On Saturday 11th June, the Friends of Union Terrace Gardens are organising a Big Picnic in our beloved park from 1 – 5pm.
You are cordially invited, nay encouraged to come along to the gardens and join in the festivities. A fun day is guaranteed for all.
It’s going to be great with lots of music, busking, stalls, art and surprises. If you support the retention and improvement of our beautiful city centre park, please come along, tell your friends, family and neighbours.
The gardens are a public amenity to be used by all and we want to celebrate this unique green space in the heart of our granite city. We want to show the world that this is our park; a valued part of our heritage and most definitely not a development opportunity for an exclusive clique of businessmen and politicians.
This is Big Picnic number two and follows on from a similar event last year, an event that marked the formation of the Friends campaign group; a year which has seen our campaign on the up and up with constant pressure against those that control the levers of power and the media. The cracks are showing with talk of a public referendum and including keeping the Gardens as an option in the design competition.
They know that Sir Ian Wood’s scheme is vastly unpopular with the public and the politicians are desperately looking for wriggle room in the face of this.
We shall not relent. These are our gardens and we are keeping them.
Come along on Saturday and make merry.