Its surprising the amount of practical conservation work that involves cutting trees down rather than planting them – preventing encroachment on peat bogs and meadows, keeping paths clear, letting more light in for ground flora and of course clearing non native invasive shrubs and trees. The brash is the smaller twigs and branches that result from sawing them off from the main trunk to give workers room to move and enable handling of material.
Lichfield Canal restoration volunteers have always been a bit batty about the wildlife frequenting the canal route. Now they know how many different species of bats use the Tamworth Road section.
We are only very recently recombining the adult Grounds/Green team with the Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) cohort, as most adult volunteers understandably were concerned by the incidence of asymptomatic infection of young people.
Having only resumed the Saturday work party last week since closing down again in mid December due to COVID, it was especially poignant that our second session was less than 24 hours since the sad death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.
With normal work parties suspended due to COVID-19, it’s been a pretty quiet time since the end of March. But we still have plants to care for, especially in the long period of drought, and paths to maintain, so huge thanks to...
Our Green & Grounds Team turned out for another of our mass tree planting days. This happens once or twice a year at fairly short notice when we receive 420 whips, or small saplings, free of charge from the Woodland Trust.
A Walk on the Wild Side with a 'WRGIE'. I am a volunteer for Waterway Recovery Group, and this year I have been working on the dry part of the canal during the first week of July.
Records were broken on Saturday 12th October 2019 for our Grounds & Green team and for our involvement with Duke of Edinburgh volunteers! ed by 9 young D of E volunteers:
Green & Grounds Autumn Report,. September to November 2016, by Christime Bull
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Achievements and aims of the Green & Grounds Teams at our six principle work sites.
A walk along the towpath on a blustery afternoon in February 2016 evoked memories of a decade ealier.
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More planting at Summerhill in December 2015 gave Hilary Smith cause to reflect on 12 months progress.
Planting a new hedge bordering the newly purchased land west of the M6 Toll.
Maintaining our heritage at Summerhill, with expert training for our team from the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
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