This week (depending on numbers) we’ll be active on the following:

• Winter Pond: Finessing the surrounding areas - some final tweaks, and raking over to tie-in better with the surrounding levels and create a good seed bed.
• “Mosaic” grass cutting: Continuing the cut, rake and remove process which will improve species diversity and promote precious “Lowland Acid Grassland” (LAG) habitat.
• Wildflower seed sowing: This week, we have:
  • Red Bartsia (great for bees, reduces the vigour of grasses)
  • Lady’s Bedstraw (clouds of tiny yellow flowers - great for insects)
  • Haresfoot Clover (delicate fluffy flower heads)
  • Meadow Vetchling (yellow, pea flowers, great for pollinators)
  • Mouse Ear Hawkweed (another which reduces vigour of grasses - yellow daisy flowers, a favourite of butterflies and hoverflies)
  • Common Heather (beautiful pink/purple flower spikes on wiry, low shrubs another bee attractor)
  • Bell Heather (deep purple, magenta flowers on wiry, low shrubs, again, highly attractive to bees)
  • Fescues (fine, feathery grasses, indicative of acid grassland - locally sourced, just like ALL the wildflower seed)
• Path and tipped garden waste tidy up: Uxbridge Road - Longford Close Entrance.
• Litter: Of course, keeping up with the litter, generally.

WHEN: From 10am SATURDAY 30th September until around midday.

WHERE: Meet at the goalpost, rear of David Lloyd as always. Over to David Lloyd for free tea/coffee or cold drinks at around 12.

WHO: Anyone and everyone is welcome. As always, please bring some protective gloves, sensible footwear, sunscreen, drinking water etc. and children must be accompanied.

WHAT: We provide litter-pickers/bags as always, and as many tools as fit in the barrow, but if you have secateurs, rake, strimmer or hedge-trimmer (battery), please do bring them along.

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Hope to see you on SATURDAY!