The recent cold weather brought some further snow overnight which covered Little Dene Park, High West Jesmond this morning.

These images taken today may suggest that Spring came to Little Dene Park a little too early.

The spring flowers that you can see peeking out above the snow are from spring flowering bulbs which have been planted in Little Dene Park by the Lending a Hand volunteers, which is part of the FOVALD community group.

Friends of the Valley, Little Dene and Little Dene Park (FOVALD)

The Friends of the Valley, Little Dene and Little Dene Park (FOVALD) was established to manage, maintain and protect the open spaces in High West Jesmond known as The Valley, Little Dene and Little Dene Park.

FOVALD caring for our green spaces

FOVALD (Friends of the Valley, Little Dene and Little Dene Park) is a small voluntary organisation based in High West Jesmond.

They have adopted the Valley from the City Council and  Little Dene Park from the City’s Freemen (it is part of the Town Moor).

FOVALD also look after the original Little Dene as a nature resource.

On Tuesday mornings, FOVALD organise’s a group called Lending a Hand that does the maintenance & improvement work on the green spaces in this part of High West Jesmond, as well as keeping all the other verges and paths in the area tidy.

Many thanks to FOVALD and to the Lending a Hand group for their ongoing work to enhance our community green spaces.