Category Archives: Newsreel
Warwickshire Flora Group Audit Findings
The audit took place on Sunday 29th July and a lot of plants were found. This gives us great encouragement to keep clearing the scrub and letting wild flowers colonise the cleared ground. The more wild flowers that appear means … Continue reading
Next Workday – Sunday 29th July
This is a workday with a difference. Warwickshire Flora Group are doing a wild flower audit along the greenway and we can join them if we want. They are parking up at The Bear and starting at the bridge and … Continue reading
Glimpse of what we need to do in September..
We spent a bit of time cutting back brambles that are encroaching onto the path again today, but also had a really good look at what is growing on the cleared banks when we are in cutting, and also what … Continue reading
Nettle pulling
Quiet day on the greenway yesterday with just a bit of cutting back any brambles that are encroaching onto the path and general maintenance. We cut back the path so much last winter and we are still struggling with the … Continue reading
Great highs and massive lows on the greenway today
It is with great sorrow that report that Edmund lost his battle with cancer this morning. Edmund was a popular volunteer on the greenway and touched a lot of us with his kind nature. I have sent my condolences to … Continue reading
Hot on the Greenway
Really good session pulling up nettles on the greenway. This is to give other wild flowers the room to spread and get a good mix of colours and variety. There are quite a few wild flowers starting to appear and … Continue reading
Volunteers needed to help with wild flower sowing in Cawston
Rugby Borough Council have asked us if we can help them to seed the three wild flower borders in Cawston. If you remember last year, the wild flowers were an absoloute riot of colour and attracted a lot of wildlife … Continue reading
Three years in and we are now starting to reap the benefits of our hard work!!
It was a lovely day for our workday today and about time too, after the last few have been rained off. We returned to the picnic clearing that we made all that time ago and have been pushing out wider … Continue reading
Dodged the rain but still got wet!!!
Oh what fun on the greenway today!!! We tackled the flooding that has been causing us problems and finally made some headway. Andy and Adam discovered an old drain going over the culvert and we were able to route the … Continue reading
All our hard work is paying off
Aaron, Mike and myself did a lot of nettle pulling today in the picnic clearing. There are loads of shoots coming up underneath the nettles and we just need to give them a helping hand. It’s going to be really … Continue reading
