The Weekday Conservation Team and their skills were needed at the Green Man Garden at Addison Howard Park during October. Compost bins were needed. These are easy to build if you know how.
We used wooden pallets for the ...
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A step in the right direction!
Stepping up to the mark recently, the Weekday Conservation Team arrived at Dallow Downs in Luton and started replacing old steps to improve this footpath up the side of the hill on behalf of Luton Borough ...
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Invasive species
You might ask, what have we been up to lately?Well, we have been busy with invasive species recently. Those of you who have helped out in the past with removing Ragwort and Himilayan Balsam will have fond memories of those ...
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Fence construction in Carlton
The Weekday Conservation Team was recently tasked with fence construction at a playing field in the village of Carlton, Bedfordshire.Above: A before photograph of the hedge that will be protected by the fence (once it's put ...
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New name, new home
To go with our new name, we've also got a new office. You'll now find us at The Cemetery Gatehouse at Bedford Cemetery, and the minibus leaves from here in the mornings for Weekday Conservation Team tasks.Our address is ...
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The Conservation Volunteers
BTCV has been working for over 50 years to help local people reclaim green places. From May 1st, we will have a different way of introducing ourselves.Right now, with cuts in public expenditure, and one third of the UK's ...
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Green Man Garden gets even greener
A brave band of people faced the rain on Saturday 28th April to plant up the raised beds in the Green Man Garden in Kempston. This project is ongoing through the year and will involve regular drop-in gardening sessions as ...
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More bars to raise!
Following an earlier post about Raising the Bar - a project at Addison Howard Park where we constructed 2 raised beds and created a bog pond, on 13th Feb we went back and raised more bars (well rails actually) and constructed ...
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Hedgelaying at Warden Hill
This winter (well at least for some of it) we have been hedgelaying at Warden Hill, Luton.Above: Martin and Joe working away.From the corner of The Slipe (where we layed 530m of hedge last year) along the edge of Warden Hill ...
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New year, new skills
The weather may be grey and cold, but there's always plenty to be getting on with on the community allotment. A few weeks ago, Katy shared her skills by giving the group a masterclass on pruning fruit trees. Here she is ...
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