October
2002
Darley Park - today |
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wide open space of Darley Park |
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Darley
Park is a popular leisure facility in the city and is now home to
the annual open air concert. Located just minutes from the city centre,
it is easily accessible from the A38 and the A6. |
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Within
walking distance of the city centre, Darley Park offers peace and
quiet, and relaxing walks though unspoilt parkland.
There are a number of sports clubs based in the park, including the
rowing club which makes use of the River Derwent, and the park’s undulating
slopes are popular with skiers and those with sledges when it snows.
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of the Hydrangea and Viburnum collection |
Darley
Park is home to a NATIONAL COLLECTION OF VIBURNUM AND HYDRANGEA, started
in 1984.
The purpose of plant collections like the one at Darley Park is to
save plants which are in danger of extinction, conserving them for
future generations.
Species may be under threat due to disease, or simply because they
are not being grown by gardeners, if they are not fashionable or are
too difficult to cultivate.
The National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens has
over 600 such National Collections of cultivated plants.
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| John
Holmes hosts the annual Darley Park Concert |
These
collections need to be grown in places where interested parties
are able to see them, and many of them require a lot of space –
housing them in parks like the one at Darley Abbey or in botanical
gardens is the easiest way of doing this.
Darley Park also has a TREE TRAIL that you can follow, which takes
you past thirty different varieties of tree originating from all
over the world, from the Purple Japanese Maple to the Tibetan Cherry.
The park is also the venue for an extremely popular classical concert
held each summer, and which this year was again compered by Radio
Derby’s very own John Holmes.
 Darley
Park - history
Darley
Park Concert 2002
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