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We are very pleased and proud to be able to announce that our two reserves have been awarded the Green Flag Community Award for 2023/2024. This is the fifteenth consecutive year we have received this award, which recognises that our sites are well-maintained and are a safe and welcoming place to...
On a pleasant morning we had 6 members attending this morning's session.
- We concentrated on paths etc on Alexandrina Plantation and the main two we cleared were one leading down the steps just after “Walter’s seat” which had been severely overgrown mainly with broom but also some gorse.
- Whils...
We had a reasonable attendance of nine members on a sunny and warm Sunday morning.
Now that things are growing rapidly the work today was centered on pruning and cutting back overgrown paths. In particular we cleared a well used path that leads off the main circular path on Alexandrina Plantation...
Mayoral Recognition
11 MayOn 10th May, representatives of the group attended a certificate awarding ceremony by the outgoing Mayor of Broxtowe, Councillor David Grindell, on behalf of the Friends of Bramcote Ridge.
The certificate is awarded in recognition of The Friends' conservation work and assistance to the council in...
May 2023 Work Session Report
09 MayWe had 9 volunteers this morning on what turned out to be a warm and sunny day.
The large overhanging laurel hedge at the bottom end of the bridle path that leads to Brookside Ave was cut back.
Some of the group concentrated on the Markham Rd reserve and here the rapidly growing bracken etc alo...
Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.
Featured in this issue:
- Working Sessions Report January to March 2023
- Canopy 2050
The newsletters are added to the website a few weeks after paid members receive their copies, so if you want to receive th...
Because of unforeseen circumstances, the regular email reminding members of the working session and jobs to be undertaken was not sent out. This, combined with the start of the school holidays, could have meant some of our regulars were on holiday resulted in a record low attendance of only three pe...
We had 11 volunteers attend this morning and the jobs completed were as follows:
- The wildflower area alongside Thoresby Rd was cleared of last summer’s plants, then forked over and finally raked ready for new seed to be sown in either late April or the first week of May.
- Bramble and broom wer...
On a perfect sunny winter morning we had 7 volunteers at today’s working session.
- We removed the final two bird boxes from the Alexandrina Plantation reserve so work can now begin on repairing these boxes ready for erecting in the autumn.
- The bridle path was again swept clean.
- The final...
We had 12 volunteers for this morning’ session.
Apart from undertaking the usual litter collection on both the reserves,
the rest of the group concentrated on clearing all the dead bracken, bramble
and other vegetation from alongside the hedge on the Markham Rd reserve.
This will allow the lig...
