Category: Working Parties

The recent site review had identified an area requiring thinning to allow more light in and encourage ground based plants to thrive. The Rangers had already surveyed the area and marked trees and bushes which needed to be removed with a blue spray (which showed up really well despite the rather gloomy weather conditions). So…

As can be seen in the photo of the live hedge the weather for this month’s working party was a little menacing… We managed to tidy up the hedge a little before the rain fell heavily and then retreated to the Holly Blue for some shelter and well earned coffee and cake. The Flower Boxes…

For this Working Party the group was augmented by a fantastic small team from the Newbury Building Society. The weather was looking a bit threatening so we spent some time clearing a path then reverted to a common task of removing tree guards left behind from the planting phase of the park. It was great…

It didn’t feel much like June, it was overcast and cold but was significantly brightened up by Stacy Hart, our newly elected local councillor, who joined us for the morning. Below is the before picture…

Our May Working Party took place on a lovely sunny and warm day. The main task was to clear the ditch around the northern perimeter of the park to expose the chalky soil and open the bank up to sunlight. This makes a perfect habitat for solitary bees and our local blue butterflies. After all…