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Eight stalwarts turned up for our annual session of Lavender management on the Kennylands Millennium Field. We managed to weed all the beds during the session which was completed just before the onset of the rain. Thanks are due to Tony … Continue reading →

Today (Sat 6th) we coppiced some old hazel stools in Flowercroft Wood.  Once all the branches had been cut down low we used them to make stag-beetle “hotels”.  Stag-beetles lay their eggs in rotting wood, so our upright logs set … Continue reading →

Today we worked on Watlington Hill to enlarge a glade on a south-facing grassy slope to encourage butterflies. We cut back large dogwood clumps interspersed with privet, creating enough material to feed two bonfires, which were welcome in the chilly … Continue reading →

Today we cut and burned laurel regrowth and brambles in the bluebell wood at the rear of Greys Court.  In previous years we had cleared the large laurel bushes that were inhibiting the bluebells, which then grew back in profusion … Continue reading →

Today we cut and burned scrub in a field beside a hollow way at Aston Rowant Nature Reserve.  An aerial photograph taken in the 1960s shows it was previously almost bare of trees and bushes, the best conditions for chalk … Continue reading →

Jules Thomson 1939-2013 Jules Thomson was the first chairman of the Sonning Common Green Gym and remained in that position until 2011. He spent his working life in the Royal Air Force and retired with his wife Margaret (a local … Continue reading →

Richard Harris 1973-2013 Richard was a member of the Sonning Common Green Gym for most of its existence and travelled regularly from Goring, where he lived. To begin with he had to be brought by someone else but later on … Continue reading →

We had two separate bonfires today at Watlington Hill, where we were clearing thorn and privet from  west-facing chalk grassland to encourage Chiltern gentians. Julia 9/3/2013

SCGG has been named as regional winners of the Green Heroes Award by TCV in the Community Group section.  Paul Forrest-Jameson from TCV Reading office came to our December session at Aston Rowant Nature Reserve to present us with our … Continue reading →

Green Shoots in WATFORD/Brighter Future for Stag Beetles in S. Oxon Robert, Julia, Robin and Brian joined the morning traffic last Tuesday to take up an invitation from Michele, the TCV-appointed leader of the Watford Green Gym. Now some two … Continue reading →