On 8th February 2024, I had a most interesting morning in City Park. Although I have been either living in or regularly visiting Nairobi for over 50 years, I had inexplicably never been there before. Benard Koros and Baldip Khan kindly showed me around, and I was amazed to discover such tranquility in the very […]
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A Butterfly Expedition at City Park, Nairobi
As participants gathered at the Park entrance we were treated to a pair of skipper butterflies, doing quick hops around a short duranta bush. Immediately we are introduced to the first lesson of the day; you can tell a butterfly’s family by how they fly. According to the expert present, the Skipper butterflies belong to […]
SERIOUSLY FUN AND EDUCATIONAL NATURE WALK WITH PEPONI SCHOOL
The count down was on and with each passing minute the start to 2017’s first City Park nature walk, on Friday 10th February, was getting closer. The anticipation was evident on the faces of Friends of City Park officials and nature guides. We were more than eager to receive class two pupils from Peponi School. In our […]
Peponi Preparatory School year 4 students, get to visit at City Park
The Peponi Preparatory school year 4 class, chose Friends of City Park as their Charity to raise funds for the year 2014/2105. Monday May 18 2015, Friends of City Park representatives, Ian Gordon, Vincent Onyango and Seeta Shah came along to meet the Year 4 children and talk about what they do. Seeta had an interactive discussion […]