July was truly epic! The month kicked off with a two-day LANTRA Brushcutters and Trimmers course, which has given me a qualification that I can use to manage habitats like meadows. I must admit I was a bit scared at first. ...
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A flower themed June
Hello! Jess here, reporting on my June activities with TCV. Apologies for the lateness!
I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Kindrogan, the Field Studies Councils centre in Perthshire near Pitlochry, to participate in a ...
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Getting to the Art of the Matter with Nature Play
July has been a month that has started and ended with lots of Nature Play sessions sprinkled with the odd Green Gym, meeting, community engagement event and some budding bidding.
Joining Forces
At the start of the month ...
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Getting to the Art of the Matter with Rewilding
So since May I've been involved in a fever of forums, funding and festivals, all flipping fantastic.
Rewilding in Inverclyde and Yoker
TCV's Green Gym at Coves Local Nature Reserve has begun as part of the Community ...
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May’s been pretty aMAYzing
Ok so my puns haven’t been all that amazing recently, but my adventures with TCV certainly have! I mentioned in the last blog that I was preparing to run my first ever event. As part of Falkirk Nature Festival I was asked to ...
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Bug-ingham palace and other puns
at naturefest
As a massive yellow orb came out from behind the clouds and mysteriously heated everything up this month, my traineeship also heated up (metaphorically speaking, (could you imagine the traineeship actually ...
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All work and no play – not a chance
Holidaying around Hawick
So to avoid being in Tim's bad books I took a weeks holiday in May and as luck would have it one of the best weather wise. Even on holiday though, a Natural Network Trainee is always on the look ...
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Exchanging Green Ideas
One of my first tasks as a trainee was to organise a FEVA event - that's a Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activities - half a day full of local speakers and workshops to share ideas around promoting green health in ...
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My weirdly spiritual encounter with a wall, and a caddis fly
A few weeks ago, I would never have thought that I would ever be excited about walls, or proud of a wall for that matter! But this month I signed up to one of TCV’s courses in Drystone Walling, or dry stone dyking as it’s ...
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VAT’s The Way I Like It
As well as awash with showers, April's been filled with events, training opportunities and rewilding.
Initially though the month started with a community consultation led by Urban Roots on ideas for the Broomloan Road ...
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