barclay Park, Carol Collett in loving memory of Paul Collett, Ian Collett in loving memory of Paul Collett. "The Barclay Park Jubilee Walk was created for the enjoyment of the local community by staff from Barclays PLC". (Barclays PLC, January 2013)

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