Merkinch GreenGym were out working at Merkinch Local Nature Reserve today, moving shrubs, and clearing paths.
One group dug up some more of the shrubs and replanted them near another enterance to the LNR, while another ...
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Uist 20th Sept-3rd Oct
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4 volunteers from Inverness (Dave, Emily, Mac, Craig) along with Charlie from Stirling office went to South Uist for 2 weeks to do rhododendron control at Loch ...
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Field of Hope
Dingwall GreenGym have been working in the Marie Curie Field of Hope at Dingwall again, this time planting a native hedge along the edge of the site parallel to the road. This was done dispite the pouring rain, was most of ...
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Calderbank Pond
This week we headed off to Calderbank Pond in Lanarkshire. Ponds provide not only a rich habitat for wildlife; an amenity for communities but are important for protecting and increasing freshwater biodiversity.
The team ...
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Organic Gardening
Inverness GreenGym visited the REAL Project in Inverness today, where they dug up a bed of potatoes and cleared the same bed of larger weeds preparing it for planting with a green manure overwinter. ...
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