Common lizards

Juvenile slow worm

CADAS - Carers week drop in sessions

Wildlife habitat management

Valued volunteer David gently raking and collecting grass cuttings on the wildlife banking area as part of the wildlife habitat management training sessions facilitated by Cumbria Wildlife Trust.

The slow worms are looking healthy

Sacred Heart Junior School tending their raised planter

Age UK Barrow - Zumba classes

Age UK Barrow - Spring Fayre

Adding trellis to some of the new raised planters

These will shortly be planted with sweet peas and nasturtiums.

An angel shades moth joins us in the poly tunnel

New post with hook and eye fixing for the poly tunnel door

Thompson & Morgan - How to sow and grow sweet peas

Our communal herb garden planter

Following interested in working together from several of our community growers we have constructed and prepared a large (2.4 metre square) planter which is to be used as a communal herb garden. Among others a large variety of herbs may be used. For example; rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, chives, basil, pot marigold, coriander, parsley, fennel and nasturtium.

Advice on growing herbs can be found at

  Garden Organic
Royal Horticultural Society
Thompson  and Morgan
Allotment Growing UK

The FREE wild flower seeds have arrived

The FREE wild flower seeds have just arrived, courtesy of The co - operatives Plan Bee campaign.

A welcomed visit from those involved with Workington Local Food

A welcomed return visit of staff from Home Housing Group Workington and residents involved with Workington Local Food - a community project providing growing sites in the South Workington area so local residents can grow their own food

Signs of summer......

Warming up nicely, a set on Flickr.

Compost toilet installation

We are very pleased to confirm that we are now in a position to progress the purchase and installation of a Natsol compost toilet.

More details to follow..................

A busy afternoon for Croftlands Trust

Wildlife habitat management workshop with Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Valued volunteers Alex and David during today's wildlife management workshop session with Cumbria Wildlife Trust officer Sue Thurley. The workshop session included; planning and preparing for the management of our wildlife banking areas, thinning out trees, removing evasive grasses and re-potting greater knapweed seedlings which will, along with a variety of other wild flowers, shortly be planted into the banking areas.