One of my tasks over the last few months has been to help organise one of TCVs Feva Forum events. These events are all about sharing good practice and highlighting work that is being done in various areas of environmental ...
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Archives for September 2014
Autumn beginnings
As summer rolls into Autumn, the sky takes on a certain subtle shade of blue, the leaves turn yellow and orange, and the bushes around Mortonhall are heavy with blackberries. It’s hard to believe, firstly, that I’ve used up ...
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Meadow creation continues…
Thursday saw the second major piece of work carried out in our creation of the meadow at Toryglen. I went along with the Urban Roots volunteer group and we really got stuck in to converting the thick coarse grasses into the ...
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Information gathering – a couple of months of surveys and consultation
The last few months have been a mixture of getting to know some communities and their respective local stretch of river alongside training and fieldwork.
Back in July I joined the Friends of the River Kelvin (FoRK) on one of ...
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A summer of garden activities
Since my last blog there has been a flurry of activity in John Cowane’s House, the site of the Transition Stirling forest garden project which I’ve been working on. Taking on the development of a community garden as my ...
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