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Compost stables!

November 2, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, BTCV, Compost bins, Green Man Garden, Red Admiral, TCV, WCT

A step in the right direction!

August 22, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, Dallow Downs, Luton Borough Council, Steps, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

Invasive species

August 7, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, Himilayan Balsam, Ragwort, The Conservation Volunteers, The Wildlife Trust

Fence construction in Carlton

July 12, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, Carlton, Fencing, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

New name, new home

May 17, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, The Conservation Volunteers, WCT

The Conservation Volunteers

May 11, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, The Conservation Volunteers

Green Man Garden gets even greener

April 28, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, BTCV, Raised Beds

More bars to raise!

February 20, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Addison Howard Park, BTCV, Fencing, WCT

Hedgelaying at Warden Hill

February 20, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: BTCV, Hedgelaying, Luton Borough Council, The Slipe Warden Hill, WCT

New year, new skills

January 25, 2012 by Katherine Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Allotments, BTCV, Mile Road

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