Author Archives: wimklaucke

We cleared a lot more holly, including large trees like this one, at our second June visit to the bluebell wood behind Nuffield Place. It was great to be able to work in the cool of the wood as it … Continue reading →

Before and after pictures of our cutting back a wide swathe of bramble, blackthorn, bryony and sycamore growing into Dunsden Church car park from the hedge beside the road. Julia, 22/6/2015

The weather was sunny and warm for our session at Nuffield Place, so we were glad of the shade in the beech wood for heavy work cutting down holly. We made large inroads into a central patch, hauling the arisings … Continue reading →

Our visit to Nettlebed Common in June saw us pulling bracken and brambles out of a section of shallow ponds to help preserve its rich variety of sedges, grasses and moss. The weather was appropriately damp for this acid wetland … Continue reading →

Another sunny morning at the water-cress beds! As so often is the case we were pulling out large quantities of the rampantly growing water-cress to re-instate a channel to allow the stream to flow more freely. A result was very … Continue reading →

Fantastic sunny morning at Aston Rowant on Bald Hill, which wasn’t bald but covered in brambles. Our task was to slash them down and carry the material on hay forks to be stowed at the field edge. Two of us … Continue reading →

Our clearance in 2013 of thickly-growing young conifers around the ponds in Grey Hone Wood is paying off, with ferns and foxgloves enjoying the new light on the grassy bank. There was plenty more conifer regrowth at the edge of … Continue reading →

Today’s task at the northern perimeter of Joyce Grove was to pollard sycamore and prunus trees, which were growing over the access path and through the fence into the primary school grounds. We completed the task, clearing the brash to … Continue reading →

Unusually for a session at Ewelme we weren’t splashing about in the river but were in the meadow area. Our task was to dig a hole for a rigid pond liner which was to replace a previous unsuccessful pond. The … Continue reading →

Green Gym at work on 30 April, levelling and surfacing path to playtrail. Elizabeth, 1/5/2015