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22nd Park Garden Trail, Sunday 7th June 2015: 22 Open Gardens, £20k raised for charity
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PGT2015 Sponsors and Supporters:

Our Sponsors - The Walton Hotel, Liberty Gate, Nurture Fertility, Sytner Mini, Hallam Internet, Russell Scanlan Ltd, Fast Graphics Ltd, Shakespeares, Campbell Cain Wealth Management, Kuku Designs 

Our PGT Traders - terrific local companies that all donated proceeds from their sales: ActiveAce, Cumin Restaurant, Springhead Brewery, Johnny Pusztai at JT Beedham, The Worm That Turned, Pie-Eyed Kitchen (Vork Pies), Bella Paella.   The Farmers Market Stallholders: Little Friends' Honey, Brocklebys, Stripey Beetroot, Emma's Pantry Preserves, Post Office Garden, Red Lion Pottery, Small Food Bakery, Blue Barrel Cider, Zymo Foods, Snail & Rabbit

These companies sponsored artwork, children's activities, or provided much-needed goods and services! – FHP, Browne Jacobson, Air IT, Laguna Restaurant, Bentinck Hotel, Humberts, 200 Degrees Coffee , Aesop

Nottingham Park Estate Ltd – use of The Park Estate roads, open spaces, electricity and Circus's!
Mark Rolfe of Music Makers – for arranging his Busking Group, the NGHS Junior School Orchestra, and his band Lorna  www.the-music-makers.org.uk
Carlton Brass Training Band – www.carltonbrassband.co.uk
62nd Scouts Lenton – for serving the ice-creams
Sprouts Drama – children's storytelling  www.sproutsdrama.co.uk 
Weavers of Nottingham – sponsoring fizz & glasses loan www.weaverswines.com
Jack Kent Services –  portaloo and rubbish collection  www.jackkentservices.co.uk
The Park Tennis Club – for their refreshments and use of toilets! www.parktennis.co.uk
Nottingham Squash Rackets Club – for their refreshments and use of toilets! www.nsrc.co.uk  
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PGT2015 Charities:

Beeston Memory Café - run by Beeston Dementia Friends for people with dementia living in the community and their supporters.  Guests can relax, have a drink; join in activities; develop a support network; and obtain advice.  More frequent opening will benefit more guests. 

Castle Cavendish - A regeneration charity that helps local residents to improve their area as a place to live, work and be proud of.    www.castlecavendish.org.uk

City Arts Nottingham - Arts opportunities for vulnerable groups across the City and County. Funding will enable young people aged 13-17 years old, who need extra support with emotional health and wellbeing needs, to join in the "Express Yourself" Arts Programme.   www.city-arts.org.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care - "Somewhere to turn when someone dies". They support bereaved adults and children and young people from across Nottingham, offering skilled, free bereavement care. PGT will help to fund better equipment for children and young people and to make their base more welcoming for all clients. www.cruse.org.uk/Nottinghamshire-area

Family Care - Offers services in adoption, family support and emotional support to children and young people. They have been working in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire for 125 years to support families and provide them with the best chances of leading happy and fulfilling lives. A PGT donation will help to provide more support to children and young people on their waiting list.  
www.familycare-nottingham.org.uk

Headway Nottingham - The only long-term brain injury rehabilitation and support centre in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. PGT will be supporting their horticulture project, which will help those with physical and cognitive disabilities and behavioural problems to move closer towards independent living and achieve their potential despite their disability. They will use their PGT donation to help launch a horticultural design and build project in the garden of their day centre.    www.headwaynottingham.org.uk  
           

Midlands Women’s Aid - Supports women and children experiencing domestic violence and abuse, by offering safe accommodation and Outreach Services. PGT funding will help them to refurbish their playroom and outside play area.    www.midlandswomensaid.org.uk 

Click Nottingham  - Helps people over 50 do more of what makes them happy. They bring people together, encourage new friendships, discover new places and never stop learning. The donation from PGT will help them to give practical support with DIY, household and gardening jobs.  www.nottinghamcircle.org.uk

Rainbow Parents Carers Forum - A parent-run support group for families who have children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Helps to increase the wellbeing, health and resilience of families by providing opportunities to access fun sport/leisure activities in a safe supported setting. Their PGT donation will support swimming sessions that can be accessed by families who are not able to attend the support sessions.    www.rainbowparentscarersforum.org.uk

School for Parents - Transforming the lives of young disabled children and their parents in Notts by providing free Conductive Education, developed to help children with movement and mobility disorders.www.schoolforparents.org

21st Park Garden Trail, Sunday 9th June 2013: 21 Open Gardens, £13.8k raised for charity
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PGT2013 Sponsors and Supporters:

Our PGT Traders - terrific local companies that donated proceeds from their sales: MemSaab, Springhead Brewery, Johnny Pusztai at JT Beedham, The Worm That Turned

Nottingham Park Estate Ltd
Sytner Nottingham - Programme sponsorship  www.sytnernottingham.co.uk 
Mark Rolfe of Music Makers - For arranging his Busking Group, the NGHS Junior School Orchestra, and his band Lorna  www.the-music-makers.org.uk
Artists from Primary and Situated 
Nottingham School of Samba Band
Carlton Brass Training Band – www.carltonbrassband.co.uk
The Park Tennis Club - for their homemade cakes, teas & coffees www.parktennis.co.uk
Nottingham Squash Rackets Club – for providing teas & refreshments www.nsrc.co.uk 
Shevenne Shabazkhani & Oliver Blackburn - designing and mixing our commemorative PGT cocktail 
Fast Graphics – for sponsoring our History of The Park brochure page www.fastgraphics.co.uk 
Gilbert & Hall - sponsoring the cocktails www.gilbertandhall.co.uk
Weavers of Nottingham – sponsoring fizz & glasses loan www.weaverswines.com
Russell Scanlan – for sponsoring our cream teas www.russellscanlan.com
Browne Jacobson - for sponsoring the bouncy castle www.brownjacobson.com
Jazz Hair – sponsoring our sweet shop www.jazzhair.co.uk 
Angels By Day, children’s nursery – for sponsoring the face painting  www.angelsbyday.co.uk
Nottingham Tuk Tuks - for providing free transport around the Park www.nottinghamtuktuks.co.uk 
World Service Restaurant - for donating strawberries www.worldservicerestaurant.com 
Belvoir Fruit Farm - providing the cordial for the cocktails
Rutland Square Hotel – for the loan of table & chairs www.rutlandsquarehotel.co.uk
Jack Kent Services – www.jackkentservices.co.uk
62nd Scouts Lenton – for serving the ice-creams 
Tony Baxter – for transporting tables & chairs  
The New Art Exchange – for loan of plinths for the sculpture
www.thenewartexchange.org.uk



To celebrate our 21st Garden Trail in 2013, we had an Artistic programme, with Artists from -

PRIMARY - an artist-led space that exists to support creative research and to develop new ways of Engaging audiences. Offering dedicated artists studios alongside more flexible spaces, both within and outside the building, where artists from around the world can meet and work in the heart of Nottingham. www.weareprimary.org

Mik Godley: Field Study, Watercolour landscapes
Georgina Barney: En Plein Air and Rebecca Lee: Field Recording
Sculpture exhibition with Liam Aitkin, Rachel Carter, Tom Hackett, Katja Hock, Steffi Richards and 
Hannah Shaw
Artist Talk between John Newling & Terry Shave, facilitated by Rhiannon Slade
Frank Abbott: 30 min performances 


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SITUATED - a group of second year Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art students exhibiting new works of contemporary art in a number of the gardens of this year’s event. SITUATED is interested in sculpture, performance, moving image and other forms of art which respond to and interact with the situation of location. Artists will be present in the gardens on the day to discuss the work in each garden. The artists are Christopher J S Smith, Christine Stevens, Jack Pollitt, Dinah Berger, Billy Craigan- Toon and Verity Morris
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