The sudden arrival just before Christmas of 10 canopy trees donated by Rushcliffe Borough Council prompted an additional work party to get them planted. Fortunately we had managed to get…

A combination of the weather and closeness to Christmas limited participation today, but we were delighted to welcome two new volunteers, Jess and Paul. There was a gap in the…

Today we ran two separate work parties of 6, operating in different parts of the site. Between the two work parties we planted whips that we had been unable to plant because of lockdown at…

It was great to be able to hold our first work party since lock-down, even though we were restricted, with a maximum of 6 members. Four regulars were joined by…

Heavy overnight rain cleared away in time, and although there was a strong westerly wind the work party was not impacted (apart from having to trudge through a lot of…

Another successful work party with no fewer than 4 new volunteers. We thinned some invasive species, mainly Norway maple but also some sycamore, growing in the middle of the wood…

What a fantastic work party! We had a magnificent turn-out in nice weather and managed to plant all 200 whips along a further 130m of the eastern boundary, extending south…

We had received about 400 whips from the Woodland Trust, comprising 6 species suitable for woodland edge: blackthorn, elder, dogrose, hazel, crab apple and rowan. So our task today was…