Volunteers from Cranfield University and the local community joined together on 2 Sundays at the beginning of March to lay a hedge. This project is funded by GreenPrints (a project with a government scheme called V and Sita ...
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Hedge Your Bets
A BTCV Natural Break (Residential working holiday) ran over the valentines weekend in February this year. The participants layed a section of hedge at Dray's Ditches. This is a continuation of a hedgelaying project that ...
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A new recruit!
Above: Our new recruit is here to help with our hedgelaying project at Cowslip meadows.Above: Showing allegiance to BTCVby wearing my BTCV badge and borrowing my hat. Above: Can you see the sun over there, well, it's the suns ...
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Nothing stops BTCV Bedford volunteers!
A County Wildlife Site at Thurleigh Airfield needed some scrub removal to help the grassland recover, thus protecting the habitat for wildflowers such as wild orchids. The worst winter in Bedfordshire for years didn't stop ...
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Marston Moretaine Sports Field
120 metres of hedgelaying at Marston Moretaine Sports Field was completed in January. Above: A close up view along the line of the hedge Above: Some of the pleachers are visible in this photograph. Above: Ash trees have been ...
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New Bradwell Park Part 1
In New Bradwell Park, Milton Keynes, the Weekday Conservation Team were there to construct a fence around a small orchard & willow coppice.Above: Next to where we were constructing the fence, there was a basketball court. ...
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The Hanson Environmental Education Centre
Milton Keynes County Council asked the BTCV Bedfordshire Weekday Conservation Team to create a raised pond for them.Above: After digging the footings in, John fills the gaps with leftover turf and soil.Above: We use sand for ...
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Shuttleworth Hedgelaying
With GreenPrints money (Government [V Involved] and Landfill Tax [Sita Trust]) BTCV were able to provide hedgelaying training to Shuttleworth College students.Above: Shuttleworth Students contemplate just how do you lay a ...
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The Big Tidy Up
On 11th December 2008, the BTCV Weekday Conservation Team in Bedfordshire went to Dallow Downs in Luton for two reasons. Firstly, to carry out some scrub clearance & help restore grassland & wildflowers to the area, ...
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Christmas Party at Shortmead House
Ian and Marilyn from Shortmead House in Biggleswade very kindly put on a Christmas party for BTCV volunteers & staff. For early arrivals Ian gave a tour of the house - an interesting experience as it is full of ...
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