Six Young Volunteers Celebrated with Duke of Edinburgh Awards
Six young volunteers who began with their Duke of Edinburgh award at Maes y Pant have all been presented with
Six young volunteers who began with their Duke of Edinburgh award at Maes y Pant have all been presented with
February’s hardy volunteers cleaned out bird boxes, stripped ivy, cleared invasive shrubs and tackled a log-and-weed clean-up at the pond,
Our January volunteers braved the cold to continue clearing storm damage from Storm Darragh, with chainsaw operators cutting up fallen
December volunteers cleared fallen trees from the paths after Storm Darragh, trimmed the car park hedges and tidied the area
A hugely successful morning: 2,000 litres of play bark spread to reopen the play area, around 20 trees planted and
A smaller but hard-working crew of October volunteers tackled step mending, strimming and a host of odd jobs around the
Our most ambitious session yet saw almost everyone working together to remove the old pond fence and put up 60
One of our busiest sessions for a while: volunteers strimmed paths, removed tree guards, mended steps, finished the tippy taps
June volunteers joined a butterfly survey with Butterfly Conservation, strimmed back nettles and brambles and made new tippy taps for
On the hottest day of the year so far, May volunteers repaired paths and steps, cleared vegetation from tree bases
A great turnout of April volunteers cleared mud washed onto the paths by heavy rain, removed logs, cleared drains and
March volunteers shifted a tonne of play bark to top up the play area, strimmed back brambles and carried out
February volunteers moved logs from a felled tree to create an outdoor classroom, strimmed the arboretum and took down trees
Our January volunteers cleaned and mapped nearly twenty bird boxes with What3Words locations, repaired steps and fixed the entrance notice
We also made a contribution to the village Festival of Light – a miners lamp commemorated the importance of mining
December Storm Debi caused some damage in the woodland, though we were lucky in comparison to many other places. The
Remembrance Day happened to fall on a Saturday this year and coincide with our regular volunteer session, so it seemed
We were able to hold our first Friends meeting for several years and it was lovely to be able to
We were delighted to take part in the annual Gresford and Marford Scarecrow trail in August, and though our entry
