The People’s Garden: Volunteer Diary 

Bumper Harvest: 2025 as a Mast Year

The People’s Garden – repair and maintenance by volunteers

What’s living in our lakes?

The People’s Garden – Repair and Maintenance

Celebrating World Wetlands Day

At Birkenhead Park we have three beautiful freshwater lakes: Upper Lake, Lower Lake, and the Figure Eight Lake. These lakes provide an oasis for wildlife amidst urban surroundings.

Winter at Edward Kemp Community Garden

After a Summer of extreme heat and lots of rain which meant a bumper crop of apples, tomatoes and chillies, the Edward Kemp Community Garden is now starting to prepare for Winter.

Birkenhead Park’s pollinator beds

Let’s bee friends! This Spring, you’ll see new pollinator beds growing in your lovely park.

Wildfowl update

There have been a few seasonal duck breeds coming to pay the park a visit; you may have spotted some visitors around our lakes recently!

A Chinese Tulip Tree for Joseph Paxton

On Thursday November 10th 2022, the Duke of Devonshire, visited Princes Park Liverpool, and Birkenhead Park, to celebrate Joseph Paxton, designer of both parks.

No Mow May

See how we’re encouraging pollinators throughout May

Scavenger Hunt!

When out for your daily exercise in Birkenhead Park, why not make things a little interesting and take part in our scavenger hunt? Take a new route and see if you can find everything on our list in the park, take a picture and let us know how you get on!

Storm Doris

On 23rd February this year, the UK experienced a “weather bomb” in the form of Storm Doris. Many areas of Wirral were damaged as a result, and the Park was not an exception.