Our second day at Hillhead Primary School continuing to clear the dense undergrowth in the woodland area. The group did a power of work cutting back the overgrown bushes and thinning out the tree saplings.
We discovered an ...
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Woodland Clearance at Hillhead Primary
It was our first day at Hillhead Primary, clearing out their woodland, so that the children can access it.
We think it may not have been managed for 30 - 40 years?? Its so tangled and full of Rhododendron weeds and ...
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Easter Craiglockhart Hill
This week the Edinburgh mid week volunteers were at Easter Lockhart hill, which is a lovely pond and woodland area located next to the Lockhart tennis centre. The main focus of the work here was to crown lift and thin the ...
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Path work and invasive species clearance at the River Almond
Last Thursday the Edinburgh midweek group spent the day down at the River Almond walkway improving the paths and filling in a few potholes. Armed with three wheelbarrows some shovels and some good old fashioned elbow grease ...
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Buzzy bees & Marigold munchers
What a difference a few weeks makes…
The group was off for a couple of weeks and the garden noticed. It was as if it had gone back in time and vegetation had taken over! The grass had grown with a vengeance; the ...
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