A great Hedgelaying workshop this weekend in Jubilee Wood, Whitehead. Everyone went away with new skills and a new understanding of the importance of traditional hedgelaying techniques.
Laying hedges was an important land ...
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Halloween Hedgerow
Some photos of the Halloween Hedgerow event here at Eden Allotment Gardens on Saturday 1st November 2014.
We had hedgerow foraging, hedgerow food and drink, wreath making, and hedgerow arts and crafts including making ...
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Hedgerow Hopes
The first event of our Hedgerow Hopes programme ran this Saturday 13th Sept at Eden Allotment Gardens. We were foraging for blackberries, making blackberry jam and trying other hedgerow food and drink like elderflower wine ...
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Batty for Bats
I have done bat surveys before and know quite a lot about bats so I really wanted to hold a bat night in Carrickfergus to promote biodiversity and showcase our wonderful wildlife. International Bat Night on 30th August was ...
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Out to Play
I had some training earlier in the year with PlayBoard on outdoor play sessions with children and found it really interesting so have done more research since.
To learn about their own physical and emotional capabilities, ...
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