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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bulbs, paths and forests varied week for all!
Tuesday
We returned to North Bughtlin today to continue with the burn tidy up and to plant bulbs to brighten up the area come spring. An easy feet we may have thought...until we saw the gazillions of bulbs that needed ...
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