Easter holidays begin — Bertha Park High School
Two-week break. After-school clubs resume 20 April.
April
April 2026
What's happening this week in Bertha Park
Mon 6
7pm — Council budget meeting, Community Hub
Tue 7
10am — Litter pick, Osprey Crescent. Bags provided.
Wed 8
School holiday. Community garden open all day.
Thu 9
1pm — MacMillan coffee morning, No. 14 Tay Ave.
Fri 10
No planned events. Good Friday.
Sat 11
10am — Easter egg hunt, the green. Children 3–10.
Sun 12
2pm — Community choir, Bertha Park Church. All welcome.
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The Month Ahead
April 2026 — complete record
Wildflower border planting, community garden
Eight volunteers came. 200 plug plants in. Thank you all.
Daffodil count — Osprey Crescent
Mrs Drummond counts 340 this year. A new record.
Council budget meeting, Community Hub, 7pm
Agenda: play park resurfacing, car park lighting, new bin contract.
Litter pick — Osprey Crescent & Tay Avenue
40 bags collected last time. Bags, gloves, and hot drinks provided.
Easter egg hunt on the green
For children 3–10. Rain date: 14 April. Organised by Young Families group.
Schools return — Easter Monday
All after-school clubs resume. Bus timetable back to term-time schedule.
Spring Fair on the green
Stalls from noon. Mrs Henderson judges the bake-off. Tug-of-war across the burn returns.
Earth Day — community garden open day
Seed swap, compost demonstration, wildflower identification walk. Free.
Neighbourhood Watch quarterly meeting, 7pm
Review of winter incident report. New WhatsApp group structure.
Junior football season opener, Bertha Park pitches
U9s and U11s. Kick-off 10am. Spectators welcome — bring layers.
Residents Group committee meeting, 7pm
Community Hub. All welcome. Agenda on the noticeboard.
Seasonal Notes
April at Bertha Park: the daffodils along Osprey Crescent are out three weeks early this year.
The community garden committee has started the wildflower border — 200 plug plants in the ground after last weekend's planting session. Eight volunteers turned out on a cold morning and finished by eleven. The compost bays are full after winter, and the first radishes are showing in the raised beds.
Swallows not yet seen, but Kenny on Tay Avenue reports house martins under the eaves — earlier than last year by a fortnight. The Tay is running high after the March rains. Good news for the osprey pair at the Loch of the Lowes; the VisitScotland webcam goes live again on the 15th.
The playing field has been reseeded after the drainage works. The groundskeeper asks that dogs be kept on leads until mid-May to let the grass establish. The junior football pitches re-open 26 April.
"April weather: three warm days, rain, one warm day, frost, repeat. Pack accordingly."
— Community garden noticeboard, April 2024
From the Parish Register
Voices from Bertha Park
"The WhatsApp group saved us in the January freeze. Neighbours we'd never met were on the doorstep with soup within the hour."
"House martins back under the eaves this week. Earlier than last year. Spring's coming properly now."
"Twenty years living here. The community garden is the best thing we've done. My grandchildren know where carrots come from now."
"The new bin lorry route is an improvement. Whoever lobbied the council: well done. Taken off at half past six now instead of quarter past five."
"Ran into four neighbours walking back from the school gates this morning. That's what I love about this place — you always stop and chat."
Annual Calendar
Bertha Park through the seasons — 2026