Today a couple of us spent three hours clearing an area of Chris’ Wood ahead of tomorrow’s bulb-planting. We removed cow parsley, nettles, and chickweed, leaving any snowdrops behind. A few years ago a group from Good Gym cleared the area of brambles for us, and it was notable how the brambles have stayed away.

We have two thousand woodland … read more

This Saturday, the 28th, from 11am the Friends will be planting lots of woodland bulbs in the park. Can you spare an hour or two to volunteer and help plant the bulbs in Chris’ Wood by the Art Pavilion?

We usually plant bulbs in the Autumn, but we are going for Spring planting of “bulbs in the green” for a … read more

A massive thanks to our small band of eager volunteers who came along over the last five weekends to help plant bulbs in Chris’ Wood. Friendships were both renewed and made. When we started in early October the leaves were still on the trees. We’ve had a mixture of unseasonably hot weather, bitterly cold mornings and thankfully not too much … read more

This Sunday, from 10-12, is our last 2023 bulb planting session in Chris’ Wood (by the Art Pavilion). Last weekend a small team of us prepared the area by removing nettles and brambles and so the ground is good to go.

We have a good mix of winter aconites, snowdrops, bluebells, wild garlic and wood anemones that will provide Chris … read more