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Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.
Featured in this issue:
- Working Session Report March 2024-May 2024
- Bio Blitz Event on the Ridge?
- New Members
The newsletters are added to the website a few weeks after paid members receive their copies,...
On a very windy but dry morning we had 9 members attending.
Apart from the removal of the dead branches in the tree avenue opposite the grassland area on the Markham Road site all the work was carried out on Alexandrina Plantation reserve.
- Mud and compacted leaves were cleared from the worst...
We had 11 volunteers this morning and fortunately the weather was ideal for working.
The Council had given us a selection of silver birch and elder and someone from Canopy 2050 had supplied a lot of hawthorn and a few yew all of which looked really strong and healthy.
- The area alongside the h...
Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.
Featured in this issue:
- Working Session Report December 2023 to January 2024
- Green Flag Community Awards 2023/24
- New Member
The newsletters are added to the website a few weeks after paid members receiv...
We had a good turnout of 12 members and the following jobs were completed:
- All the repaired and new bird boxes (14 in total) were erected split between the two reserves.
- The wildflower triangle near the entrance to the Alexandrina Plantation reserve was scarified and a long meadow seed mix...
In a change from the norm, this session was devoted to delivering promotional leaflets for the Friends to local residences and litter picking the streets whilst doping so.
Thirteen members attending this session and Broxtowe Council had supplied plenty of litter pickers, refuse bags and hi-vis...
