At Bath Ponds on the Shuttleworth Estate, students from the college planted over 100 wildflower bulbs (a mixture of hedgerow and meadow species) including ox eye daisy and cowslips. Above: Hedgerow wildflower species were ...
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Princes Trust in the Park
A group of young people from The Princes Trust joined me at Priory Country Park recently to clear paths, birdwatching/fishing platforms and net rides.Above: The team including (in no particular order) Carlie, Joe, Lizzie, ...
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Another work party in the park
Another GreenPrints funded task this time with The Princes Trust at Priory Country Park. These are pictures from the 3rd and 4th days that The Princes Trust have been involved with in the last 6 months. We are hoping to make ...
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A day in the park
Another project funded by GreenPrints, again for involving 16-25 year olds in volunteering. This time volunteers from Autism Bedfordshire along with volunteers from Samuel Whitbread and Mark Rutherford schools came to Priory ...
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Cranfield University and community volunteers
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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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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Rectory Farm 08/11/08
BTCV, with funding from GreenPrints (a government and landfill tax scheme aimed at involving 16-25 yr olds) ran a project day at Rectory Farm (a Forest of Marston Vale site) following on from earlier projects (see previous ...
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Rectory Farm 25/10/08
A Forest of Marston Vale (FOMV) site, Rectory farm has a variety of habitats in varying stages of development (the FOMV are planting woodlands). Some woods are newly planted, others are well established. On Saturday 25th ...
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