Well, you might even be able to say 3 hedges as 3 seperate secti?ons were completed recently at Warden Hill SSSI, Luton on behalf of Luton Borough Council.
Two sections were seperated by virtue of a fence & kissing ...
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Well Head County Wildlife Site
Another winter of scrub management has come to an end recently. It ends in March because we are unable to do this kind of work during the bird nesting season.
Well Head County Wildlife Site (CWS), near Totternhoe, is a ...
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Carlton fencing & hedge laying
The Weekday Conservation Team recently carried out work for Carlton with Chellington Parish Council. They saw our advert in the January issue of the Parish Council Newsletter. The work carried out included formalising the ...
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Compost stables!
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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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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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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Raising the bar
Earlier on in the year, BTCV were asked by Bedford Borough Council to help build 3 raised beds (planters) and create a bog pond at Addison Howard Park in Kempston. Above: Katherine saws the timber to length, Ed is helping ...
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