Much to modest to blog it himself, here is Adam with Lawson Park's first prize winner - a red cabbage grown here in the Paddies, that trounced the competition at the recent Coniston and Torver Garden Club Annual Show.

Other successes included green chillis, herbs, runner beans and a cucumber. Sadly our interns' entries (a Battenburg cake in GA colours and a 'landscape' photo) went down rather poorly with the judges. But we love them anyway...

Throughout the afternoon we served up Toge soup, kimchee and sauerkraut all made from this cabbage's cousins to Show visitors, and it was a great success.

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 18:10 GMT

Topics: 'vegetable show'

The Director of Tate pictured here with local dignitaries at our opening on July 10th.

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 16:34 GMT

Topics: 'Tate'

Apologies for an extended blog hiatus due to various webby issues plus the distractions of a final massive push on finishing the Lawson Park buildings - but as if by magic (not) the new Grizedale Arts HQ at Lawson Park was opened to the public on June 25th 09, with an opening speech from broadcaster and Cumbria Tourism Chair Eric Robson.

 

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 18:21 GMT

Topics: 'relaunch'

Lawson Park garden is in the fresh new Yellow Book and featured online here

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 17:16 GMT

Topics: 'open garden'

www.landshare.net is a great idea! With allotment waiting lists massively over-subscribed and people right across the country keener than ever to grow their own fruit and veg, the aim for Landshare is to become a UK wide initiative to make British land more productive and fresh local produce more accessible to all. Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall is supporting it (I wonder if he's sharing his land...!) and it looks to launch early next year. You can register online for updates, as someone who has 'spare' land or is looking for it. Grizedale's Local Food Initiative (currently developing in Coniston) certainly could link-in...

 

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 18:08 GMT

Topics: 'allotments' 'Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'

 

Keen Grizedale blog fans will remember that our builders found a letter from a teenage Sean Garner from 1984 secreted in the wall of Lawson Park from the days when it wasa hostel for Scousers.

Well our message in bottle type response has now come back to reveal that Sean is alive and well with 5 children working his own IT business (him that is not the

children). 

 

 

 

Sent: 15 November 2008 14:01

To: alistair, Grizedale Arts

Subject: RE: [lawsonpark.org] Contact

Hi there Alistair,

 

For me, those days at the Park are a distant memory; but what the

experience did do was bring a rag-tag set of young lads; whom didn't

know each other; together. ...

The only name I remember is Karl Walsh; in fact I recently got

in contact with Karl via FaceBook of all things! Looking a another

social website, Friendsreunited, you will actually see old pictures of

your Park uploaded by a few ex-Riversdale students, if you ever get the

chance may be worth having a look!

For me, it was a great place; I really enjoyed the stay. That said,

nothing changes as only recently a newly formed team of managers of

which I'm apart did a short team building spell in the Brecken Beacons;

again that simple formula works at bringing people together.

When I left Riversdale I had a change of career direction, heading for

the IT industry as opposed to my original path of Merchant sailor.

Entering at the right time, I have enjoyed continual success ever since

and bounced around the planet on business. Now I have my own team of

people whom manage complex and secure networks on a global scale.

However, my true success is in my long standing relationship with my

wife of 18yrs Catherine whom I've known since school and our 5 children!

Guess that's me in a nutshell, a far cry for that over keen individual

whom spelling was obviously a big issue at the time! But did the Park

have any effect; I think so as that short week during my informative

years prepared me for a life time of forming relationships with people

under various circumstances.

Thanks for the invite, I'll let you know if I'm due up there or if I can

justify a team visit to see how they cope in the pitch black :)

Kindest Regards,

Sean

 

Posted by Alistair Hudson
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 12:01 GMT

Topics: 'Lawson Park former residents'

Its amazing how quickly things progress once they get started and the eternal rain stops.. Half the building is now water tight and the first section of underfloor heating has been able to go in with the 'floating' floor on top, the dry stone wallers have been doing a fine job of getting the demolished sections of the building back to their former glory, better in some places, and the cottage windows have arrived ready for installation. Meanwhile work inside progresses as the rooms in the barn start to tke shape, it'll be carpets and curtains before we know it!

Posted by Lisa Stewart
Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 16:47 GMT

Topics: 'Lawson Park' 'progress'

After being almost one of the first things on site, way back in January, our first skylight has been installed today. This is the first small step in creating the formed roof space for the new building, more challenges ahead I think with all the head scratching thats going on.

Posted by Lisa Stewart
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 16:22 GMT

Topics: 'Lawson Park' 'lighting' 'roof'

The sun is shining and the roofers are fixing the first slates onto our new roof, you can't ask for a better start to the week than that!

Posted by Lisa Stewart
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 13:32 GMT

Topics: 'Lawson Park' 'roof' 'slate'

Here's a nice article in the Herald (Glasgow) from shortly before the NGS Garden Open Day.
You can read it as a PDF here....

Posted by Karen Guthrie
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 22:15 GMT

Topics: 'Glasgow Herald' 'media coverage'