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A brief history of Parc Cefn Onn
Since forming, the Friends have been collecting historical information in order to produce a history booklet in 2018/19 to capture the fascinating story before it is lost in the mists of time. Whilst we are working on this booklet and … Continue reading
Upper park tree labelling complete
The Friends have now installed all the labels on the special trees in the upper park. These labels were funded by a special grant from Cardiff Council.
When snow fell all around…
Just when the weather was beginning to warm up, the recent double cold spells have confused the new flower shoots that had just started to protrude from the soil. The park was full of people making the most of the … Continue reading
Heritage Lottery funding update
Following a briefing from Cardiff Council we know have start dates for the Heritage lottery grant work: Car park toilets & office work will start inn April 2018. The Main pond clean out & bank stabilization will start in the … Continue reading
Early funding in 2018
We have had a brilliant start to 2018. The Friends have secured the following grants /donations: From Cardiff Council funding for provision of labels for the special trees in the upper park and for some wild flower seeds for a … Continue reading
December 2017 Workday
Volunteers were busy at our last Workday of 2017 planting over 600 British Bluebells, removing brambles, and coppicing over 100 ash tree samplings to let light into the area near the lower pond. We always have refreshments but seasonal mince … Continue reading
Herritage Lotter Grant work to commence
During 2016 Cefn Onn was awarded a substantial lottery grant to make some significant improvements to facilities and access for all – see our noticeboard in the Park entrance for more detail. Work is planned to commence this Spring.
Spring has arrived in the Park
It is always great to welcome Spring into Cefn Onn! We have (carefully) spring cleaned the mural and the Formosan Cherry (a species of cherry native to Japan, Vietnam, China and Taiwan ) is one of our early bloomers.
Website back up and running!
Dear all. Sorry our Friends of Cefn Onn website has not been updated at all during 2016. This has been extremely frustrating. Despite us taking many precautions it was hacked and this prevented us from being able to access it … Continue reading
Do you know anything about the mystery bench?
As you may have read, the Friends Group are looking into re-vamping the heavily silted pond in the lower section of the park. We have already commissioned an environmental survey to discover what its ecological and educational potential is. One … Continue reading