Forget-me-not Glade in spring

Annual General Meeting

Saturday – 18 May – 2:30 PM

(details below)

Next work session

Want to do something to help your local woodland?

We’ll be clearing the paths in Burstead Wood. We’ll also be weeding and checking trees along the hedge at the bottom of Hollingbury Rise West.

Saturday – 1 June 2013

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Meet outside the old flint barn adjacent to the western entrance to the Roedale allotments at 10:00 AM.

Phone 07719 943237 on the day, if lost!

Anyone wishing to come along to help or learn more about woodland management is welcome. People should come prepared. Rainwear, warm clothes, sun protection, gardening gloves and a pair of boots or wellies are recommended.

Upcoming events & information

Ash dieback

For the latest information on ash dieback, see Forestry Commission and Brighton and Hove Council.

FHBW Annual General Meeting

Saturday – 18 May 2013 – 2:30 PM

Brian Foster Environment Centre

Dorothy Stringer School

Stringer Way, off Surrenden Road

Brighton BN1 6PZ

Open to members and non-members, free event with tea and homemade cakes.

Guest speaker –Arboriculturalrist Alister Peters will speak about Trees and Woodland in the City and Sussex - Past, Present and Future and his experiences of working with trees locally and throughout the southeast.

Woodland Wander

Sunday – 23 June 2013

2:30 PM (lasting approximately 1.5 hours)

Afternoon circular walk starting and ending at entrance to Hollingbury Golf Course Clubhouse access road (just off Ditchling Road, opposite Woodbourne Ave). Walk will include both Burstead Wood and Hollingbury Wood. There will be a chance to have refreshments after the walk.

For further information about a specific event or work day, please email mailto:info@fhbw.org.uk

Who are we?

Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods are a group of local people who look after two areas of woodland off Ditchling Road near Hollingbury Golf Course. The aim of the group is for people to be able to enjoy the area and for wildlife to thrive.

What we do - We meet once a month to carry out practical work in the woods, ranging from tree and hedge planting to path maintenance and litter clearance. This work is carried out under the guidance of a Brighton and Hove Park Ranger and our group’s Project Officer.

Work sessions – On the first weekend of the month, alternating between a Saturday and a Sunday, we run work sessions from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Gloves and tools are provided and no special skills are required - just enthusiasm! For tasks such as tree thinning and planting a new hedge, training is given. The work is not too arduous and everyone works at their own pace. We stop mid morning for a break and a chat, with coffee, tea and biscuits provided. See the Activities page for dates and details.

Recent activities
Partner project
	January 2013 Friends of Hollingbury and Burstead Woods and Friends of the Earth volunteers worked together in January to restore an existing, but heavily overgrown, bee bank in Hollingbury Wood. The hope is that the bank will attract solitary bees, as they like to nest in bare soil. This project is one of the improvements proposed in the new 5-year woodland management plan. Future bee bank activity will be to plant the area with bee-attracting plants.

Page last updated: 08 May 2013

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