‘To mark this year’s national Tree Dressing weekend, in Gheluvelt Park on Friday 2nd December, we will be sharing in a social celebration of our park trees.
Over the coming weeks we aim to create a community art expression of everyday nature by using the tradition of knitting and french knitting to draw attention to the trees we take for granted.
From October 15th when we celebrate the 5th Birthday of the Pump House based ‘United in Knitting Group’, we will have french knitting ‘dolls’ and wool at the Centre.
From this date onwards we invite young and old, professional and amateur to ‘drop in’ and make a stretch of knitting to create a glade under our favourite Beech Tree in the formal part of the park.
We will honour the tradition of knitting by creating a scrap book of thoughts and memories that everyone involved can add to, sharing their experiences.
The City Council Tree Team will be involved in hanging the knitted creations on December 2nd. All are welcome to watch them scale the trees with harnesses and ropes to hang our creations.



