We have been working hard at Hallr Wood this spring. We have planted lots of trees (especially hazel) and we’ve improved our paths, rain water collection and tool storage. Our beautiful earth dragon is now finished thanks to the Tree Pirates and will shortly be planted up with wild flowers. Our regular groups continue. Over Easter we [...]
We would like to congratulate Henry, Mark, Ryan, Korey, Ashleigh and Neill for achieving their John Muir Awards for conservation. Henry, Mark, Ryan and Korey will receive the second tier of this award – the Explorer Award and Neil and Ashley have completed the first level ‘Discovery’. Part of the Explorer Award involved a days [...]
Members of the team have been busy this summer with outreach stalls at a variety of fetes and open days. We started off helping Simon Beard and Simon Clarke at Shapwick Heath on their Avalon Marshes Open Day in May. Thanks to Jane for getting together our youth groups exhibition in time for this event. [...]
We have just finished a week of work experience for four year 10 pupils from Crispin School. They were a wonderful enthusiastic group and we hope to see them on volunteer days in the future. As part of general woodland maintenance the boys cleared paths and made steps, they also cut back overhanging foliage on [...]
We had another very quiet month in the wood – just one volunteer day on March 7th. It was a lovely day – lots of enthusiasm and interest and our regular youth and adult volunteers turned out in force. The pond was cleared of leaves, willow was planted, more rustic steps were installed and our tree [...]