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We had an amazing turnout of 16 members this morning and 6 children with them. Fortunately the weather was kind to us again so we were able to complete most of the planting.

  • Some of the plug plants were still very small so it was agreed to leave these for another month to establish themselves....

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We had an excellent turnout of 15 volunteers for this morning’s work session, so were able to complete all the scheduled jobs for this month which included the following:

  • Overhanging and collapsed vegetation on the path leading from the entrance on Thoresby Road were cleared 2. The areas around...

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Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.

Featured in this issue:

  • Green Flag Community Award 2021-2022
  • New Benches
  • Hedge Laying
  • Working Sessions Report October to December 2021
  • Plans for Improving Habitats to Attract More Pollinators and Other Species

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We had another good turnout this morning with 12 members attending. We also had the Mayor of Broxtowe, Chris Riley from the Council and one of the Bramcote councillors come along too.

Chris spoke to us about future plans for developing the different habitats to make the areas more suitable for t...

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On a cold but at least dry morning we had nine members turning out and the jobs completed were:

  • All bird boxes were cleaned out and nearly all had been used. As always a few older ones were falling apart and we need to replace these in the next few months.
  • The bridle path was once again swept...

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Notes of AGM meeting on 1st November 2021 held at 7.30pm at Bramcote Memorial Hall.

14 members present.

1. Chair's Report

  • HL welcomed everyone there and then described all the jobs done in the working sessions from December 2019.
  • She confirmed our successful retention of the Green Flag Co...

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