Musk mallow flowering on our wildlife banking

Vegetables on your doorstep

Vegetable crops growing well in our raised planters

Our friends from Timebank have been busy in the poly tunnel

An afternoon spent harvesting some of our strawberries

Preparing a planter for allocation to Ramsden Robins Nursery School

Soon be time to harvest the broccili

Our vipers bugloss - great for attracting bees

6 spot burnet day flying moth in our wildlife banking area

Belle etoile beginning to flower in our planted borders

Spring onions ready for harvesting

188 Marsh Street - demolition in progress

Ongoing repairs needed for planters on Green Heart Den

Free month by month what to do in the garden guides

Are you wondering what you can do in the garden or just looking for a little inspiration. Whether you have all day to spare or just half an hour, there is always something to do in the garden. 

If you need a little help the following websites have produced top tips and free gardening advice:

The Royal Horticultural Society
Thompson and Morgan
Gardeners World

Vegetable crops flourishing in our raised planters

Free spotting sheets from Wildlife Watch

Wildlife Watch has produced a large variety of free wildlife/nature spotting sheets. Among the species included are: amphibians, birds, trees, mini beasts, butterflies. Habitats such as shoreline, hedgerows and woodland are also covered.

You can view download all the spotting sheets on the Wildlife Watch website here.

Plant a pot for pollinators - free advice from Butterfly Conservation Trust

Painted lady butterfly feeding on our lilac shrubs

Ox eye daisies adding colour to our wild areas

Common blue butterflies on our wildlife banking areas

Its good to see our poly tunnel is still being well used

Growing well together in 2017

A beautiful start to the day at the office

Looks like a new pull cord is needed for our lawnmower

Our lilac shrubs in full flower

A little maintenance to one of our lawns

Another welcomed visit of our friends from Ramsden Infants School

Preparing a planter for reallocation

A welcomed return visit from Ramsden Infants School

Attracting birds into your garden

Do you want to attract more birds to your garden? The following plants can help to provide a valuable food source for a wide range of species..........

Holly – song thrushes, redwing and blackbirds

Ivy – robins, wrens, blackbirds and starlings

Hawthorn – blackbirds, chaffinches, greenfinches and redwings

Honeysuckle – thrushes and bullfinches

Rowan – blackbirds and starlings

Teasel – goldfinches, bunting and sparrows

Sunflower – long tailed tits and nuthatches

Shrub  rose – mistle thrush and blackbirds

Quote for the week

“If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit

What to do in the garden in May - free advice and top tips

Not sure what to do in the garden, looking for some inspiration? The good news is that there is a wealth of free advice on the internet. Websites such as Thompson and Morgan, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Gardeners World. For free advice and top tips please follow the links below.

Thompson and Morgan

Royal Horticultural Society

Gardeners World

Our voluntary project coordinators availability 2017

Due to a change in circumstance Graham, our voluntary project coordinator, will only be available on weekday mornings between 9am and 12 noon. He will also be taking time away from the project between the following dates:

Friday 7^th April – Monday 24^th April

Friday 26^th May – Monday 5th June

Friday 21^st July – Monday 4th September

Friday 20^th October – Monday 6^th November

Daffodils and dandelions - spring is in the air

What to do in the garden in April

Wondering just what to do in the garden in April, the Sunday Gardener may have the answers.

The Sunday Gardener – an independent website offering free down to earth gardening advice and tips.

Spirera Arguta (bridal wreath) flowering in our planted borders

First sighting of juvenile common lizards this year

New buds on some of our young trees

Say no to the mow and help wildlife

Mowing your lawn less, and letting parts of it grow long, will not only save you time but also help to give nature a home - benefiting to a wide variety of wildlife species including: hedgehogs, lizards and slow worms, butterflies, dragonflies and birds. It does not need to be the whole lawn, perhaps just around the border or a section in the centre, creating an area where wildflowers can flourish.

More information can be found on the RSPB website here