Just to let everyone know that we are re-starting the Stirling blog after a six month absence. Hopefully, this time the blog will be on a more weekly basis than it has been in the past. Watch this space for further blog ...
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Archives for 2011
The Fight for out Native Fauna
Falkland 17th and 18th November 2011
This week we were in Falkland fighting a war against the extremely invasive Rhododendron ponticum. This is a woody plant introduced from the Mediterranean in the 18th century to decorate ...
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Park Life
Tuesday
Today we were at Granton Crescent Park to carry out some intense vegetation cut back along a staircase. The day was somewhat grey, which was disappointing but we battled on as per. Sea buckthorn and rose thorns ...
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Get Ready, Get Sett, Go!!
Monday and Tuesday this week were spent up in Stirling undertaking a 'Leadership Skills' training course. There were 13 of us on the course; a mix of FELPers and VOs (Volunteer Officers) from a selection of the other offices. ...
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Opening of Maryburgh Community Garden
The garden is now finished and there was an opening today. A fabulous bench has a carving of Thom Thomas - the main instigator of the project - and he is sitting next to Callum (L) and Bruce (R) who worked very hard on the ...
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