What first comes to mind when you read the words - National Park?
(Escapism, forest, coast, heath, mountains, nature, nostalgia, adventure, breathing easier, exploration, achy limbs, fresh faces...)
With more than ...
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‘Go forward [and] graffe,……..
...set, plant and nourish up trees in every corner of your ground, the labour is small, the cost is nothing. The commodity is great, your selves shall have plenty...' John Gerard, Great Herball (1597). This really sums up ...
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Hedges, Woods, Fairs, oh my!
I’m 7 weeks into my time at Coleraine, and my goodness how the time has flown already! I can already see myself at the end of my year thinking, ‘Did I not just start last month?’ They say time flies when you’re having fun and ...
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Helping Britain Blossom
The Helping Britain Blossom project, delivered in partnership with Heineken, The Urban Orchard Project and the Bulmer Foundation, has identified Birmingham as one of four areas in which it will create and restore community ...
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Living on the Hedge!
Hello TCVers and fellow environmentalists!
I am into my seventh week as a Natural Networks Trainee and loving it! I have had the opportunity to get involved in lots of practical outdoor work which is what I like to do ...
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Signs of spring
I am pleased to be able to say that we are beginning to see the first signs of spring here in The National Forest, the birds are singing, daylight hours are increasing, the snowdrops are out and most importantly I have had ...
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Going for Green! On a mission for Eco-School success!
Imagine if that was the view from your school playground! How awesome would that be? When I went to school in Bangor we had a field that we were allowed to run around in during the summer months and that was the height of our ...
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The first few weeks!
Hi everybody my name is Philip Taylor and I have been working as a Natural Networks Trainee for TCV for just under a month now.
The last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind to be honest but also very exciting at the ...
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Mud, SUDS and planting trees
Hi, I'm Carrie- the Natural Networks trainee based at Singleton Environment Centre in Ashford, Kent. The centre is run by TCV on behalf of Ashford Borough Council and serves as the base for a wide range of inspiring projects ...
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All about community orchards
Visited a community orchard today at Broombriggs Farm in an area within The National Forest known as Charnwood Forest, amazed at how accessible it is. Inspirational project, an example of how community engagement can be very ...
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