What A Great Success

The Family Picnic Day turned out to be a great success

We had a lovely day on Sunday and upwards of 80 people from not only the estate where we live but also from the surrounding areas came down for a picnic. The day was always going to be about families getting together and having a picnic and not a fete. We did however have some activities on offer , one of them being face painting. This always goes down well with the younger children and it was great to see so many butterflies, tigers, and pirates running around the green.

I know that we have a good number of mammals living in the green space but this cuddly bear was something I have not seen on the green before. The thing was that it had a familiar look about it, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The kids loved it and it turned out to be quite friendly.

The theme of the day was definitely all about bears. Here you can see the friendly bear listening to a story about a family going on a bear hunt...

We are also lucky to have a member of the Great Britain welly wanging squad living on our estate. He was able to pass on all his years of experience to the welly wangers and we had some quite impressive wangs.

The great success for me and all of the rest of the green space group , was to see so many people sitting around enjoying a picnic with their families and having a good laugh.

We managed to raise quite a nice sum which will go straight back into the green in the way of plants. I would also like to pass on the groups thanks to Kath from the Bournville Village Trust, who supported us with many of the nature prizes, Birse Civils and Ironstone Management Services who provided us with portable toilet and goody bags and Wiggly Wigglers who helped us with more goody bags and wildflower seed.

A big thank you to you all.

Oh and one last thing I'm sure that you all would like to join with me in thanking Rev Steve (our community vicar) for his wonderful rendition of the Bear necessities....it was inspirational, it made me want to get my bongos out and join in with him. This rounded off the whole event and everybody left with a smile on their faces.