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Next
work session
Saturday
– 4 February - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
We will be working on the Triangle Copse at the north end of Hollingbury Woods, thinning and providing tree aftercare. We also will be planting trees provided by the Woodland Trust.
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!
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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.
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Upcoming
events
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Working with schools
FHBW helps
promote environmental awareness in local schools. If you have, or would
like to develop, experience in this area, please contact Brenda - mailto:pollack.brenda@yahoo.co.uk
or (01273) 553044
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March work session
Sunday - 4 March 2012
Working on the Southern Slopes and Tennis Glade.
As usual, meet outside the old brick and flint barn
adjacent to the western entrance to the Roedale allotments at 10:00 AM.
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For
further information about a specific event or work day, contact Gill - mailto:gtwizardy2k@hotmail.com or
(01273) 505060.
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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 – January 2011
Our special project
over the last couple of years has been to improve the edge of the woods
beside Hollingbury Rise West. We
have created a hedge along the side of the woods, partly by training
(‘laying’) existing growth, building a dead hedge, and 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 tranquillity 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
in late 2010, there were days when the woods were especially lovely.
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