Hyde Park Community Orchard video

July 2, 2012 by operationfarm

Take a look at this fantastic video tracking the improvements made to the Hyde Park Community Orchard, overseen by Operation Farm.

And there’s this:

Wednesday 11th July 1.30-3pm Launch of Hyde Park Community Orchard
The event has been organised so that local schools and other volunteers who have been involved in planting or making the artworks can come and celebrate completion of the new features. There will be refreshments and cakes, kids’ activities and tours of the orchard. The Mayor will be present to declare the orchard open so we are hoping for some real summer weather!
Please RSVP if you’d like to attend here http://hyde-park-community-orchard.eventbrite.com/

Credits for the film:
Project manager: Anna Seward, Operation Farm
Project administrator: Rachel Summerscales, Operation Farm
Community Artists: Richard Dawson, Jacqui Symons, Ann Gilligan & Lesley Bardsley
Additional facilitation: Martin Proffitt,(Proffits CIC)  Jonathan Wells, (Groundwork UK)
Local authority liaison and co-ordination: Debs Kaufmann and Andy Brennan, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Special thanks to:
Alison Shockledge and all the staff and trainees at the Park Cafe,
Pupils and staff from Flowery Field Primary School, Oakfield Primary School, Oakdale Primary School and Godley Primary School.
Also, Hyde Tech young carer’s group, The art group at Grafton House, Christianne Garbett and students from Tameside College.
And Councillor Philip Fitzpatrick, all at Operation Farm, and Hyde District Assembly for additional support.

Funding:
The video and the recent orchard improvements were funded through Groundwork UK  and the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Spaces programme
The orchard was planted in 2010 with support of a Connecting Communities Grant from Hyde District Assembly

Film:
Camera work and editing:Boz Hayward and Phil Korbel
Music: Boz Hayward/ Brian Tibby
Photography: Dave Gee, Muoo Photography &  Boz Hayward/ Phil Korbel

Disclamier: MCFly knows a few of the people involved in this socially. If it had been bobbins rather than fantastic, we might have kept schtum rather than go for the jugular.