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Next
work session
Saturday
7 August - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
North
Hedge weeding and trimming. New Glade
- clear around Hazel.
Meet
outside the old brick and flint barn adjacent to the western entrance to
the Roedale allotments. Phone 07719 943237 on the day, if lost!
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Other
events
FHBW Annual Away Day Newtimber
Woods
Sunday
4 July 2010 10:00 AM meeting time
The
away day this year is a visit to Newtimber Woods,
part of the National Trust, north of Brighton on the South Downs.
As on
work session days, meet outside the old brick and flint barn adjacent to
the western entrance to the Roedale allotments. Please let Gill know if you
need or can provide transport - mailto:gtwizardy2k@hotmail.com
or (01273) 505060.
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Dorothy Stringer Environmental Fayre
Saturday
- 17 July 2010
2:00 PM
5:00 PM
FHBW
will have a stall at the fayre. This is always a
fun event, supporting a local school. The location is Stringer Way Lawns,
off Draxmont Way.
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Visit to Knepp Castle Estate
Thursday 5 August 2010 daytime
FHBW members are invited to join members of Wild
Thymes, a local amateur naturalist group, for a visit to Knepp Castle Estate near West Grinstead. Please contact
Joan MacGregor for details - mailto:joan.macgregor64@fsmail.net
or 509792
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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.
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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.
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Recent
activities
Woodland Trust supports improvements to Hollingbury Woods
November
2009 March 2010
Our special project
for the winter period was to improve the edge of the woods beside
Hollingbury Rise West.We have
created more of a hedge along the side of the woods, partly by training
(laying existing growth, partly by planting additional trees and shrubs
in the gaps.
We
have had funding to support this initiative from the Woodland Trust's
Community Tree Planting Fund.
The Trust is particularly keen to see neighbourhood involvement in
the activities it supports, and we were pleased that many volunteers new to
our group have attended work sessions.
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The beauty of our urban woodland
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Hollingbury and
Burstead Woods offer the natural beauty and tranquility of the countryside
right on the doorstep of Brighton and Hove. Many people use the woods for
country walking, taking advantage of this wonderful woodland area,
without needing to travel outside the city. With the unusual amount of snow
over the winter months, there were days when the woods were especially
lovely.
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