Sometimes the workers need a break: a mathematician, an ecological conservator, and an agronomist exchange notes while taking a breather from the hard task of removing laurel stumps. We hope to clear this by the end of the month and plant with sage bushes in preparation for a sundial Read more…
The redstarts are still around: a flock of about 20 has been a regular visitor in the park. And the Goldcrests have been around as well. It is a pleasure to watch them. They are like little hummingbirds. A couple from the Ailanthus stump which I haven’t identified.
Sunday 16 Feb. A nice morning, dry but cold, with a good turnout and plenty was done. Sunderland street edged and weeded, and the Memorial Garden had the front lawn edged, and the laurels and privet removed from round our splendid Wintersweet. This will give it more light and we Read more…
Thursday 13 th Feb, we had a splendid turnout from Your Park Volunteers with Carol Sgtone and Mali Kedward, to provide a dead hedge to fill in a gap in the boundary hedge on Henrietta Mews. Great Job 🙂
Another surprisingly decent morning’s gardening with 10 of us out despite the apparent gloom. 100 wood anemones planted in the woodland bed in the Memorial Garden, and the roses in the Sunderland Street entrance have been pruned. We will be going out next week to discuss tree planting with the Read more…
A man on a bike with a trailer stole all but half a dozen of the logs that we had cut on Thursday morning between Thursday evening and Saturday night. He was seen, and we know he went down the canal towards Bathampton. I cycled to Claverton just now but Read more…
The crocuses have taken a beating this year, but the Snowdrops and Aconites and the Narcissus bulbocodium are in flower. The rest of the narcissi are in full growth,
George came and cut the logs into manageable sections for us. And several people have suggested we make a walkway out of the smaller ones. We will come up with a plan :–)
Thanks to all the hard work from our Gardening Volunteer Team, the “Your Park” volunteers, and to Jane Robson from the Parks team, whose initial idea it was, we were awarded the winners certificate in the Community Connectors category for the Fernery. This has been taking shape over the last Read more…
Good to see budding artists and marine biologists at work in the park….
