Horticultural Show 2nd September
Once again the gazebo was hauled out and put up, this time in good weather and with no wind to threaten its stability. We also had the...
Path-side Clearing & Minibeasts
Last week, more of the path-side vegetation was tidied up with some of the Oxeye Daisies being removed. The session on Sunday 18th also...
Flying False Colours
We had quite a bonanza of late flowering alongside the path where we sowed seeds back in May of this year. A visit in late August when...
Managing the Wildflowers
Sowing wildflower seed is full of interest and delight, but also of the unexpected. We sowed our “scruffy triangle” with seeds from the...
Effort Rewarded
You may remember the earlier postings on Facebook showing volunteers preparing and then sowing seed alongside the path in the area sown...
Wild flowers and Pollinating Predators
As the season progresses more wildflowers are coming into bloom on our wild flower area. Yarrow has a platform of small white flowers...
White Flowers & Ladybirds
Every year is different when you sow wild flower seeds. This year we have a dominance of the white flowers of Oxeye Daisy covering the...
Early April Flowers
There are some early wildflowers now to be seen in our wild flower area beside Crow Wood, and some are developing in the other woodlands...
Ivy
Joy’s excellent photos of Red Admiral butterflies topping up on nectar from Ivy flowers suggested that Ivy, which is just now coming into...
Downing Point Gorse Clearing 1 year on
You may remember a summer day in 2014 when, in hot, sunny weather, some of us started to clear away the gorse at the landward edge of...
