Coming to one of our work parties? Wear sturdy shoes, long trousers and work gloves. We provide tools like shears, clippers and litter pickers, plus some longer, thick gloves for thorny work. We usually stop midway for a tea and coffee break.
Directdions: go to Astral Park Community centre at the end of Johnson Drive and walk away from LB with the community centre on your left, go past the pond, through a gap in the hedge and then the Mixed native hedge planted by South Beds FOE is on the right next to the fence close […]
We’ll be cutting back some hawthorn and doing some planting
We’ll be weeding around the primroses so that people can actually see them.
We’ll be looking after our new native hedge by the railway, weeding and trimming, then weeding around the apple trees etc `
We’ll be working by the brook weeding and digging up nettles.
We’ll be digging up willow herb and brambles, weeding around the trees and doing some planting
We’ll be digging up some grass and sowing wildflower seeds, weeding around the existing emerging wildflowers, removing brambles – and watching wildlife! We’ve seen a group of solitary bees looking for nests in the sandy ground. To get to Vandyke curve you either cycle or walk up vandyke road to very close to Vandyke school […]
We’ll be weeding and digging up some of the grass to sow wildflower seed. There are a lot of wildflowers emerging but also some areas where the grass roots have taken hold and need digging up. In other areas we just need to pick off some of the tansy to allow the light onto the […]
We’ll will be at the river opposite Leighton Middle School where we will be cutting back the willow, weeding out nettles and admiring what is growing. You get to the area from the pre-entrance to the travelling showman site by the falling down building with fencing around it.
We’ll be tending our trees and shrubs, litter picking, cutting back and digging up nettles.